well, we've made it one week so far.

Daddy has now been gone for one whole week.  We have kept ourselves busy, though, and have been able to talk with him through email and on the phone once.  He finally has internet in his room, which means we should be able to talk with him each day. 
Jacob came down with strep throat, and it caught him good this time.  He was not feeling very well for a couple of days afterwards.  The day after we found that out was Jamie's 6 month check up (even though he was 7 months on Monday).  He weighed in at 20 lbs, 7 oz, and 27 inches long!  Whew!  In good health, except for the double ear infection.  He is the only one of my kids that has had an ear infection this young, and is also the only one who has had this much trouble with teething.  He is FUSSY!  Mostly in the evenings, though, so I can totally deal with that. 

We went to the Irish festival today- Caitlynn, Jamie and I.  Jacob decided at the last minute to stay home with Grandma and help her clean.  We got a caramel apple with sprinkles, later some ice cream while we listened to a very nice singing group, and then wandered around the vendors for a little while.  Had an impromptu photo session outside in the 46 degree weather, and I think I got a couple of cute shots of Cait.  I know she enjoyed the closer attention she got from me today.  It breaks my heart on a daily basis that I am not enough parent for all 3 of them at the same time.  She usually comes up to me while I am schooling Jacob or feeding the baby and wants me to play with her.  I do, but I feel so limited in those times, because I can't just stop what I'm doing and focus totally on her.  I do feel like I'm doing better, though, about dropping the unneccesary things and focusing on them more.  Bless my mother, because I have not once done the dishes here (I help clean up but she loads the dishwasher), and most of the time when I get sidetracked with the kids, she is folding my laundry when I come back into the room.. lol.. kinda feels like I'm in high school again.  But she has been in my shoes, with little kids while a husband is gone, and I think she does it so that I can be more available to them.  For which I am extremely grateful, and have told her so several times. 

Those of ya'll that know me personally, please keep my brother in prayer. There is alot going on with him right now, and he needs all the prayers he can get. 

My Bible study and P31 are going well, I have tried to read them each morning before I even get out of bed.  Missed a couple of times, but am getting better in that respect.  Going to church in the morning at the local Nazarene church, so I guess I should get off of here and get things ready for tomorrow.  :)

steadily slogging along

I have already goofed.
My P31 study fell by the wayside this week.  And my Bible study.  I'm still trying to catch it up from last month.  Vacations are hard!  :) 

I have caught up with P31, keeping up my personal notebook up to date, and keeping some notes on things as I think of them. 
Bible study is taking more concentration than I thought.  I have to break the cycle of staying  up late, because then I'm not able to get up before my kids get up (ESPECIALLY since miss Caitlynn has decided to start getting up at 645am every day).  I think I burned myself out, because I started working out, doing my P31 study, catching up on Bible reading, all at once.  As much as I want to be in better shape and slimmer for the next time I see my hubby, I have to realize that nothing is more important than my time alone with God.  That is where my strength comes from, and my joy.

And I'm going to bed now, since Jacob just woke up.  His fever is back, along with his headache and sore throat.  Yay, a trip to the doctor's is in order for tomorrow.  And the day after that will be Jamie's 6 month well baby checkup.  Even though he was 7 months today.  My baby is sooo big!  7 months, and he weighs 20 lbs 7 oz (fully clothed, at least). 

days 3 and 4

This ended up being my recovery period- I could not move hardly at all.  I kid you not, I hobbled around for the last two days pretty much like a 9 months pregnant woman!  Not fun at all.  Added to that, the tetanus shot affected my shoulder much worse than I thought it would have.  Apparently, p90x is way too much for me to handle at this moment.  I am currently trying to decide which program I am going to try- either Turbo Jam or Slim in 6.  Or possibly 10 minute trainer.  All of them have gotten really good reviews, and some not so good.  I lean towards the 10 minute one, just because I know that I can handle the pains for 10 minutes.   I don't want to order the other ones and not be able to finish them- talk about de-motivation! :)

My Bible study is going well, I have memorized the first scripture that was set for me, have gotten my personal notebook set up, and written out my committment to the study.  I haven't set aside a specific place to do my study yet, since I am still more or less getting everything unpacked and trying to find a place for it all.  I need to go pick up some ink for my mom's printer so that I can print some things out for the study and also for Jacob's school. 

Anyhow, I will try to post more later on tonight, because we are currently making sure that Jon has everything packed up to leave tomorrow.  We are spending the morning at the local WIC office with Jamie, and then heading out to Syracuse to have a nice lunch together before actually getting to the airport around 3pm or so.  Lookin forward to having a good day with my man before sending him off- cause I know I'll probably badger him a week or so later, once he gets in-processed!  :P  I would much rather be the one going and dealing with all of the apartment stuff- cause I'm picky.  But I have to step back and let God work his ways through this situation.

Day 1

Off to a somewhat rockier start than I wanted, but still, everything is done that I really, really wanted to do.  I was in the local ER last night until 1130, due to a dog bite ( more info to come in a later post), and was too wired to go straight to bed. D'Oh!  I completely forgot to set an alarm, so I woke up at 0810.  I started with my Bible reading and P31 study, had breakfast, helped J do his schoolwork (and we are loving the 10 drawer rolling cart I bought- he gets a kick out of stacking the finished stuff on top), then it was time for P90X.
Chest and back plus ab ripper x.
 I. AM. JELLO.
 But, I worked my way through the whole thing, occasionally sitting some out or trying a different way.  I don't have a chin-up bar, and the bands don't work so well for some routines.  My arms were so weak halfway through that I could only do 1-2 of each type of push-up, but hey, I haven't done push-ups since high school!  Jon says I am dehydrated, cause I was getting nauseous halfway through, and kept stopping for a few seconds so that I wouldn't throw up.  I think it had more to do with the water breaks it says to take!

Anyhow, I'm off to record my food intake so far, nurse the baby and then head out to take care of some stuff at Fort Drum.