Updates and happy thoughts

Okay, I know it has been a long while since I have given a real update, so I thought I would go ahead and do another half-assed one.

Hubby is doing great in his new station, he is being tested about two times a week and is doing very well in the scoring. The drill sergeants there are totally cushy and easy on them, they get smoked (punished with physical work) but they still get computers, phones and what have you. He still doesn't get much time but I do get to talk to him everyday, which makes me VERY happy. I am thinking I will go and see him again at the end of this month, I had previously promised the boys that I would take them with me the VERY next time I go and here I am planning a quick trip and likely not taking them....I don't want to lie to them but I don't want them mad either. We are totally going to see him graduate though, that will be SSSSOOOO much fun for them, we will probably go to Six Flags, if not there then here in Ca.

R is still adjusting to new meds, the first ones, Straterra absolutely did not work, they made him fall asleep in class and also gave him an upset stomach. So now we are on the Daytrana patch, which I requested based on the testimony of a friend with a child of similar age and going through the same situation. So far I am unsure of the patch, the side effects are lessened but the peeling of the backing is troublesome. He was sleepy in class today and got virtually no work done, that may be because this was the first time he really had it on (with out the backing screwed up) all day. I am going to give it about a week or two before I pass judgement though.

S is doing really well, he is loving baseball and has recently started watching some of the games with his Grandpa (the one here in the house) which I think is good stuff. He is in a reading program where he gets two tickets to see the local baseball team for every two books he reads. We all know what a great reader he is, so I have a feeling that I will be seeing a lot of the Chico, Outlaws! He also saved me from having to call the insurance company to come out and rescue my keys from my locked car. He figured out he could push the window down and squeeze his arm in and unlock the door...totally saved me a headache! He is going to be turning 9 (can you believe it!!!) on May 5th...Cinco de Mayo baby!! I am planning a party at the house with a bounce house (maybe) and sleepover and then Spiderman 3 on Sunday. We were going to do the movie on Friday but his best school friend is having his own party that day so his mother and I coordinated the parties so they would be able to go to each of their parties...boy are they going to be partied out by Sunday (I hope). Luckily he is not too hard to buy for but that also makes it hard...I want to give him everything his heart desires, and so does hubby (especially now that he is away) but there has to be a limit...I am just not sure where to draw that line. Eh...you only turn 9 once!!

I am still loving the job and things are still just as up in the air and unsure as they were two-three weeks ago, but I know now that enough people have worked with me and like how fast I learn and what not that if the new boss wanted to let go of a temp I have a pretty good chance of keeping my position...that makes me feel a little bad for the other temp who apparently has not made such a good impression...I really like her and she is really sweet...hopefully it doesn't come to that though...the general opinion is that everybody's jobs are safe. I had my sixty day review and it went well...the permanent position is just a signature away from being officially open as a permanent one (it was going to possibly end up another temp one). This means that I have to go through another job interview, this time with people I have been working with and it is a little harder to charm and BS my way through an interview with people who know me, so I am a little nervous about it...but not really, strangely, all it will mean is job security (which I am pretty sure I already have), benefits (covered there for now with hubby's insurance and leftover other medical) and more beer bucks (free beer, I don't really drink that much of it any way so not really losing much). So really I don't need the position except for the vacation and sick time...which isn't much anyway. Heh...guess I am gonna be okay either way...now if any of those listed above was an issue, I would be a total wreck!!

Anyway...enough of my rambling...lol...I gotta get some sleep, 2:30am comes pretty early especially if you are up till 9:45 posting!!

Take it easy everyone, good wishes towards the E and D with their car issues, Shel for her fantastic work on her physical and emotional self and hubby cause I love him and Trav cause he is the mostest sweetest and Hammer cause he is forging the way to a better work environment for the down trodden masses, and anyone else who needs good happy thoughts their way!!

C