Couldn't Sleep (Zaad)

Girl Power

Why Did We Leave? (Zaad)

Moments.

Bex and Her Boys (Zaad)

Stunning.

Loving the Pics (Zaad)

My Boys and Me.

What A Weekend (Zaad)

What a wonderful weekend. An awesome, side-splitting, laugh-my-ass-off, memorable weekend.

Yes, we bickered.

Yes, we all had our moments with the kids.

But fuck yes, I, for one, had one of the most fun camping trips ever.

Just sayin'.

Dude, I'm Getting Ready (Zaad)

Ok, this will be the least interesting post ever written here. Sorry. But I figure this is as good a way as any to get organized for this weekend's trip.

So, I did my grocery shopping and I just wanted to give you three a heads up for my meals that I have (yes, we are each responsible for a few meals, and yes, we are the MOST organized group of girl friends, EVER):

Since I have one lunch and one dinner (and I'm calling Friday dinner since I plan to prepare it Thursday night and have it ready for grilling when we get there) and snacks, this is my menu:

Lunch:
Turkey, roast beef, and ham lunch meat
Condiments, cheese and bread (duh)
Fruit salad (not pre-made thankyouverymuch)

Dinner:
Grilled chicken breasts (Lu, are you bringing a grill?) (Does anyone know how to actually grill?) (shit beans, we may be screwed) (the camper has a oven if all else fails) (because, yup, amazingly I do know how to do THAT: "Hey Bex, I need to cook this chicken.")
Potato salad (uh, pre-made) (sorry)

Macaroni salad (pre-made) (duh) (no need to re-visit last year's disastrous pasta salad) (don't ask, I'm not tellin')

Tomato and cucumber salad

Snacks:

Chips, sour cream/onion and cheddar cheese

3 packs of various cracker snacks, portable for beach going (YAY)

Drinks:

Diet pop

A case of water with 3 flavor choices

I also got the mega-pack of plates (which incidentally has 130 plates, enough for exactly 10 meals for us, lol) so if one each of you wants to get utensils, napkins, and cups, we should be all set for eating!

Damn it feels good to have that done! Oh, I cannot fucking wait!

Nevermind (Zaad)

Welcome to the Madhouse! (Lulu)

Schedules are crazy and life is nuts but together it can all be accomplished!

Today my big gray hair had to take his drivers test. Of course he is used to driving my truck but unfortunately my abs light is on sooooo can't use that for the test. We talked about using Zaads car but.....never seemed to get a chance for Cody to practice with it. So yesterday it was decided that he would use Bex' car. He has driven it a few times but thats it. Thankfully The Pot-Stirrer walked him through the parallel park thing and he practiced for a little bit last night. We showed up for the test and the poor kid was absolutely nervous. I'm talking the white as a ghost, looking like he is gonna puke kind of nervous!! Any guesses as to how he did?

Well duh!!!!! HE PASSED!!!!!!!

To add to the craziness he has decided that he wants to play football....never played on a team before but hey! Its only his junior year....nothing wrong with being new on a Varsity team Right!....Right? And we find out this morning that practices actually start today! But of course he can just start tomorrow after "we" take care of a few things first.

Few things.....AS IF!!!!

I have to work so Bex has to take him to get his physical. Then I have to leave work (but I can't do that till 11am) so I can run to the Secretary of State to change my address (cuz the mail-in form is taking to long) and get the kid his DRIVERS LICENSE! Then go enroll him for school. At that point I have to go back to work and Bex will take him to football practice. Did I mention that practice starts at 1:30? So it all has to be done by then!

But then its girl night so the relaxing will be able to begin.......I hope!

My Turn (Bex)

Ok, I know some of you are wondering... Mom and Dad!

I still don't know for sure about the job... What I mean is...

This week I started a new job. One I could actually enjoy... Teaching students in nursing school. So far, I have really liked the institution, the people and even the 30 min presentation I had to do for the Administrators (to prove I could actually teach)... It was fun, and I could really get into it!

Here's the BUTT! But, I really want this other job I applied for, it's a Manager position for an OB/GYN office... I really liked the Dr. and the office... last week, I spoke with the Dr. and he said they were down to 2 candidates and I was one of them... they would make a decision this week... I spoke with the HR Director yesterday, she said they had not made their decision yet, she would call me as soon as they had... She called and left a voicemail this morning that said:
"Hi... This is so and so... I really apologize for yesterday, I had been out of town and just got back to the office yesterday... Please call me at your earliest convenience."

Ok, I called while on break and left a voicemail... then after work, I called again and the lady that answers the phone said:
"So and So is tied up with something right now and she promises she will call you."

Now it's almost 9p.m. and she hasn't called...

So now I'm like... Well? Is this good news? do I have the job? she could have left a bad message on the voicemail, right? The last one that rejected me did...

Is she really that busy or is she putting off telling me bad news...

And the worst part about it is... I am a planner and an organizer... I need to make schedules... and lists... It's just in me... And I can't. Not til I know for sure...

What do I tell the other job about classes I can or cannot teach? What do I tell the externship? Do I register for different classes in the fall? Or are the ones I picked ok?

Ugh... does anyone else feel my pain?

you know... Misery loves company!

Settling In (Lulu)

It may have been the craziest...most overwhelming...move in history but its done. I really didn't realize it was going to be so rushed and crazy!

Now I am doing the unpacking and trying to get used to living not only someplace new but living with another family. Luckily for me Bex and her family have definately made me feel like it is my home too. Every night I go down to my room and it is amazing how relaxing it actually is. I dont feel the sress or the tension that I used to feel before I moved. I am actually able to sleep now.

I know that there are going to be soooo many more hurdles to jump before this divorce is over and I find a place of my own but for right now I just want to focus on the fact that I made it through this one. (course the girlz may say it was a close call! I was an absolute emotional wreck!) I really thought that it would be easier than it was. I didnt really lose it until I was doing the final walk through. I just looked around and all the emotional past hit me like a ton of bricks. I could mentally see the door slamming behind me!

Now that I am moved in and have had a few days to process it all I can finally see that the door may have closed behind me but now I see that there is another door opening right in front of me. It may take a little while before I get to fully walk through it but at least I can see that it is there. My Girlz are there with me and I know that if I start to lose track of it they will help pull me back on track. Because of them I know that I can make it!!!!!!

I am going to be a strong, smart, independent HAPPY woman that can accomplish anything! No longer will I let a man or anything/anyone hold me back or keep me from believing in myself!

Worst Move EVER (Zaad)

1. I'm glad we were able to help Lulu get packed and moved into Bex's basement. I don't know how other single women do crap without 3 other best friends. I mean, when I was married, I didn't feel like I NEEDED them as much, nor did Lulu. But, man, being single would be sooooo much harder without them.

2. Dude. That was the worst move ever. EVER. It wasn't so much a move as an *emergency evacuation.* I was picturing the four of us calmly packing her stuff into boxes and getting everything ready and organized to move. OH NO. It was nothing like that. It was more like: "Uh, I have nothing packed and I need to get out now." But. We did it. That's all that counts.

3. On a brighter note: tomorrow is Monday and we can all start over.

PHEW.