I Seem to Have Misplaced a Month

Seriously, where did the month go? I was updating my coupon binder (yes, you read that correctly) and had to throw out a mess of coupons. That is when I realized it is August. How did it get to be August? What's been happening?

Big Guy has been getting radiation and chemo. Don't know how it's working yet.

The kids are cute and growing.

I am totally sucking at my classes this term. Finals are next week and I am not ready. Seriously. Not. Ready.

Just got off the phone with my gyno's office. My little surgery is scheduled for Sept. 17.

I am overwhelmed by my life right now.

Need a vacation.

Have made a bunch of ice cream this summer. Most recently, cinnamon. YUMMY!

August 3 marked four years having this blog. Can't really say I blogged for four years but I've had the site four years.

Let's hope I don't lose any more of August.

Happenings

Lots of things have happened these last four months and yet nothing has happened at all.

• Me: Still fat, tired and unemployed with zero prospects. Have been trying to find a job with no luck whatsoever. I have called every person I ever knew and nothing. So instead I am enjoying the baby and collecting unemployment which will run out soon.
• The Big Guy: Healthy, puts up with me and will also be unemployed on Friday. His company has done three layoffs already and Friday will be number four. He has been hustling his ass all over the place looking for something. Not only do we lose the income but our health benefits are gone too. If we want to COBRA- $975 a month. Yeah right.
• Sis: Doing good in school and unlike her parents, she has a job. Other than that one word sums it up: Teenager.
• Ebaby: My precious is in Kindergarten! She adores it. It seems like last week she was a babe in arms. She is getting more independent and I'm not sure I like it! She plays soccer when it isn't raining on game day. She has decided she is the one who has to teach Scoop all about life's ins and outs.
• Scoop: Aside from a bit of congestion and a nasty diaper rash she is great. She turned nine months on Sunday and has grown so much. She is the happiest baby I have ever encountered. Seriously, she laughs and smile almost constantly. She has Daddy wrapped around her whole hand. Saturday he looked at her and said "Hi baby." She shot right back, "Hi Dahdee". I thought we were both going to fall over! Not a fluke she says it to him all the time now. She finally started crawling last week and got her first two teeth then too.

There it is, the last four months in a nutshell. Now you're all caught up.

My Girls

I am thirty six years old. I'll be thirty seven in a few weeks...woohoo! I am married to a great guy. I have two girls, ages 15 and 3. Actually the 15 year old is my husband's daughter from his first marriage. She lives with us full time and I've been with them both since she was seven. I do all the mom things for her & she treats me like her mom. Ya know, she thinks I'm a complete jackass out to embarrass her and ruin her life- just like any good mother would. She is fifteen with all the anxiety and turmoil that comes with that. She is a really great kid. She gets straight A's in advanced classes and has a really good group of friends- except for the couple of doofuses (doofi?) that I can't stand.
Our three year old idolizes her sister. The little one is a piece of work, she has basically demanded to go to pre-school in the fall. She wants to do everything her Sissy does. My husband thinks preschool is a great idea, I had hoped to wait another year. It's not a matter of being separated from her, she goes to a sitter three days a week while I work, but I just can't believe that she is old enough to go to friggin' pre-school! It really does seem like she was born a week ago and now not only is she old enough to go to school, but she WANTS to go. She told me she would miss me but it would be okay because she'd be right back.
They grow so fast...I need ice cream.