This week has been absolutely insane. The car problems have continued, and now I am the proud owner of two vehicles that aren't drivable...awesome. The car's steering is all screwed up, and one of the wheels points the wrong way. I don't even want to guess at how much that's going to cost to fix. And the van (which I've had to drive illegally for almost a week) decided to no longer start. I'm pretty sure it's just the battery, but right now we can't afford a new battery, so that vehicle is a no-go as well. Top that off with the fact that Audrey STILL doesn't have bus service, and you've got a completely annoying situation. Hopefully that school will get it's act together by Monday, or else she's going to miss another day of school (she couldn't go on Friday because the van wouldn't start). Having Audrey home from school is no fun for anyone...her schedule is all messed up, and that basically means that she is pissed off until she goes to bed. Fun for all involved. I thought none of us were going to be alive when Pete got home Friday night. Luckily, he correctly assessed the situation and took the girls to the park for an hour so that I could return to normal. He's such a great guy!
It's finally gotten hot here, which is great. I hate being cold (as you read in my earlier posts). It's 10:30 at night and 79 degrees...I love it! It did get hot at work today. Yeah, Macy's actually had me come in to work today for 6 hours. It wasn't too bad, but the air wasn't working and it got really stuffy in the store by late afternoon...I talked to one of the assistant managers, Jessica, and told her how I needed to either get more hours, or some sort of permanent position, and she told me about an opening. In handbags and accessories. My least favorite place to work. Well, next to recovery (which is a fancy way of saying that you are the person who clears out dressing rooms and puts clothes away for hours on end, without ringing up any sales). But, the main reason I don't like handbags is that it's boring. Not many people come in to drop hundreds of dollars on a purse. Lots of people come over to look at the Coach bags, have you pull them out, then decide that $300+ is too much. That's what drives me nuts. And there's not much to do when there aren't customers. You can only re-organize displays of un-touched purses for so long before your mind starts to wander. And you're not allowed to just stand behind the counter, so I have to wander up and down the area, trying to look purposeful. It's exhausting. BUT if they offer it to me, I'll take it. True, it's in Plano (about 30 minutes from where we are in Dallas) and I don't have a working car right now...or daycare for Isabel...and it's only a part time position...eh, I'll take what I can get at this point. At least it'll be something. And it'll open the door to possibly moving to another department in the future. Fingers crossed.
One bad thing about it getting hotter is it's made me wear fewer baggy sweatshirts and realize that the two months that I haven't been going to the gym are showing...in a major way. I haven't quite gotten back to where I was last summer, but I'm dangerously close. I have to do something before this gets completely out of control. Not sure what, because I have no way to get to the gym now, but I'll have to think of something. I refuse to look the way I used to. Eww. I know Pete says he loves me no matter what, but I also know that no one wants to be with someone who doesn't even have enough self-control to take care of themself.
Other than that, things are great. Pete and I are happy. I'm feeling a lot more comfortable being a mom. It doesn't feel like an imposition on my time, like it used to. I know that sounds terrible, but it did sometimes. Maybe it's because I've finally found the right person to do this with. It makes everything else seem manageable. Whatever it is, I'm glad. :)
Speaking of being glad, I got some GREAT news about my sister and Caleb tonight...I'm sure you can guess what it is, but I'll wait before going all-out about it! Part of me was a little jealous, but then I thought about my life and what needs to happen and realized that I just need to be patient. There are lots of other exciting things that will happen, and when they do, it'll be at the right time. I just have to have faith. And enjoy what's happening instead of focusing on what will happen. That's living, right? Enjoying the present with the knowledge that it will take you where you need to be...in my case, I feel like lots of different parts of my life were taking toward Pete. It may have been a roundabout course, but I'm here now...and it was SO worth it.
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