I give up!

I give up! Nothing is going right- I hate my life right now.
I hate working nights- I am TIRED! I taught my last Sign language class on Tuesday and am already missing it.
I told hubby I wanted to watch SuperBad THIS WEEKEND- what does he do? He takes the remote and turns it on right then and there! I had an hour until I had to leave for work tonight- I absolute hate watching a movie in parts- I want to sit down and watch it all or not at all. AAA!
I finally got up and went to the basement.
Nathan was playing in the bathroom most of the night- not sure what is up with him.
I cooked, and did laundry and tried to pick up stuff around the house- but when you have a 3 yr old that gets everything back out- it seems so pointless.
I am tired of the shots and pills related to my type 2. I am trying so hard to be better but I just can't control it anymore.
I'm tired of people I am close to- being sick and having to deal with possible surgeries and/or death. It makes me not want to be close to anyone anymore.
What if something happens to Bud or Nathan or even my Mom and Nephew and Brother... I just don't want to face it- not now- not ever.
What if it is me- what would I do? I don't know if I could handle it.
I am really getting sleepy. gonna go crash for a bit.

It is the end of March!

Ok just a few more hours of this horrid month are left.
Got word last night- a friend of mine that was diagnosed with cervical cancer last year is going to Hospice sometime this week. She is in her mid 30's and has a boy that is 8 and another one that turned 2 on Friday. That totally sucks!!! But from what I've heard from everyone- she is ready to go.
She helped me start the Scrapbookers group at the church. We are supposed to have an overnight crop the 11-12th of April- I currently have it on hold until we hear more. I suspect they may need the church for a funeral instead.
I hate this!!!! I really really do- why did God create us to live and build relationships with people and have connections with one another only to have those connections break down or to collapse completely?
I just don't know anything anymore.

The new nurse started at work on Sunday working nights- so I am no longer doing overtime at KSD. Which stinks- money wise but I am home a bit more with Nathan. Bud even let me read and put Nathan to bed the past two nights.
Tomorrow is my last sign class for the school year. I will be home on Tuesday nights!!! Thursday is my study group for the RID exam.
Took Nathan to the grocery store tonight after picking him up- he saw the flowers outside and said he wanted some at our house. So this weekend I think we will go get some flowers to plant outside. Kinda spruce up the place a bit. Maybe that will get me out of this deep funk I am in?
Anniversary was ok. Nothing too spectacular. We got out of babysitting on Friday night- so we ate a mexican restaurant- and then we saw Be Kind Rewind - at the theatre. I thought it had already been shown and was gone!! It was not your typical Jack Black movie at all! It has a sweet and feel good ending.
Saturday went to the Kansas Interpreters Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in OP. I connected with a few interpreters in the area and saw 3 of my new boss's there!! I only stayed till about 2 since it was our actual anniversary! Came home- my blackberry wasn't working right- tried to get it up and running- and then we headed to Crown Center.
Changed clothes- walked around Crown Center looking for our supper. Ended up at the Kabuki restaurant. Ate tempura and then went to the play. The actors were raising money for the AIDS Walk too!!! Went back to the room for a bit of romance but we were too tired. Slept in till after 9am!!!!
Went to Columbia MO to see Nanny in the hospital. They were getting ready to release her. We ate lunch at Hooters in Columbia too.
Slept in the car on the way home. Went to work at midnight.
It is nice having the family at home together again.

-gonna end it here....

It's almost the end of March!

Had Monday off from KSD. I finally got my 2 back tires replaced- they were BALD! I then hopped over to Sorenson to fill out new employee paperwork, and started working on my receptive skills as an interpreter. I was there till about noon.

While I was there-Bud emailed me and said - We are going to the American Heartland Theatre and spending the night at Westin Hotel at Crown Center in KC. WHY? We are celebrating our 5th Anniversary on Saturday. I have to attend the Kansas Interpreters Conference most of the day on Saturday. But when I come home we are to "dress real nice" and go to dinner and then check into our room and head over to the Theatre by 8pm.

Bud can be a romantic sometimes. He was all worried about our anniversary. He never worries about any other event?

Nathan is being carted off on Wednesday to Grammy and PaPa's in Wentzville till Sunday.

Here I was thinking it would be a good weekend to get the carpets cleaned- ha ha ha!

SUNDAY- was Easter- and I was presiding at Bonner. I did the worship on Power Point and used some Youtube.com worship videos. The service ran a bit long- but most of my services end early so it all evens out in the end. ha ha ha!

Oh- this stupid laptop is dying a slow death. The jack to the battery does not keep the power cord plugged in- it keeps slipping out and then it squeaks and then it dies. The laptop died during the offering- AAAAAA! Finally got it back up and going.

Anyway- I am back at work. I made a banner for the new nurse that starts on Tuesday. Her name is Myrna. I should be reading for my Certification exam- but I am dawdling.

Supposed to be working on a phrase wall for the nurses that don't sign. I'm not doing it very well. I am down to two more sign classes. One later today- and one more next week. We will see who shows up tonight.

The Easter Bunny arrived after nap on Sunday. He went a bit overboard this year. Nathan got moon sand- and 6 matchbox cars, a new Bigfoot truck, Bee Movie, 2 books (Curious George and I Spy) and a little Curious George doll, and a small Spongebob Squarepants candy thingy, and a bunch of Hershey miniatures inside plastic eggs which were in the hallway, bathroom and living room leading him to his chair with his collection. Oh- he also got a Cars sticker book and some velour color pages with markers. We watched the Bee Movie after he played with his Bigfoot and then he got out the moon sand and made a big mess.

