Slug Bug

Yesterday was an ok day. The kids and I held up pretty good. With that said, I am SOOOO ready for my husband to be home. I am not cut out for this single mom biz!

Today, we successfully ran some errands. In the process of traveling through 3 different towns and on the freeway, we saw 19 "slug bugs." This game has gotten much more fun now that we live in the Portland area where more people drive them. I wonder if they are more environmentally friendly... Anyway, Nevaeh and I had a fun time trying to spot them first. And Kohlton, well, he yelled out "slug bug (insert color here)" at every brightly colored vehicle that we saw. So, if you count the dozens (not even joking) of cars that he called out "slug bug" to, then he is the clear winner of the game for today :-). I also texted my sister-in-law each time we saw them, which I'm sure annoyed her, since she and her girls also play the "slug bug" game. That is how I counted up how many we saw. Since I do live in Oregon where it is illegal to text while driving, I will insert my "I did not text while driving" comment here :-).

Since the day is not yet through and I plan on going to the gym later, I may need to add some "slug bugs" to my score. It is a windy, cloudy, rainy day today so I am feeling the need to be lazy and lay on the couch. So, I should try to muster up some motivation and get going to the gym before I have no desire to even go. Wish me luck and send motivation my way!

Strikes Stink

Ok, so I know that people feel the need to have a strike now and then, but really, do they think of how it is going to effect other people? Don't be so selfish! Think of how your strike is effecting ME!!! How it is disrupting MY life... MY mental well being... MY kids... and MY husband. Ok, so maybe I'm the one being a little bit selfish here :-) But, seriously, I don't know if I can take my husband being gone for another week or more.

If you really don't know what I'm talking about, let me bring you up to speed. So, my husband works for a certain beverage company ;-) that one of their plants up in Washington went on strike last week. Because my husband is in management, he gets enlisted to go up there and help with delivering so that business doesn't get interrupted. He will continue to be up there until negotiations are finished and the drivers/workers go back to work. I get it, it's part of his job to do this. I get that people strike now and then to get what they feel is fair or whatever.

That doesn't mean that I have to like it!!!

I don't like being a single mom, even if it is only for a couple of weeks. Jason was able to come home for the weekend (2 nights) which I am grateful. If we still lived in Arizona, I wouldn't be able to see him until this whole thing was over. So, for that I am glad. I think there will be a lot of trips to the parks and gym this week :-) If I did still live in Arizona, I would have my wonderful sister Nilda that I would have begged to spend time with me and possibly spend the night to help pass the time while he is away, but no, I am here, in Oregon, 22 hours away... So, I will do my best to keep myself and the kids busy and happy.

Wish me luck!!!

Let's Try This Again!

For all of you that know me, know that I once had a blog... www.azroths.blogspot.com ... however, it has been a while since I have posted to it and I couldn't get into it anymore. Oh well! :-) I figured since I no longer live in Arizona, the "az" part no longer applied so I decided to just start over and hopefully I will be a bit more faithful in posting to this one. Also, my wonderful sister has kindly suggested a few times that I should get back to blogging since I no longer get to see her on an almost daily basis. So, here it goes!