Trying other things

So unfortunately the VA wont be able to pay for the security school. Something about not receiving any funds... hmm, shocker there.... stupid State. So Greg has been trying to get a hold of someone at Calves. They might be able to help along with possibly EDD as well.  I told him he has until next Wednesday to figure something out with the whole security thing or move on to the next best thing, which would be trucking.

The great thing about where greg wants to work is that both options are so high in demand. You constantly see jobs available in security and trucking. The best part is he can work in armored car with his class A license. Two birds/one stone kinda deal.

This weekends looks to be very exciting. I'm probably going to bed early tonight for a couple reasons. I didn't sleep all that well last night and I have to be at the capitol air show tomorrow by 0545! Yep, that's right, 0545! A friend of mine told ne that, that time will be sleeping in for me! Haha. Well, the reason I have to be there so early is because I volunteered for the air show this year and they put me in the check-in pile. So I'll be checking volunteers in. The great thing about being there early is I get front row parking AND I get to enjoy the show. Saturday I'm probably going to leave shortly after we're all done checking volunteers in and Sunday I'm most definitely staying for the show. It's supposed to be big this year.

This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the 70th anniversary of pearl harbor too. So they have big plans. They didn't say what they are as they are a surprise, but I'm excited none the less.

I can't wait for Wyatt to be big enough to truly enjoy all this stuff. Im in my third tri now. Wyatt is to arrive in 3 months, isn't that crazy?!?! Funny how time flies. I can't wait to meet him, but I'm also afraid I'm not ready for him just yet! He's working his way head down lately as I have been feeling a lot of pressure on and off down in my pelvic and it's really uncomfortable! But I love feeling his kicks (well, for the most part).

Wow... I'm gonna be pretty busy and tired the next few months!

Brighter days are upon us

That's what I'm hoping for!  I had a great weekend! But it felt way too short for a 3 day weekend! I really don't remember what we did on Saturday or Sunday except take bubbas out to the river.  On Monday we had a lot of fun. We got to spend time with dad early in the day. Before that we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa for a bit while Greg and dad ran an errand.  That afternoon we headed to Old Sac. A friend of ours invited us to join them for the Gold Rush days event. The museums were free, so Greg and I got to check out the Train museum first.  It was pretty cool. The lower level was the different types of trains they had. What they were used for and history behind them.  On the 3rd floor was all the toy trains. Greg was saying how he wants to build one for him and Wyatt.  We walked outside and got to see them shoot a cannon.  It was pretty loud! Of course. And everywhere you look, people were dressed up in the olden days.  The concrete road was covered in dirt.  They had shows at certain areas to show you what it was like back then. They had gun fights break out and a brothel (of course they used Evangeline's) "set on fire". That's always fun to go to.  We went last year and it was a blast too.  We also got to check out the military museum, free admission as well.  Greg explained to our buddy's gf's kid about the military, the types of weapons that were in display, uniforms, etc. He was very interested in it all to say the least! Our last stop before dinner was Evangeline's. We went upstairs to check out the costume mansion, play with a few things, haha! I had a lot of fun that day. And boy was I beat!!!! As soon as we got home, I was ready for bed.

Things are looking up, I hope. Greg found out today that he may be able to go through security school and get his guard card and permits for free through the VA. We shall find out soon!

It's a shame...

To lose a good friend because they chose their immature relationship over close friends and their own family.  I would never in my whole entire life let anyone control me on what I can and cannot do, who I can and cannot see.  Let alone have them pull me away from my own family.  Especially family who are in need.  I've gone through 2 deaths of close family and one of close friends. I've dealt with 2 families of a cancer survivor and dealing with it at this moment. I've dealt with one who passed away from cancer.  The bottom line? I dealt with it the right way instead of running away. And to hear an excuse like "well I don't like being around death" is by far the most selfish, low life type of excuse I have ever heard.  What do you think they are around 24/7??? Roses?!?!   What makes you think cancer is "death"!?  Why are you better? Because you don't have it?  It kind of hurts me that this friend turned down his family because of some selfish excuse.  turn down your friends, that's fine, but family???  I see it as a scared cat running away.  It's too close to home and honestly, it pisses me off!  He's only 1 hour away from his Uncle. Guess what?! Im 8 hours away from my GODMOTHER! If I still lived in so cal, I would see her often. Instead, I call and send emails and I have sent letters through snail mail.

I don't know if its his choice or if its her controlling him.  But either way, he allows it and she should have the sense to help him realize what a selfish act he is doing.  I've been in a relationship where my S/O, at the time, was dealing with his dad that got diagnosed with acute leukemia. A very rare form and it progressed so fast he passed away in less than a year.  It was not easy to deal with but I had the sense to let him be with his family.

You don't know when one will be gone. The only way to deal with it is to give support and hope for the best. Not stay away. I truly hope this "friend" soon realizes how important family is especially when they themselves have given him love and support as well.

Fighting gloves are on!

So with the streak of bad luck, the truck incident, I went into the emergency room a few Fridays ago, Greg got a speeding ticket (he had a rental and didn't realize how fast he was going), and Greg loosing his job, we just have to keep moving forward.

So Greg is going to take the rest of the week off and hitting the streets next week to find jobs. I'll be helping him by looking online for openings in probably the towing company business. It sucks, but it's life. We just have to fight through it and come out on top again.

On a better note, our new TV arrived yesterday. We got it before Greg got suspended and then fired, so don't think we just bought it.Unfortunately i'll be paying twice as much as the actual price, but with my Jeep payments coming to an end, no TV (as our old one just completely took a crap on us), and us really needing to rebuild our credit, I thought it might be a good idea.When the Jeep is finally paid off, we'll be putting that extra money to savings and to other bills to pay off sooner. Oh! And the funny thing about the TV, Mr T is terrified of it! Big bad TV is out to get bubbas I guess.

It really is nice to have Greg home. It's been a little over a year of seeing each other only a couple days out of each month. I know he'll find something soon. Wyatt is arriving soon. Just a few more months and we literally have nothing for him :-( but I know that is in the back of Greg's mind too. We already started getting the apartment ready just in case we end up not moving yet. We got a bigger storage so that we can put things we want to keep for a bigger place in storage until we get into a bigger place. We also have the apartment mapped out for rearrangement. But we might move to a downstairs apartment. The landlords live in one of the downstairs one and will be moving to the other side where the apartment managers usually live. They've lived here since the beginning of this year and recently were hired as apartment managers. Pretty good people. So that's how we might end up downstairs. Which is perfect for us. Gonna be hard dealing with potty and walks with bubbas and carrying Wyatt around if we're on the 2nd floor. It'll make it a whole lot easier if we live on the 1st. Least we're getting rid of stuff and putting stuff away. Im excited!!!

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!