Out of My Mind

Because I would love to be able to email them a picture of what my child is doing right now.  He’s reading the Bible.  That’s right, my child is not a heathen.  There was a free Easter egg hunt at the local Lutheran Church this morning, so I took Sebastian.  Before the hunt, they had donuts and popcorn, pictures with the Easter Bunny, free child i.d. kits and various religious literature.  Sebastian grabbed one of the children’s Bibles and has been reading it on and off all afternoon and evening.  Although I admit that I have strayed far from my Catholic upbringing, I may just have to look into some of the local churches and see if I think any of them may be a good fit.  I could take Seb on Sundays when the hubby doesn’t have to work.  It might actually be good for the both of us.

Going for a brisk walk after eating tuna fish sandwhiches is not necessarily the greatest idea.  Just something to remember for future reference.

Again.

The hubby’s nephew and his girlfriend had their baby yesterday.  His name is Ashton Gabriel, he is 6 lbs., 10 oz., and is 19 inches long. She wasn’t due until April 15, but her water broke around midnight on Tuesday, so they all headed to the hospital.  She didn’t give birth until 11:25, so eleven hours in labor.  Ouch!

This is my ninth great niece or nephew and I’m only 29.  Makes me feel kinda old.

Last night, the hubby and I were watching American Idol and he made the comment that one the girls was pretty, but her eyes were too close together.  So I made the comment that I never realized that my eyes were too close together until my hairdresser said something about it.  He of course reassured me that mine are not too bad.  Then I said that I had only recently noticed that I don’t really have a neck.  He just nodded and smiled.  Then he said that he’s glad that I’m really trying to exercise because I had really started to take after my mom’s body shape.  And here’s the kicker.  He says, "You have your moms legs.  You know those smoked turkey legs they have at Disney World?  Well, your legs would be perfect for that, they’re big and meaty."

I informed him that he is a giant asshole.

The hubby and I were talking about the whole work situation again the other night.  He didn’t get offered the position at his best friend’s company, which sucks.  We later found out it was because they couldn’t match what he makes at his current job and they didn’t think he would accept the cut in pay, even though he was more than qualified for the position.  Jerks.  It might have been nice if they had at least offered him the position because he probably wouldn’t have turned it down.  The schedule there would have allowed me to work nights and weekends, which would have more than made up the difference in pay.  Not to mention getting me out of the damned house, though that is a totally different story.

So the hubby is understandably pissed because he is stuck in a job where his boss is a jerk and for whatever reason, is keeping him from advancing in the company.  Every night, I watch him sit at the computer, applying for numerous jobs, but nothing is panning out.  The job situation here in Michigan is so horrible.  We’ve both agreed that moving here, closer to Detroit was a big mistake.  In hindsight, we’ve realized that we should have just stayed in Kalamazoo for another year, but there is nothing we can really do about that now.

This has led to talks (again) about moving out of Michigan.  I’d like to say that wherever we would go would be an improvement to here, but you just never know.  But, we’ve pretty much decided that we are going to give it another year here, and if things aren’t any better, it’ll be time to try something new.  The hubby’s first choice is Oregon, and I am certainly open to that, though we’ve also tossed around Washington, Texas and Nevada. 

One of the things that really worries me is that we would be uprooting Sebastian once again.  It really took him a while to adjust and find his place this year at a new school and I hate to do that to him again.  Plus, in all likelihood, we’d probably only get to see our families once a year at the most.  That would be hard on all of us.

I don’t know.  The whole thing is just so frustrating.  But, like I said, we are going to give it another year.  Who knows, a lot could happen in a year.  I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that it’s something good.

Looks like I’ve got a new home.  I’ve moved from blogger, which was really beginning to frustrate me.  I’m still figuring out the nuts and bolts of this site, which is somewhat amusing, considering my complete lack of technological know-how.  I didn’t delete the old site and will probably just post a link to it in case anybody wants to take a peek at it for whatever reason.  So, I’m off to try and figure everything out and hope that I don’t bring the entire internet down with me when I screw everything up.