Nail salon annoyance

Being the procrastinator that I am, of course I waited until the morning of Brittney's wedding to go get a pedicure. There are multiple nail salons in the area so I figured if one is busy I'll just go to another. Walk in and ask how long of a wait for a pedicure?... "Now, pick a color". Sit down, put feet in the water and here I sit 20 mins later and no one has touched my feet... I swear it's only because I'm in a hurry! Needless to say, I'm annoyed!!

Syracuse half

My friend, Alonna, and I signed up for the Syracuse half marathon months ago! And even though we were experiencing one of the worst winters ever, we thought that maybe by the end of March it would warm up a little. That was not the case! The race was March 22, and at the start of the race it was a whopping 19 degrees! 😁 Once I started running it really wasn't too bad.. And I managed to get my best time yet! Beating my wineglass half time by 15 mins!!

Reason 32467865 why I need a treadmill

I was at the gym last night and only had 30 mins. Because I am running a half marathon the 22nd I NEEDED to spend that 30 mins on a treadmill. Of course when I got there there was only one treadmill open. So despite the fact I needed to pee, I jumped on the treadmill before someone else could. By the end of the 30 mins I felt like I was going to explode!😑

Change of address hassle..

We changed our address at the post office a few days prior to moving... I understand that it sometimes takes a while to get mail that needs forwarded to the new address however, Mike was supposed to get his paycheck 2 weeks ago! And still has not received it. We have called the post office and gone to the post office and no one seems to know where it is. He checked with his work to make sure it wasn't returned (which it wasn't). Then the tell us that not all of your mail gets forwarded... Ok, so who decides what gets forwarded and what doesn't?! Then to top it all off he was supposed to get another paycheck yesterday and it didn't come... So basically he hasn't been paid in a month! Hopefully it comes soon or Mike may lose his mind!!

Is this winter ever going to end?!

We are in the new house and settled (for the most part)... But what happens not even one week after we're there?! FROZEN water pipes!  Thankfully they didn't burst. But it's been so cold that we've had to run a space heater in the crawl space 24hours a day. And go figure, we're paying utilities on the new place and old place this month when it's record breaking lows... Ugh! Go away winter!

Exhaustion is setting in

My busy schedule is really getting the best of me this week. I am very good at putting far too much on my plate at once.  For example.. When I didn't yet know if I was going to be getting the house, I signed up for a bunch of overtime at work. So now I'm working extra AND trying to pack the house. I know you're probably thinking.. You only work 3 days a week!! Maybe so BUT if you've never worked over nights- that first day off you are BEAT! I am pretty much worthless that first day. On top of my work schedule, chloe is taking puppy classes. Every Saturday morning for 6 weeks.. Just to show you a glimpse of my schedule so you don't think I'm just a big whiner lol:

Wednesday:

7:30am wake up and get ev ready for school 

9-10: household chores/packing

10-1030: quick run (because on top of everything else, I'm training for a half marathon in March)

11-3pm: sleep!

3:30: get ev off the bus, homework, get ready for work

6pm: evan to cub scouts and I head to work until 730am

Thursday and Friday

830-10: packing

10-2pm: sleep

3:30 bus

450-530: Evans karate class (thurs only)

6: back to work until 730am

Saturday (today)

830-10: packing/household chores

10-1040: karate

12-1: puppy classes

1:30pm: SLEEP! 

I feel like a zombie already?! Fortunately, mike works until 9pm and evan goes with his dad before puppy classes so once I finally get to sleep I can stay in bed as long as I want... Or as long as chloe lets me!

I'm a homeowner!!

I got the house! Hooray! I officially closed on Monday (January 26). Now the fun begins... Packing and unpacking.. Changing addresses.. And appointments with cable, Internet, etc.

I'm sure all of this will make me a crabby bitch (sorry Mike), but it's done! We got the house :)

House troubles

I knew that buying a house wouldn't be easy, but seriously I didn't think it would be this much of a pain in the ass!! 

I started looking for a house over the summer. Every house in my price range seemed to need a lot of work. Don't get me wrong, I figured I'd need to do some minor things but these house needed more than I was willing to do. FINALLY, I found a house that I loved in September.

After negotiations we agreed on a price 40k less than what I was pre-approved for so I thought we were all set. Sign some paperwork and we'd be done...

I was applying for a USDA loan, which I found out pretty quickly were very picky. They kept requesting more and more information. So the application wasn't even accepted until November. The lawyer said it would probably be january since it was getting close to the holidays which was fine. So when I didn't hea anything for a while I didn't really think anything of it. 

Then, my real estate agent calls asking for the name of who I'm working with at the bank and the phone number. He said that he had another client that signed paperwork for the same type of loan 3 days after me and was closing the following week (I had yet to even get a commitment letter).

After talking to her he says she has no idea what's going on with my loan and that she's to call USDA and figure out what's going on and call him the following day. The next day she leaves me a message to call her. 

When I return the call she says that I have been declined... Which really doesn't make sense since I was asking for a lot less than what I was preapproved for.  Come to find out, she added overtime into my income, which I work when I can but it isn't consistent. Because of that, my debt to income ratio was too much... Ugh, so frustrating!!

So now, because this lady screwed the loan up were trying to figure out an exception. She seems to think that if I can prove that I have 3 months worth of my mortgage payment within my savings, checking, and retirement that they'll give me the loan. 

It's been 2 weeks and still haven't heard anything, so it's not looking good.... But I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Spoiled BRAT!

A couple months ago I got a phone call from Evan's teacher requesting that Bill and I come in for a parent-teacher conference. At the conference she told us how Evan frequently makes comments that his mom hates him. He even had said at one point that he was playing a game in his head, that was ok because it was in his head, called slapped. When asked what the game was he said that he was slapping his mom.

Of course this sent red flags to the school so they sent him to speak with the school counselor. Upon being asked why he thinks his mom hates him he said things like, "I only get to play games at her house for an hour. And at my dads I can play as much as I want." Clearly, not a source of concern.

The reason the parent-teacher conference was still called was because the teacher and school counselor felt that Evan needed to speak with a counselor outside of school. Although neither Bill or I felt that this was necessary we didn't want to look like we didn't care so we said we would do it. Fortunately, my employer has a therapist that employees and immediate family are able to use for free. 

The therapist was really good with Evan. And us as well. First, she talked with all three of us. Asking Evan things like "who lives in dads house?" And "who lives with you and mom?" Then, she had Evan go in the waiting area and draw on an easel while she talked with just Bill and I. What she said next was not news to me but not what I had expected her to say. 

"Please don't take offense to this but there is NOTHING wrong with your child. I do not feel he needs to regularly speak with a therapist. He is very much an only child.. He is a spoiled brat! He tells his teacher you hate him for attention. Stop acknowledging it and it'll go away."

So that's what we did. And that's what we told his teacher to do... And away it went. Except during a meltdown every now and then. 

Summer.. Where did you go?!

In general, I am a pretty busy person. But this summer was insane! Last weekend, Mike and I went to our 4th wedding since July! ...still one more in October! Don't get me wrong I love weddings! But they get expensive when you have multiple that are out of town or if you're actually part of the wedding party (which fortunately I was not this year).

On top of all the weddings, I'm trying to buy a house. So I've been working overtime and going to look at houses. STRESSFUL! 

My 10 yr high school reunion was in June and a birthday wine tour for a good friend in July... Somehow I got roped into planning or at least helping to plan both of these activities..

All in all, summer was amazing! Lots of greats memories with a lot of great people... But being so busy definitely made it fly by entirely to fast!