Happy Wednesday Folks!

I don't know what posessed me but today I felt like blogging! I have found such peace in finding my own hobbies & interests to occupy my time. Lately I have just been trying to get back into the hang of things & figuring out our future as a family. This past week my husband surprised me with talking to me about his desire to move back to our home state: Virginia. I feel like I've had this conversation a thousand times over since we moved to Alabama in 2006, but what is different is that he actually approached me this time. He usually is pretty easy going, do what I have to kinda guy but he's fed up with work & living in North Carolina so hopefully this time we'll be moving.

The plan is for me to get into a job and schooling by next summer back home as well as him getting a job. It will definitely be a change as Caleb has never been in a day care setting before, I know he'll be just fine & absolutely excel once he is around kids his own age since he just thrives on other peoples interactions. I'm not too sure about the details on this house as for when it will go up for sale but hopefully we won't have to hang on to it for too long & we will be able to move along with our lives. I wish we could just pick this house up & move it to Virginia because for 1, it's cheaper for what you get & 2, I wouldn't have to pack up anything. :). That's pretty much all that has been going on around here other than hiding out from nosy neighbors and the in laws...we've been doing pretty well  hope to continue in that way.

Way back when...

I'm constantly remembering "old times" & as I look back I seem to remember the "bad times" as Good times & often some of the most enjoyable adventures.

In my apartment circa 2004, we were the broke-est we'd ever been & we really thought we struggled along. Making family dinners with our roommates was pretty much an ever night thing to save money & on the other nights we all pitched in to buy a pizza or dug up change to buy Jr. Bacons from Wendy's.  It almost always seems like the more simpler things are, the easier, & more appreciative you are of them.

For entertainment during college friends & I would take my basketball over to the park to have fun or taking a trip over to Taco Bell for lunch with our piddly change.  One of my awesome friends shared my love for watching movies on a rainy day & so a lot of the time we would go to each others' houses & hang out watching movies & napping.

As far as tastes go I've definitely noticed a huge difference in my wants, I used to enjoy simple things; i.e. nachos used to be: tostitos with cheese & now they consist of tons of veggies, meat, cheese, & sour cream! Desserts used to be jell-o & Reddi Whip & now I love pies & Cobblers.

Anywho that's my speal for this blog post, mainly just to talk about how times have changed.
How have times changed your life?

How did I get here & more importantly: how do I get out?

I know that tons of other blog posts have started off as: So I have this friend, but I really do actually have this friend, well I don't know so we'll just leave it as Neighbor for now...

Like most folks who live in Neighborhoods I have Neighbors, on both sides. The neighbors on my left are very to themselves & create a ruckus at times which isn't too fun but most of the time they are just to themselves.  Now my neighbors to the right, I like(d) them; they are fun to hang out with, she wasn't raised in a box so we can actually have normal adult conversations. She actually has Facebook & texts, she offers to watch my son even though I don't need her to, just on the principle of being a good neighbor. I guess you could say that I like her, the hard part is that she still communicates with another neighbor who was raised in a box & can't seem to have 2 friends at once as we hung out everyday and now she can't seem to form a sentence to talk to me.  It's just all wrong in so many ways & I don't like it.

I used to have a pretty bad relationship with a past friend & it took tons of work but I remember feeling the exact same way inside; just Sad. There wasn't anything I could do, although I wanted to change the way I felt then. Eventually it got better & we are back to the way our old friendship was but with this girl I could care less & I don't want to work on it with her.  However, I do care about my Neighbor & I would like for her to see how much of a snake the other girl is & the way she treats me.  I never speak on the other girl to the Neighbor because I like to take the high road but how much can I freaking take here?

I may post more later but right now I'm too close to the situation & I'm just tired of being sad, I just hope that I can get out of this & be in a much happier place soon.

My life would suck without you.

These are the perfect lyrics when I think of my son, he is amazing & when I look at him all I can think of is how utterly lucky I am that he is in my life.  It has been 16 months since he came into my life & I'm thankful each day for him, I am just as smitten with him as the day I gave birth to him & hope that never changes.

In other news I have been actually doing something about my physical fitness lately, I've been walking 2-3 miles each day in an effort to kick start my metabolism & weight loss. I have about 20 pounds to lose for my happiness and about 30 according to my heigh standards. I really haven't kicked the soda habit, other than my 46 day detox from lint.

This brings me to my next topic: Making new friends, In addition to my new habits I have made new friends which is absolutely amazing! I look forward to talking & walking every night because I actually have someone to have a conversation with. My older friends in the neighborhood, of whom I couldn't be myself with have taken a back seat to my new friendships & it's kinda nice.

I love doing favors for friends, but not so much when the person is abusing the fact that you're friendly.  A couple of weeks ago a neighbor texted me to ask if I was busy on Friday night because his wife had been wanting to see a new movie for Mother's Day.  So silly, I thought he meant like give her a day off & allow "us" to go, well he wanted me to watch their 2 year old little girl while they went.  This man makes a 6 figure salary & they have the largest house in the neighborhood, however I did not get paid for watching her that night. Well last week they came over and wanted to know if I would be willing to watch her permanently since the (pregnant) wife could be going back to work over the summer. I've had time to think about it & they invited me over to dinner last Saturday so I went over & while I was there they asked me if I could watch her Thursday(today) from 12-5 for the mum to go on a job interview.  I am not expecting any payment, but a few dollars here & there wouldn't be such a horrible thing since it's 5 hours of my afternoon after all. I have already emailed them saying I would watch the little girl throughout the summer until the new baby arrived but due to my possibility of moving & returning to school I don't think it would be fair for me to stay signed on after September(when the new baby arrives). I also gave a price of $150 & to that they replied " we will keep that in mind if she"the mom" gets the job", I hate to say it but its kind of a condition with the price as much lower & I feel like it wouldn't be worth it.

Anyway this was a definite all over post, but I felt like I needed to put it somewhere. Thanks for reading...

The "road" to Here

It has taken me quite a long time to get here; I've made several wrong turns, much-needed detours, & just plain fun adventures on my journey.