Holy wow, it's been a long time since I posted. I think that's because I have been so busy and my life has been full of nonsense. Hmmmm, how about a summary:
1. Football is finally over!!!! Don't worry, we have found plenty of ways to occupy that free time.
2. Some lady crashed into my car while I was trying to leave the pharmacy with my antibiotics because I was sick. 2 days before Thanksgiving. It was awesome. I can pretty much guarantee that after taking almost 2 weeks to accept liability, the guy handling the claim through her insurance company does not wish to speak to me EVER again!
3. Thanks to #2 (hahaha) I am having to attend 3 chiropractor sessions per week to get my neck back to not freaking out.
4. My family really pulled together to help make Thanksgiving yummy, delicious, and a good time.
5. My oldest son especially deserves an award! He was so wonderful! Gave his little brother a bath for me, and while he was playing in the bath he cleaned the rest of the bathroom! He is growing up so fast!
6. The car is mostly fixed. There are some paint issues that the shop assures me they can fix quickly when I come by to bring the check for the deductible that the insurance company sent to me "by accident."
7. The tenant issue.....AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! They decided they were going to tell us off every time they spoke to us. My husband handled all of the court proceedings and got a judgement to be able to evict them forcefully. I am so thankful he handled that because, quite frankly, I try to avoid the legal system. I can never break the law. Traffic court totally stresses me out. Anyway, my husband agreed that if they would just go, we wouldn't go after them for the back rent. Apparently they took that as a reason to celebrate and party it up, because at 5am this Saturday morning I was wakened by a terrible smell, and discovered that they were smoking weed down there, which came through the vent system and filled my entire house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, not joking. These a$$holes have not paid rent, but can buy drugs??!!??!!?!?!?!?! LIVID. So we went down and banged on the door, and truly, she started telling us off again! WTH? How is this possible??? We are kicking them out at Christmas and to give them a break. Ummm, we have been paying for you to live for free. And you have been nothing but jerk faces and now you're doing drugs in my HOUSE???????? After totally losing her marbles she said "you know what? We're leaving tonight!" Ha! My wish come true! Not only are they leaving, but they threw themselves out! Yippeeeeeeee! I would celebrate, but truly I am still extremely sleep deprived, and I feel like crap.
8. Life still goes on......even if you haven't had any sleep. So yeah, we still packed 30lbs of fun into a 5lb weekend. Mall, church, play practice, Chuck E Cheese, shopping, showing the apartment, and the list goes on and on.....
9. Christmas. Now this is my very favorite time of the year!!!!! The decorations, the cookies, the food, the celebrating, the gathering with family, and most of all - the wonder and excitement of my children!!! Each thing seems magical, and every year it's new because they are each experiencing things at a different level. I love everything about it! So while all of the other craziness in my life is happening, I try to pause each day and give thanks to God for all of my blessings and for his gift to us all; his son Jesus.
