When it rains it pours...

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Life has been very hectic. And boy is that an understatement. It's slowly getting back in order... but only slowly... everything happens for a reason, right?

Well, lets skip back a few weeks.  Greg and Kevin were on their way to Utah to upgrade Kevin from Trainee to contract employee under Greg. Everything was fine and dandy.  They got a pretty nice load, but as they were leaving a wal-mart parking lot, Greg's tire blew. Nothing too major, right? Very true, but it does take a while for a tow truck to come out and replace the tire.  So that load got switched. Then, as they were finally on the road, Greg unfortunately got ran off the road.  What he told me was, he was driving up a hill, his load was light and he was behind another truck which was moving slower than him. It was a 2 lane highway and he changed lanes to pass the truck. He saw a small truck (like a Toyota Tacoma) way back behind him. Enough room for him to safely change lanes. Well as Greg was trying to pass the other big rig, the small truck tried to pass Greg in the shoulder. That shoulder was wide enough for a small car. And when Greg saw the truck, which looked like the truck MIGHT get swooped under his trailer, he switched to the slow lane so that he doesn't accidentally kill the idiot driver in the small truck. But, when he switched lanes, the big rig was coming up too fast and he didn't have time to slow his truck down safely so he drove off the road. Luckily Greg and Kevin are OK with just some minor bruises. The truck is totaled though. Axel was bent, the hood flew off, other stuff too. So. They were stuck in Utah for a while until they got to their yard.  That's when Greg was told he was suspended without pay until the police report comes in.

So Greg has been home for the past week and a half.  Waiting for the company to review the accident.  His driver manager and fleet manager all knew it wasn't his fault. He had no other choice (or well, kill the guy and possibly destroy the trailer and truck too).  The police report even showed it was not his fault.  So him being home has been really nice. And we had a feeling the company was going to also find him not at fail and as a non-preventable accident.  So just a little over a week passes and Greg gets a call from Vicki, his awesome driver manager.  This was Monday, the 29th. And she tells him that the company found it to a preventable accident and that he was fired. Vicki was furious of the company's findings along with his fleet manager too.

I kept my cool all day long. When greg picked me up from work, we started talking about it.  And then I started crying.  I tried not to, but it just came out.  He came with me to crossfit, and it was seriously nice to just get away for a little bit and be around great friends. Greg got to see what I do in my Gym and got to talk to some really cool people too.  Unfortunately, that was my last day there until we're financially stable again.  I'll try to keep doing crossfit at home, but it's just not the same.  Greg and Kevin left Tuesday morning to get their stuff out of the truck.  They'll be home today.  It's just been an hectic and I've tried my hardest to keep my stress levels low.  It's hard, but it can be done.

So now, Greg will be hitting the streets and looking for work at home.  Everything happens for a reason, right?  Greg finds it a blessing on disguise. If him and Kevin didn't get into a wreck, they may have been stuck on the east coast during the hurricane. They do a lot of loads on the east.  And both Greg and I didn't want him on the road when Wyatt's born.  So maybe that's another reason? 

So if anyone knows whose hiring, let me know!  He's got his class a, military background, automotive background, he's pretty much a jack of all trades!

Boredom at work ...

Man, days like this makes me miss my old department with my old co workers!  Work is unbearably boring today!  I remember the days when I used to play with my toys and co workers would join in... even the higher ups would join in too!  Yes, I DO have toys at my desk.  Though there we're many days of piled paper work, we would still find time to have fun AND finish our work on time.  I think I had the most toys at my desk.  They were amusing and fun to play with..most were just collecting dust, but I loved looking at them.  Like my Doc Hudson from the movie cars. Still in its package and there was one higher up that was eye balling it because he has a hard time finding that toy for his son. The only toy left for his son to have a complete set!  Oh yes, we were quite the group
Honest the only boring days were when a ton of people were not in. Usually those were the 3 or 4 day weekends and almost everyone took an extra vacation day to extend their weekend.

But, here I am, sitting in my cubical, really not wanting to lift a finger or move (btw, there's really no work to be done except box things up since we're moving 1 floor up). With my headache, yeah, I really don't want to move.  This day will take forever to end!  Wyatt seems to be having a blast though as he's been very active.  Kicking me left and right. At least he's not kicking my bladder today!  *sigh*  hurry up day!

It's a.....

BOY!!!!!

Yesterday we had our baby reveal party. It was a lot of fun. We ended up not having a lot of people as some were not able to make it last minute. But Greg's family was all there to be the first to find out what baby boling is.  We had the party at Mark and Monica's in their private party room. I didn't even know they had a party room! Of course, we started off with eating some pizza and beers (soda and water for me of course). Then I asked everyone to pull a ribbon or two out until the names Wyatt and Danielle came up. Unfortunately, I think my aunt forgot.to put the names on one of the ribbons.  So we improvise and the two that had the old wives tales were the two in the running for a $15 gift certificate to starbucks.  Then, we had goody bags for everyone.  Whoever had the rubber duckie with a pink and blue ribbon was the one who got to open the envelope to reveal the baby's gender. Macy was the one who got to open it! (Greg's little niece). I was telling her to rip it open! I was impatient on finding out. So she opens it and her dad was looking at the ultrasound pic to figure it out. Took him a while to figure it out And he said... "IT'S A BOY!" Greg was jumping for joy, I was all smiles! We took a look at the ultrasound pic and greg said "yup, he's packing just like his papas!" Do all me. Say that when they find out its a boy???? Haha! I just laughed and rolled my eyes.  We couldn't be any happier. Of course we really didn't care if it was a boy or girl, just happy we were having a healthy baby so far.  Mama is trying he best!  I have some pictures and the ultrasound will soon follow along with the rest of the pics. We got some presents for ourselves and Wyatt got some.of his first presents as well. Our favorite is Wyatt's first blanket. We LOVE it. It was from his great aunt tank and uncle kelly. Engraved on the blanket was "Baby Boling. It's just so cute, thoughtful and adorable!!!

So after all that, we just sat around and started chit chatting for a little bit until we left.  That evening a couple of friends of ours followed us to the Sacramento raceway for the annual fox hunt.  Got to watch some fun drag racing along with watching 2 motor homes being burned down with a jet racing car.  It was awesome.  I felt Wyatt kick a little bit, but not much.  Actually, he was pretty quiet the past few days and then today I have been really feeling him a lot. At one point it almost felt like he was "walking" 2 steps on my lower abs and it felt pretty hard too!  I know for sure Wyatt got Greg's legs... his kicks can be so u.comfortable!