Eh – Life sucks…

Usually it’s February when I get the blahs and as March rolls in with some sun, I get going again. This year, seems like it hit me about the time they were extended and I just haven’t been able to get myself back to putting one foot in front of the other. I’m trying though…

I just turned our air on for the first time this year. *sigh* reminds me of before husband left for some reason. I guess what has my funk going is we’d just hit the half-way mark, working on that down hill until he gets home time – when all of a sudden we aren’t even HALF way done yet. Just sucks four ways to nothing is all. My big pity party for one…

After years and years of living far from my family, I’m all of a sudden so HOMESICK for some reason. I want to be around people who love me even when I might not like myself too much. I want to drive down the road I traveled most of my life to get “home” and have that feeling of being “home” again…I want to see the sign “Welcome to Alabama The Beautiful” and get butterflies knowing I’m *almost* there. I want to scream down I-20 and get off at MY exit….and know every back road, every street name and pass down the main avenue that has huge trees that shade every aspect. I want to sing Hank Jr’s “A Country Boy Can Survive” as I drive up my Momma’s driveway. I want to go shooting with my new gun, my step-father and my brother. I want to see my best friend from childhood and put my children on one of her horses and teach them something I used to could do so well… I mostly want to sleep that good hard, deep sleep that you can sleep when people who love you (and are a great shot lol) surround you and you don’t have to listen for babies or strange noises. I want to eat my Momma’s fried green tomatoes, home made pole beans, fried okra and every other southern dish that she can whip out like no one else on this earth. And, I want to see my children laughing and being spoiled by Grandma and Pawpaw….

*big sigh*

With my pity party over for the moment lol, Ford called yesterday and MY NEW STRIPE KIT IS IN!!!! Yep, ordered the stripe kit and hood pins through Ford Racing and they will put the stripes on Monday!!! Still waiting on hood pins. Not sure what they are? Look at a new Shelby GT500 – stripes and pins will be the same.

I’d noticed that this yellow mustang GT in town had the stripe kit I want on and made the joke that they put my stripe kit on a yellow car to make the sell and I should get a discount lol. Whelp, they said since we’d been waiting over a month and I was suppose to be the first in town with this kit, I WILL get a discount. WOOHOO!

Other news, I found out today that TRICARE will allow me to see my civilian doc and PAY FOR IT!!! I’ve been paying out of pocket so I can keep the same doc and not have to change every 6 months when my doc on post retires, deploys or gets out of the Army. SUCH a relief. Right now, $65 every month to see a doc is no big deal, but once he retires, money will be a lot different. We’ll have to pay the premium, pay for our tags with personal property tax (which we don’t pay now because he’s not a resident of our state). So, having TRICARE say – ok, he’s now your primary care manager – thanks for stopping by – is just a HUGE relief!!!

Lets see, nothing else going on. Daughter is stuck in her room all weekend. I caught her in a lie yesterday and her punishment is NO PHONE, NO TV and to clean up her nasty room . She can sit in there and read all weekend. Maybe next time she wants to be dishonest, she’ll think twice.

Whelp, better go fix some vittles. I’ll be back probably Thursday or so. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

I’m alive…

When I last updated, I mentioned my cold. Well, turned out not to be just a cold, but a bug that I thought might end up killing me eventually. Honestly, yesterday was the first day in weeks where I felt good the entire day.

The Saturday after I posted, I ended up in the ER. The night before my head started hurting and by Saturday morning, after not sleeping and no cold medicine seeming to help, I decided it was the only choice I had. I rarely ever get headaches – and this one was the equivalent of someone smashing me in the forehead with a hammer over and over, hour after hour. I couldn’t lay down because it hurt worse if I did. Bending over was agony. For all the libtards out there who want “free” healthcare, you get to look forward to what I experienced that day when the government runs the entire country’s medical care. Almost 8 hours in the ER with a raging headache, babies and children screaming – then being put in a room and it taking two hours for a doc to finally grace us with his presence. Hell, I could diagnose myself – I knew it was a sinus infection. However, almost 8 hours and one X-ray later, I finally left with an antibiotic.

The sinus infection slowly cleared up, but the antibiotic didn’t do much for my cough or feeling completely worn out and achy. While I was sick, the laundry piled up and the house was pretty well a mess. Pretty much the way it goes when you’re sick and live far from any family. You’re on your own…

I’m finally feeling better though. Yesterday I did a lot of cleaning and today I’m trying to put a dent in our laundry situation. Unfortunately, we were all up most of the night due to bad thunderstorms. This morning, little guy seems to have come down with a stomach flu. Anything he eats or drinks comes right back up.

*sigh*

Our luck just hasn’t been very good the past few weeks and apparently May isn’t going to be much better…

I’m so ready for a vacation.