Quick Update

Why is it that I'm always a day ahead of everyone else. I must really be itching for the weekends because I am always thinking I'm a day or two ahead. It's kind of depressing when I figure out what day we are actually on, and that it's not a Friday or Saturday. At any rate, I've been plenty busy in the house with the kids and just my "To Do" list.

Yesterday was pretty out of the ordinary though...well let me back up a bit...

I have been working out the last couple weeks trying to wake up my dormant muscles. A few days ago I popped in P90X Plyometrics. I had forgotten it was the hardest P90X workout. Needless to say, I only did half of it and I can hardly walk. Keep that in mind while I tell the next story, oh and by the way I am NOT starting INSANITY on Monday like I had said. I'm not ready of course.

Yesterday our power went out at about 2 in the afternoon, not long after Sharrid left for work. I waited a while to see if it would go back on. After about an hour I realized it wasn't going to, so I got everyone ready and headed up to our complex office to see if they knew anything. They were closed early and gone (something that has been bugging me lately). Just then I realized we had just used up the last of our cell phone minutes. We have got to get on a plan and get rid of this dumb pre-paid crap! So, I couldn't call my sister. There are only two other people that I know that live in this vicinity. Jared and Deandra. They're my neighbors in the complex and they're in my ward. They weren't home. Great. I went upstairs and got a bit of info from my upstairs neighbor (stranger). Just then, I see Jared and Deandra pull up. They'd been to the Temple and said that the power went out at the Temple but that generators kicked it right back on. Everybody finished their sessions and what not and then they closed it up for the day. They said on the news they predicted it would be back on at about 8 pm. I asked them for a ride to my sister's house but they had to give some other people a ride somewhere. At any rate I used their cell phone, called my sister (who didn't pick up) and left a message. We hung outside with neighbors in the shade for a while but then just went home. It wasn't too bad in my apartment (thank goodness for perfect sun exposure!) We were in there long enough for me to feed Amar'e when my sister knocked on the door. She'd gotten the message and had come to pick me up. Sweet. We were out of there. I realized I had been Connie deprived for a little too long because we gabbed like crazy the whole time I was over there basically. Shar came to pick us up on his way home from work at about 10:45. I was beat from all the running around and being outside with the kids. I was hungry, so we stopped at Wendy's on the way home (everywhere else had just gotten their power back and weren't open again yet). Connie and I talked all about the 30 day song challenge I've been doing and books books books...it was great.

I was tired this morning. Amar'e had his 2 month appointment. I LOVE how everything is at the Hospital for us. My OBGYN, the kids Pediatrician, the bloodwork place, our Dentist...anyway, Amar'e had to get 6 shots (3 pokes). I knew he'd do so well! He only cried on the last one. It was a bigger needle. Amar'e gained 2 pounds from when he was one month. He is 13 pounds now and went from 90% down to 80% for weight. He grew 2 1/2 inches since his one month appointment (just a month ago!) and has grown 3 1/2 inches since birth (2 months ago!) He went from 80% up to 93% for height. Amar'e is such a good baby. He is so content and never cries. He still does bottle and breast and he's now sleeping through the night. He still cries a bit when I put him down for the night, but last night because it was so late...not a peep. He rolled over and went right to sleep. I don't think he'll cry for very much longer but either way, it's okay. He's a great baby! He couldn't be better really! The most popular comments I get from people about Amar'e: 1. "He's really big for just being (blank) old!" 2. "WOW! He looks just like his dad!" They usually say both of these things, back to back. It's so predictable but so fun.

I am enjoying my current read "The Book Thief". It's set in WW2 Nazi Germany but is lighthearted humorous and amusing. "Death" narrates the book and that is quite interesting. He says a lot of witty things. I've been buying books lately. It makes me happy when I get them, put my label inside the cover, and put them on my hutch shelves. I want to build a little library, so I've got a pretty good start and books are such a worthwhile thing to buy. I have joined Goodreads so if you're on there, look me up and we can be friends!

Sharrid has to work on the 4th of July but has the whole rest of the week off including the next Monday. We aren't going anywhere but I don't mind. It's really hard for our family to function normally so we are doing all the things that are hard for us to tackle. All of the shopping and errands and appointments could be done during the time that Sharrid was working if I could drive so that we could just have fun when he was off but this is what we have to deal with. We are going to the Dentist and getting bloodwork assignments done on one day. We are taking the kids to the Phoenix Children's Museum on another day. We're going to do other fun activities with them, and odd errands and shopping that we have a hard time getting to. I'll also be doing swim lessons with Marcelus in the complex pool.

I'm getting excited for Harry Potter 7:part 2 to come to theatres and Project Runway to start this month!

Sharrid is testing for another NV job and we will be doing the physical test in early August probably. It's all somewhat of a process but we're in the thick of it now, we'll see what happens. We've been down this road many times before so we always have 2 plans. Plan A: We get the job and move and start a new life........Plan B: We don't get the job, stay here and make adjustments to do the best we can for our disfunctional family.

I am excited for my sister Kira to come and pay a visit which will be sometime late summer!

Well that's the update. Love ya, leave a comment :) It's been slim pickins' lately.