Five Question Friday... the Sunday Edition

NaBloPoMo... Day 3

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 Since it's Sunday I am going to make this post light and easy. I had a "from the mouth of yours truly" post almost ready, but there MIGHT be a few things in there that MIGHT not be appropriate for Sunday reading. I don't want to push my luck!

So for today I am going to follow in the footsteps of Amy from Tiny Blessings and answer the questions from Five Question Friday... except hers was on Saturday and mine is on a Sunday. Close enough right???

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1. If you had the opportunity to bungee jump, would you?

Well Hell Yeah! (Keep it clean Lora) Your darn tootin I would. Why not? There was an 80 year old grandma that was on the news the other day for jumping out of a plane. I'm only thirty... er twenty nine. I can jump out of a plane... no problemo!

2. Would you rather go to the movie theater or to the drive-in?

Theatre! If I want to sit in my car and watch a movie... I'll just tote my laptop out to the driveway.  Besides... its too hard to see the movie when the windows fog up.  (what? It's humid in Florida)

3. Do you have your groceries delivered?

SURE DO!!! By the hubby that is. He does the grocery shopping. I am one lucky lady!!


4. Eyebrows: Do you wax, thread, pluck, or stay au naturel?

I prefer to wax... nothing better than getting your hair ripped out with a sticky a$$ piece of paper. Actually, I'm due for a good waxing. I do pluck in between so no worries about me being "bushy".


5. Would the people you went to high school with be surprised by your life today?

I don't know. Probably not. I don't think I've done/or haven't done anything unexpected. I don't even think I've changed a lot. Older... yes! Smart a$$ier(not thinking that's a real word)... absolutely! Less tolerant... you betcha! But overall... I am still me.


And there you go... 5 questions you didn't know you wanted the answers to.


Is there anything else you wanted to know?? I just might tell you the answer :)

Coming to terms...

NaBloPoMo... day 2


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When we first found out I was pregnant I was a working girl. Moving up in the company and happy in my position. I had no intention of quitting my job to become a hOuSe wIfe... uh no! Anthony had expressed his preference of me staying home, but didn't push the subject on me in any way.
 Then... when I was around 29 weeks along, I got sick with Toxemia and landed in the hospital for a few weeks before they induced me just shy of my 32nd week.



Here I was... released from the hospital without my tiny, 4lb, baby girl. I had to leave her there in the NICU. No way of knowing how she was at all times. Yes, I spent lots of time there, but its not the same.

It was during that time I decided that my career wasn't so important after all. Gods way of showing me maybe??



And then I was a stay at home mom.



Justin was born 14 months later(no, not on purpose). Justin was full term, healthy and just as beautiful as his sister. Granted, during the first few weeks he was home I really did want to run away. Having a new born and a 14 month old was not easy to adjust to at first. I had Anthony neutered right after Justin was born :)



I had fallen into my new position surprisingly easy and being home turned out to be a blessing when Justin was a little over a year old. That's when all the appointments started. I don't know how I would have had time to work. We spent four days a week in a therapy office on top of neurology appointments, test after test... after test. Constant ear infections turned out to be an IGA deficiency and ear tubes(twice). This just touches the surface of it all, but is not the reason for this post so I will move on.



Once the kids started school... I found my new calling as a volunteer. I did a little to much of this, but I loved it. It kept me busy and the schedule was somewhat flexible for me to advocate for Justin's needs. I've done a whole lot of advocating over the past seven years. It was hard, stressful and probably the most important thing I've done aside from just being a mom. Again, how do working people with special needs children(diabetic included) do this?? It can become a full time position all in itself.



When the economy took a huge hit... financially, so did we. We held on in hopes that it would get better, but a significant loss in income coupled with a added need of costly medical supplies after Justin was diagnosed; faced me with the reality of going back to work. This may be hard for some people to understand, I was one of those people 12 years ago, but this was heartbreaking for me. I haven't even been able to rewrite my blogs profile info. Doing that would mean that I have to come to terms with my new reality(can you believe that is what inspired me to write this post).
  I started substitute teaching in September of 2009. This was perfect. Flexible with the continuous doctor appointments. I could still volunteer and I love being at the school and in the classroom. Problem was... the pay sucks and its not steady. The other dilemma I faced was the lack of consistency. With D in the mix and with my personality(mostly with my personality) I needed more of a schedule. It was throwing me off to not know if I was working until the morning of on most days.



So when I got a call last August about a part time administrative assistant job in an accounting department(right up my alley)... I ended up taking it. They knew I was going to continue to sub and were more than willing to work with me.



I did both all last year. I came to realize that I needed the consistency of a schedule even more than I thought I did. It calmed me. Put things back in some form of order.



When summer vacation started closing in... I was faced with yet another decision. I don't work enough(only 3 days a week at this job) to make day care cost effective. Though my kids are old enough to stay home... diabetes at home alone was a different story.



In truth, I wanted to take the summer off, but I had to be honest with myself and admit that I really couldn't do that without consequences financially. As it was... I would loose the income from subbing. This was REALLY hard to face and it has taken me a long time to do it.



After lots of stressing and talking and thinking; Anthony and I decided that he would take take a day off opposite me whenever possible. His other day off is always Sunday. This meant that the kids would be left home alone two days a week for six hours a day. Scared the crap out of me from a diabetes perspective.



When the day came for me to leave them home... I was terrified. I have relied a lot on Leighanna(even more so than usual) to keep Justin in check and she is doing a great job. I couldn't ask for a better big sister than my 4lb preemie has become.



So I'm coming to terms.




I would love more than anything in the world to continue to be a stay at home mom, continue volunteering and eventually advocate for others. After all, that is where my heart is.

But reality is that I need to work. I even need to get serious about going full time and have faith that the kids will be okay with me not being at school all the time.



AND as difficult as it is... I need to update my profile info and come to terms with the path that life has taken. 

Riding the Crazy Train... AGAIN!

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And here we go again! If you were around last November, you might remember I signed up for NaBloPoMo(National Blog Posting Month) along with a few of my favorite D-Mama's. Well... I am at it again! I just signed up to post the entire month of July. You can read more about NaBloPoMo by clicking on the photo above.

I decided to join mostly because I liked this months theme - SWIM. It's not just about swimming pools and fun in the sun. It's also about life. And I think we can all relate to "swimming" through this diabetic life. Sometimes its sink or swim, sometimes we get bit by the shark and sometimes we get swept into the current and float along.

No matter what... we have to always tell ourselves to just keep swimming.

The other reason was... its summer time and I need motivation to blog during all the craziness of the kids being home. I need to make sure I put as much effort into my blog as I do my tan. Which is looking pretty darn good by the way. Now if the sun would just come back out to play... I wouldn't go all pasty again.

OH!! Wait... I now have a third reason... I take on this challenge because Amy "demanded" I post more. You asked for it Amy! Now I expect to see you here commenting everyday :)
**This just in... Amy has decided to accept my challenge and raise me a "Ka-chow". You can read all about it here.  

As for everyone else... I sure hope I don't scare you all off.

Be sure to visit Heather @ Sweet to the Soul , Amy @ Three Thirty Three and Wendy @ Candy Hearts who have decided to ride the NaBloPoMo current with me.

Happy July 1st!!!