Well- my battery is about to go again- will post more later I guess.

Final Day of Spring Break in Iowa

Ok- I am posting this one early. Today we slept in till 8:30 and we didn't do much until this afternoon. I went shopping at Target and got Nathan's Easter stuff and got some stuff to decorate the worship center for church on Sunday. Then we went to Steve and Jeanie's place. Nathan played with his cousins Mickey and Forest. He got a bit rambunctious and he even did some breakdancing!!! Too funny!!!

Oh we did play baseball and hit the ball about 80% of the time!!! With his left hand!

Just finished up the ol' UNO championship- We wagered on the score a bit. David and I went bowling tonight- I totally beat him- which I never do at bowling!!! My scores kept getting better!!! He pretty much gave up. So we decided that my bowling scores tonight would be subtracted and his scores would be added... So we started tonight with

Nathan watched Spongebob while David and I went bowling and while we played UNO.


David 1065 and me- 1718 after the bowling score plan was implemented David-1231 Sherry 1454. So we begun to play ol' school Uno - not Uno attack.

Nathan begged to have some cards so we let him play a bit too.

The boys thought it would be funny to hide from the camera!!!

We played and DW won small hands like 4, 12, and finally we got to the score of David 1676 and Sherry at 1678.

Sherry won a hand with a score of 12 and then the next hand David won with a score of 63!!! He won the CUP!!!!!

So that is all from Johnston and the Spring Break adventure 2008.. we head back to Kansas in the morning. Thanks for reading!

It's Still Spring Break!

Ok- Uno update--- David 1065 Sherry 1718 He is catching up!! We will add our scores from tonight and our bowling scores to get a final Spring Break total- I will post before I leave Iowa.

Went to Tania's place and they have a Wii, so Nathan tried bowling on the Wii... yes, he didn't fare as well. He is definitely left handed too.

We also saw Kaelyn (not sure on the spelling!)

Poor Nathan wants a baby sister or brother so bad! He keeps asking where his is... I tell him he is our one and only... but he and David can pretend they are brothers cuz both of them are single children.

We came home to Gram's and took David to the Merle Hay Mall and he exchanged some games and got a new one. We ate lunch at the food court- and came home. Mom was gone till almost 8 for church. She called out for pizza - Papa John's... it just didn't taste good... anyway- played Uno late and slept in today.

Today- gonna go get some Easter stuff- and then tonight going to see my brother's place and take DW bowling!!!!

Till tomorrow!!!!

More Spring Break Antics

UNO UPDATE!!! Played last night till midnight again- SCORE - David=625 Sherry=1303!

I made a trophy too. We have decided to add all the scores of all our games- bowling and Uno combined to get a final score on Saturday morning.

Here is our trophy-

Sorry they are a bit blurry I will get better pictures later. Still learning how to use my new camera.

Took Nathan to see Horton Hears a Who and then went to Big Lots! Then got back to Mom's and David wanted a hair cut- so here are his before and after pics.

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Next went to IHOP for WhoCakes..

and there is a sucker that is on the top... we saved that for after...

Will post more later- today we head to Tania's to play with Cael.

Spring Break

I made it through the visitation and celebration service of Joan. It was a wonderful tribute to her. I also got reconnected with a few people from my past that I hadn't had contact with since leaving Mission Road.

I headed to Iowa. As you can see it was a pretty dreary day. I had torrential rains leaving Kansas. With 2 back tires that are getting pretty bald it was quite a ride. ha ha ha!!!

It was so nice to come home. I love coming home! I hardly get to anymore because of work and family. It does bother me that we see Darren's family a lot more than mine but there really isn't much I can do about it, especially now.

So- it is Spring Break!!! WOO HOO!! Even though the weather outside doesn't agree it is nice to just sit back and breathe.

We arrived here on Monday. Went to Famous Dave's!!! My favorite!!!! I also began the beatings of my nephew at Uno Attack!! We love this game! We play everytime I come up now. At Christmas we played and had a bet on it, and poor David lost and had to roll around in the snow in his pj's. HA HA HA HA!!!

So we decided this time- we would play again and we would play everyday and whomever is the winner on Saturday morning- gets bragging rights- I am still trying to get him to wager something a bit more- but he is a bit skiddish about it- because he knows who the real winner is!! ha ha ha!!!

Here is the update- We played Monday night- score: David 133 Sherry 180. Tuesday night David-479 and Sherry-626 (see a pattern here?) ha ha ha!!!

We also went bowling yesterday. We took Nathan with us- he was so cute- people were watching him bowl. His first game was 79 and his second one was 47. His second game we let him roll the ball on his own.

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That's my little bowler!

We came home and he was tired. He laid down for about 30 minutes and then it was time for Monster Jam. I made meatloaf and we had salad and Nathan ate a whole container of cottage cheese for supper. I introduced David to the world of Jericho and poor Nathan crawled up on the couch and leaned against my shoulder and fell asleep. Took him to bed and then proceeded to beat David at Uno Attack.

Today we are going to see Horton Hears a Who and I am going to take David for a haircut. Then I think we might go bowling again- just David and I. maybe...

Yep-- it is Spring Break!!!