And by that I mean Travis is off to work! Seems like just last week he was sitting home unemployed after a lay off... o wait that was last week!! But seriously Travis got the job at BNSF as some type of nerd engineer I really don't know what he does exactly but it is a job and a good one at that and I am so very proud of him!!! The hiring guy had like 50 resumes called 5 in for interviews and ended up picking Trav... so either he did really well in the interview or he flashed them a boob or something? Hey whatever works though!! And best of all they were more than willing to let him go to Italy right after starting! So we can check that stress factor off the list! I will admit im pretty sad he is gone though. Before he got laid off from his other job he was working from home and going into the office maybe once a week and only for a few hours. And he was with that job for 2 years so I was pretty used to having him around so now im kinda at a loss as to what to do with my day with noone here to chat with all day! I mean don't get me wrong Blayne is great in so many ways but his conversation skills are lacking just a little :) But in the end this will be a great thing for us and im very happy for him and very grateful that we were even able to spend Blayne's first year of life together almost all day everyday.. not many people can say both parents were around 24/7 that first year and I wouldn't trade that for anything and feel very fortunate that it played out that way! Now if we can just get Blayne better everything will be right in the Smith household yet again. We are on week 4 of battling this crap! We went back yesterday and both ears finally look ok but now he has some upper respiratory stuff going on... so we are trying to fight it all off and be 100% before we head off to Italy next week, otherwise he may just have to stay here with Brutis!
I can't believe we are 1 week out from leaving for ITALY!!! Im finally beginning to get excited but I still have so much stuff to get done and im not looking forward to trying to pack everything for a 13month old for a week in another country! I am so very excited for my brother and so proud that he made the jr. olympic baseball team at 13... this will be such a cool experience for him and im glad we get to be a part of it!
Let's seeeeee not much else is going on just gearing up for the trip and trying to get a baby healthy so I guess that is all for now!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ear infections and being poor can suck it!
I haven't had a chance to blog... why you ask? Because an ear infection took over my household for a good 4 days... Wednesday Blayne began to just act a little blah and felt a little warm and by wednesday night he was running 101.5 and miserable... I think we saw every hour of the night pass by. I originally thought he had an upper tooth coming in but we took him to the doctor Thursday because during the night he began to kinda tug at his ear and it looked a little gunky. Sure enough he definately had an outer ear infection and he was running 102 his outer ear was so bad she couldn't even see into the inner ear and she pressed on the side of his face by the ear and gunk oozed out... he just screamed... All i could do was hold him and try to put on my big girl face and not just cry with him!! I could literally feel my heart breaking with every tear... Thursday night was no better we were up all night with him...By friday the poor baby had only slept maybe a combined 4 hours... thank goodness our doctor called that morning to check on him and she ended up calling us in some tylenol with codeine... so we all 3 finally got some rest.. Today is sunday and he is much much more alert and happy... still does not want anyone near his ear but the worst is definately over! And as much as his ear infection sucked and broke my heart it made me thankful that that was the worst we have had to deal with... I end up clicking through blogs and make it to these terribly sad blogs about sick babies and I just cry... I cant imagine if I had to watch Blayne suffer day in and day out like some of these parents are forced to do... the thought just hurts so much I cant imagine living it... so yes the ear infection sucked big ol donkey balls but at the end of it all Blayne is alive and healthy and im thankful for that!
Now on to other things... As some may or may not know Travis was laid off earlier in the month... i know what the !?!?! hello dont they know what a smart super nerd he is!?!?! but whatever the company ran out of contracts and thats where we have landed... luckily Travis was studying for a new nerd certification and got it so thats a good thing to have on his resume... but the job search has not gone quite as quickly as we were originally hoping it would go... so we are slowly running out of money and food... ok well its not that bad yet but its not great either! He has had 2 calls about setting up interviews so we are just waiting on that... but I refuse to just sit around so I have an interview Monday for a waitressing job.. now this is obviously not the ideal situation but if thats what it takes to help make some money for my family and make sure that we can pay all of our bills and not get behind then im not above putting my pride aside and going and waiting tables.... ya do what ya gotta do.... now am i praying very hard that Travis gets a job offer this week so I dont have to go past the interviewing part.. OF COURSE... but in the end money is money fool :)
Lets see what else is going on in my world.... well we leave for Italy August 19th... which is like 3 1/2 weeks... I wish I could say how excited I am... but do to the above mentioned money situation im more stressed than anything... i know boohoo stressed about going to Italy
But let's list the positives because I feel guilty for complaining about the negative when i really am a very fortunate person.... Ok lets see Blayne is alive and healthy and kicked ear infections butt... We still have a home and are both able bodied and will do whatever to keep our life... we have the support of family and friends... my hair has been looking awesome lately!
