Still On The Upswing...

DH began his job on Monday and it's going as well as training at a new company can. He seems to be happy, back at work and I am glad he has a sense of purpose and confidence again. He was disappointed yesterday however, he didn't get to see Gabs awake.

Lazy bones has been sleeping in this week and yesterday she refused to nap. When it was evident she wouldn't take a nap, I took her swimming for 90 minutes then for a walk around the neighborhood. Dinner followed, and then she practically thanked me for putting her to bed, she was snoring as her head hit the mattress.

Now Gabs and I have a day off together! The question is, do we go shopping for supplies for Mommy's summer job? Or do we go to the local indoor play center can meet some toddlers there? Decisions, decisions, decisions...

After 4 months...

of unemployment, DH starts his new job tomorrow!!! Gabs and I are so happy for him. This is a stable job, with a terrific company, and they are really looking forward to bringing him on board. The emails they've been sending this week really give us hope that this will be a positive place for DH to settle down in.

He asked to not start until tomorrow so we could have a week off together. Here are the photos of our fun!

Attachment

Like all mommies, I often pride myself on how smart, independent, and all around amazing Gabby is. Gabs is independent, but loving. Smart, and funny. Silly, but can calm down when necessary....

Until the weekend hits. As soon as she realizes I am staying home for the day (i.e. I am wearing jeans, or still there when breakfast is done) she becomes my shadow. Clingy only begins to describe it. Yesterday we had to attend a funeral and at the reception afterwards her God father joked that it was like a dog with a shock collar. Every time we got 3 feet apart, she'd start screaming.

I love that she needs me, but this new attachment issue is worrisome... especially going into the summer. This will be the first summer that I've not worked. How will she be if I am home all summer with her? Will she continue to be this clingy little thing afraid to try anything without her mommy? or will she get used to my presence and go back to being the independent self-sufficient girl I am trying to raise??

I am sure that this is, as my mother says, "just a phase..."

REALLY?!

When, oh when will this craptastic luck of ours run out? I am exhausted from riding this obnoxious roller coaster of a year and I think my family deserves some stability.

Our luck was not in fact changing... This weekend we found the home of our dreams, in our price range, in a fabulous location. We were ready to make an offer on it this morning.

Literally 30 minutes before the realtor called us back, our "tenants" called to say they were all set and decided not to rent or purchase our home. They got approved for a mortgage and were going to instead look for a better home than ours (funny, ours was their dream home just the day before). While DH reeled and stressed about that I continued my work day, distracted, but still effective.

Then I checked my mailbox at lunch. I got a form letter from my former principal (I switched buildings this year) saying they would not have me teach summer school this year (a program I RAN and designed for the school for the last 5 years) since I wasn't coming back to teach in their building again.

So just to recap, our dream home is no longer an option, DH is out of work for week 13 and my summer income that I count on (and NEED since DH is out of work) is not an option due to politics.

Seriously, how much more can we get kicked right now? We are down, stop throwing crap at us.

Vent done. Hoping for a happier post next time...

Might Our Luck Be Changing?

The first part of the year has been tough. My husband's grandmother (and Gab's namesake) passed away just days into the new year. Not only did she pass away, but he was there with her and he was the one who had to help the undertaker put her in the body bag. He had months (still has in fact) of nightmares. We went on a vacation which was mostly nice except Gabs and I got VERY ill just before we left.

Once home we met with a realtor to sell our home. It's small for our family. The realtor basically told us, we'd have to bring over $20,000 to closing just to unload it.

Beginning of March, Gab's daddy lost his job and he's now been unemployed 12 weeks.... and counting.

Oh, did I mention the roof began to leak in mid February? And that we weren't sure what I'd be doing for next year, and we had to pull Gabs out of full time daycare which was very hard. It was a really shitty first few months of the year.

But then, out of the blue, we got a call from an old colleague of Gab's daddy and they are interested in buying our home. They'd like to do a rent to own for 2 years then purchase it. My job situation has not only been settled, but it's better than I could have ever imagined, I am taking off the summer for the first time since I was a child, and it just all of a sudden seems like our luck is changing.... could it be?