Oh Monday!

Monday was so good to me. It was an extra productive day and the best part is....I didn't do a thing!
HR got to come home early today. Generally when he is coming home on days off, he doesn't arrive until late in the evening. Today, however, they had issues with the well and were unable to frac.  Yay for a whole extra day off.  On his way down he stopped in Kingsville and found several options for our new residence.  So now out challenging is choosing one (better than our previous one of "omg, it's almost time and we have no leads whatsoever").
The two little boys are sick. My parents-in-law offered to take them both to the doctor. Try has a double ear infection.  Ryan, although battling a fever for the past few nights and crying as if he were too weak to do so, has nothing. He must take after me ;).  We are sure it's probably just a cold (he did strep and flu culture s and also checked his ears) but the doctor prescribed him an antibiotic aa preventative since Trey looks and sounds pretty bad.
I got to run with my running bestie this afternoon! We didn't get to run the 5 planned on, not did we run the hills because of daylight constraints. It was nice....got to vent, got to catch up. I ask going to miss Nora when we leave. :/
And now, to make this day perfect, i get to sit down and eat dinner with my whole family. I am excited to have HR home for a few days and finally get to decorate the house...together <3

All Work and No Play

...is not good for the soul.

After having a long week, HR calls me Friday afternoon and tells me that he has Saturday off.  He had thought about renting a car and coming down to surprise me, but the logistics of it all would be too complicated.  Long story short, I decided to load up the boys and drive North to spend some quality time with him.  The drive up was nice; I was excited to see HR and the boys did well.  By the time I made it up to San Antonio, all three were passed out.

HR and I decided to drive up another hour to stay with my sister for the weekend.  She has a large house and by saving money on not getting a hotel, we could indulge a little.  The drive to her house was great as well.  HR and I got to catch up on the week's events and talk about Christmas gifts and plans, and of course, the MOVE.  

My sis had some cold beverages and pizza waiting when we arrived, just what we needed!  She seemed to have forgotten the frosty mugs ;)  We visited a little before heading to bed.  Saturday morning my sister cooked us breakfast.  Afterward, we headed into Austin to ride the train at Zilker park.  It was a nice sunny day, about 80 degrees with a cool breeze every now and then.

Trey loved the train.  He is in to trucks, trains and planes, so this was like Heaven to him.  Caiden enjoyed the trail of lights props and most of all, the lights in the tunnel.  Ryan was in awe.  After our train ride, we had lunch at Serrano's.  We chose this restaurant because of the sentimental value.  Growing up our parents used to treat us to Serrano's.  It's a beautiful reminder of the Blue Crew Days.  The food in no way compares to the authentic Tex-Mex of El Valle, but it's pretty good.  Trey tore up the salsa!

In the afternoon we had cupcakes from one of the eateries in the downtown area in Austin.  They were awesome!  The cupcakes and icing are homemade and organic.  They were moist, delicious and not too sweet.  We ate our cupcakes back at Zilker, on top of a hill.  This was our view: 

After we ate we let the kids roam around a little.  I taught Caiden how to properly roll down the hill.  It was nice to have the family time.  We try to have family time when HR comes home from work, but it's hard.  There are so many things that need to get done in the 3 short days he's home.  Although we do things with the boys, it's usually rushed.  This is especially true on weeks like this week, when HR will be off smack in the middle of the week, while we are at school/work.  The boys climbed on us, my sis and Caiden raced around, and we explored a little.  

I didn't want the weekend to end.  Unfortunately, I had to go drop off HR at 9pm on Saturday night, so that he could take a power nap and be ready to go around 2 or 3am.  And then there was the long drive home; it just wasn't as smooth of a ride. Afterall, what did I have to look forward to, WORK?  lol.  Despite having to be on the road 12 hours or so, I wouldn't trade it; it was the perfect family Saturday!  I am truly blessed!!!!

Patience is a Virtue

....one that I do not possess.

Wednesday I went to the doctor to check out a pain I'd been having in my side.  In the past I've had an abscess on one of my ovaries, but this pain was slightly different.  I chose to see my family physician.  Immediately he asked why I didn't make an appointment with my gynocologist.  I told him that I didn't think I'd get in quickly, and besides, I wasn't sure it was a "female" problem.

So he asked me to lay back and began pushing down on my abdomen.  I nearly jumped off the table when he pushed down on the right side.  He was pretty sure he thought he knew what it might be.  After another sort of exam he determined that he was not so sure anymore.  So I was given orders for a CBC and a sonogram to see for sure.  I will spare all the boring details and say this: the sono started normally and then the tech had to take a detour....ugh, not sure what that was all about. Why must the sono-techs get trained to have poker faces?  And of course, I will not have the results until tomorrow afternoon, a whole TWO days later :(

All day today my sides hurt-one side or the other, and at times both.  I was beginning to think I was going crazy.  Am I psyching myself out?  I'm not sure if it really even hurts anymore.  What if it's nothing?  That would kinda suck, but then, I don't really want it to be something either, right?  Ugh.  Anyway, my students were supportive and engaged today, which kept my stress level in check.

After school I wanted nothing more than to come home and take a nap, the pain is exhausting.  I had given my word, however, that I would help judge auditions for our school's talent show.  That was entertaining, to say the least.  We actually have some great talent, the funny part were the bands.  They had to have spent over a half hour setting up their drums and amps and tuning their bases/guitars, only to audition for 1 single minute.  haha, Also, what's with the screamers?  The metal(ish) bands always had a singer and a screamer.  Didn't quite get that.  I could do without the screamer.  I should have been the Simon of the group and said, you guys are awesome, but the screamer is going to hold you back, dump him!  lol

Then there's this evening.  I decided Trey was ready for a haircut.  I got out my clippers.....

Front is ok, probably a little too long, but by that point I was working on borrowed time as far as him sitting still.

Back is.....well see for yourself:

C'est la vie....a friend of mine once told me, "The difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is about a week."  And so the waiting continues..........