Update on our life

My poor blog is so neglected. :-( I'm going to try to hop back into it.

We are settling into civilian life. I would be lying if I said I didn't miss the Army. I miss it terribly! This is right for us though.   Life is hectic. Hubs is working full time, going to school full time, big girl is in school all day, and I'm home with the two babies.  I'm still waiting for that perfect job to open up, but that option seems to be closed for now.  I have stopped applying because, well, I don't have anyone to watch the babies if I were to get an interview.    Another factor is all the time I would need off for Wesley. Ear infections, surgery, recovery.

We are battling ear infections with Wesley. They haven't stopped since his surgery on Sept 8th. One after the other. It's emotionally exhausting.  How can I possibly get a job when I would need to take off every 10 days for a week because of Wesley's ear infections..since he has tubes, they drain...no daycare would allow him to come with draining ears. The longest he's had without an infection is 10 days.   It's exhausting.   I can't get anyone to give me answers. I'm fighting constantly.

As for Hubs job.. I LOVE IT! We took a 50% pay cut when he took this job... it's hard..50% is a really hard cut,  but I've encouraged him to stay where he is. The environment he is in is SO good for him, mentally.  He needs the low key atmosphere that he's working in right now. After 8 years of constant stress and the environment he worked in, this job is doing wonders for him. He comes home happy and not stressed. His phone isn't ringing off the hook at all hours. He works 8:00-4:30..awesome hours and he works with great people.

As for Wesley's surgery.......It's tentatively scheduled for Nov 29th. That is all pending whether our supplemental insurance goes through...if it does, then we will be doing it here in Wichita as opposed to Kansas City.  It's all up in the air. I don't know what will happen.

I'm carrying the brunt of the load.  It is what it is now.  With Hubs at work and then either doing homework or studying or in seminars it all falls back on me. I don't think anyone realizes how much of a load I am carrying.  Mentally and emotionally. But that is what has to be done right now. All that we are doing now is bettering our future. In a year, two years... things will be much much better.

Blessings are happening though! About a month ago we got a mysterious deposit in our account. We were in the middle of a pay lapse and things were bad.  The day before that money came I didn't know what to put in my daughters lunch..didn't even have money to put in her lunch account to eat at school. I was down to nothing in the cupboards. The money showed up as a deposit from the Army... We called the accounting system and they said "we have no record as to why you got that money. We show nothing being paid to you"  WOW!!!!  I was able to buy groceries and get big girl her lunch an hour before she would have gone hungry!
Then last weekend I was paying bills and I went to check the mail and our water bill came.   I opened it up and we owed NOTHING! We had a credit of .81! They show I paid double last month but.. I didn't. Why would I pay twice the amount on a bill?


Did we make the right choice by getting out of the Military? Yes!  We are happy! Truly happy! Not happy because we have tons of money. Just... Happy.  My husband is less stressed, his memory is getting better as the stress stays low, We are close to family. We are making friends. We are working towards making roots here. It's all good!