Ok well im going to go do turbo jam in the garage (which its freakin hot in there so I will lose weight just standing in there, ugh i hate sweating though!) Travis and I are on this big working out kick and im really proud of us.. o and hey another positive about being poo (thats right i cant even afford the r) is that we cant afford to eat out! yay! though im really craving some mexican food... dang it.... ok well im just rambling now
ok true story i just looked up and Travis was drinking blaynes pedialyte out of his bottle.... freak... just a little peak into my life
Now on to other things... As some may or may not know Travis was laid off earlier in the month... i know what the !?!?! hello dont they know what a smart super nerd he is!?!?! but whatever the company ran out of contracts and thats where we have landed... luckily Travis was studying for a new nerd certification and got it so thats a good thing to have on his resume... but the job search has not gone quite as quickly as we were originally hoping it would go... so we are slowly running out of money and food... ok well its not that bad yet but its not great either! He has had 2 calls about setting up interviews so we are just waiting on that... but I refuse to just sit around so I have an interview Monday for a waitressing job.. now this is obviously not the ideal situation but if thats what it takes to help make some money for my family and make sure that we can pay all of our bills and not get behind then im not above putting my pride aside and going and waiting tables.... ya do what ya gotta do.... now am i praying very hard that Travis gets a job offer this week so I dont have to go past the interviewing part.. OF COURSE... but in the end money is money fool :)
Lets see what else is going on in my world.... well we leave for Italy August 19th... which is like 3 1/2 weeks... I wish I could say how excited I am... but do to the above mentioned money situation im more stressed than anything... i know boohoo stressed about going to Italy
But let's list the positives because I feel guilty for complaining about the negative when i really am a very fortunate person.... Ok lets see Blayne is alive and healthy and kicked ear infections butt... We still have a home and are both able bodied and will do whatever to keep our life... we have the support of family and friends... my hair has been looking awesome lately!
Ok well im going to go do turbo jam in the garage (which its freakin hot in there so I will lose weight just standing in there, ugh i hate sweating though!) Travis and I are on this big working out kick and im really proud of us.. o and hey another positive about being poo (thats right i cant even afford the r) is that we cant afford to eat out! yay! though im really craving some mexican food... dang it.... ok well im just rambling now
ok true story i just looked up and Travis was drinking blaynes pedialyte out of his bottle.... freak... just a little peak into my life
Sunday, July 19, 2009
1st blog
Ok wellllll lets try this again. I had a whole stinkin' paragraph typed up and then i navigated away on accident.. maybe the blog gods are telling me im lame and really don't have anything important to say... and im not gonna lie I think they could be right... but im going to give this a go anyways! Who knows if anyone will read it or maybe I could get rich off of this and become a famous blogger... ...hey my blog my dreams so quit sassing me!
I don't know what finally pushed me into blogging but I have laid in bed several nights just thinking of random things and that I should write it down in some form for myself and for Blayne someday. I think my friend Candice also influenced me into finally doing this! I love her blog and think its pretty cool how she talks about present experiences and past experiences in her life good and bad. And while I may not have quite the way with words as she does I think it should be interesting! I will tell you now try to go for correct spelling but I do tend to go on with the ........'s So there is only 1 rule on my blog and it is that this is my blog and I can do what I want on it (including ......)! :)
So nothing to exciting happened today. My brother Eric and his best friend Kevin are spending the night with us. It is Kevin's last night in Texas and im pretty sad to see the kid go. Him and Eric have been friends since they were 6... so that is 7 years of bugging the crap out of me right along with Eric. Im sad for Eric too. I know this is going to be pretty tough on both of them. But I will tell you that later in life when someone asks why Blayne is an only child, the names Eric and Kevin will probably come to mind!
Alright well im going to go hang out with my 4 boys, though the littlest of them is in bed. Thanks for reading my first blog :)
I don't know what finally pushed me into blogging but I have laid in bed several nights just thinking of random things and that I should write it down in some form for myself and for Blayne someday. I think my friend Candice also influenced me into finally doing this! I love her blog and think its pretty cool how she talks about present experiences and past experiences in her life good and bad. And while I may not have quite the way with words as she does I think it should be interesting! I will tell you now try to go for correct spelling but I do tend to go on with the ........'s So there is only 1 rule on my blog and it is that this is my blog and I can do what I want on it (including ......)! :)
So nothing to exciting happened today. My brother Eric and his best friend Kevin are spending the night with us. It is Kevin's last night in Texas and im pretty sad to see the kid go. Him and Eric have been friends since they were 6... so that is 7 years of bugging the crap out of me right along with Eric. Im sad for Eric too. I know this is going to be pretty tough on both of them. But I will tell you that later in life when someone asks why Blayne is an only child, the names Eric and Kevin will probably come to mind!
Alright well im going to go hang out with my 4 boys, though the littlest of them is in bed. Thanks for reading my first blog :)
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