Breaking through the Fibrofog…

Looks like we might be approved for that house loan!! Dean talked to the mort co today, she said it shouldnt be a problem and she had already pulled our credit reports so thats a good thing! It’s just a matter of time now…..

Dean & I have decided to go to dinner and a movie tomorrow instead of a play. I am really looking forward to having a night out! But today I am not feeling so well so hopefully I will be all better by tomorrow night. i woke up sick early this morning and now have a very bad sore throat. I just hope I dont get Caleb sick again. So its off to catch a nap for Caleb & I so we can get rested for an evening out.

happy halloween! I’ve never been one to celebrate halloween, but I couldnt resist going to get caleb an outfit, its so cute , I cant wait to see him in it. i’ll try to get a pic up tomorrow of him in it. We’re not going to go trick or treating or anything, we will actually be helping out at church for what they are calling the Family Fun Fest. Today I went up to set up and go only a little done because caleb was fussy.

At 5:30 I wrote that I wanted to go to bed early this evening, it is now shortly after 11 pm and I am wide awake. I watched some tv as Dean and Caleb drifted off to sleep. My show went off so I figured I’d get Calebs bottles ready for the night/early morning. Still not tired. I thought maybe if I sit here a while I’d get tired, no such luck. I feel so alert and ready to go do something, anything, but afterall it is after 11 pm in a town where everything closes at 8 (not really but it feels that way.) So I suppose I will head off to bed to lay there and contemplate the mysteries of life…..but first….we enjoyed a nice dinner with Stacey this evening, seems like we are spending more of our time catching up than really talking. I feel so bad that we move back to be close to family yet I never see my extended family much more than i would had I stayed in Ohio. Same with Stacey, here we are living a few minutes away from each other but our lives are so different now that we are to the point we have to schedule time together…it never used to be that way. used to be you could call someone up and say “are you busy, no, good, lets go do

The morning started when I awoke at 4 am, I fed Caleb and played with him a little before trying to go back to sleep. It took forever for me to fall asleep and before I knew it the alarm was going off, it was 6 am. At 6:30 I went w/ Dean to the train station(Caleb went too) then I got lost on the way home, I’d never driven home myself from there before. So around 7:20 we got home, just in time to feed Caleb by the time he decided he was done it was time for me to get a shower. So I had intended to go back to bed this morning but it never happened. I got ready, got Caleb ready then went to church to paint some signs for the fall festival on Wednesday. I ended up painting w/ one hand and holding Caleb in the other arm! Luckily I was able to put him down, he slept for about a half hour but out of the four + hours I was there thats all the relief he gave me! I got home around 3, finally ate my first meal of the day and then headed to bed to rest but I only got about 30 minutes of good sleep, Caleb kept waking and talking to me! So now its time to make dinner and then go pick Dean up again from the train station! What a day! I think I will try to go to bed early tonight! I am exhausted.

Last night we went out to eat crabs with Dean’s family, its become a tradition whenever we are all together it seems. It was nice. Caleb was just adorable, he was showing off like crazy for his grandparents! This morning we all went to church together then had to say good bye to them so they could head back to Ohio and we headed off to a media meeting at church. Then Dean and I picked up some great chinese food, funny thing is we had chinese last sunday afternoon too, but the place we went to today has been the best we’ve had since we’ve been here, we love chinese food! Now we are just going to relax for the rest of the afternoon.

The townhouse we looked at yesterday was nice but one dilemma. For $50 more we could get a unit w/ a washer/dryer but they are little ones, not full size. And if we dont get a unit w/ a w/d then there are no hook ups for our own w/d. And there isnt storage space or a basement so we would still need to keep our stuff in the storage place which seems silly. So Dean’s parents said they are willing to let us rent their old house, which is the one Dean grew up in here in Balto which they are currently renting out. But they’d let us rent it for less and they said they’d rather have us buy it, for a lot cheaper than they could really get for it on the market. It’s a five bedroom house with a nice size yard and nice porch. I am excited about it but we tried to get a home loan a year ago through our bank but because of an old school loan we were denied, but everyone keeps saying if we go through a mortgage co. not a bank it will be easier to get a loan. And we have been caught up on our accts, so it should be okay, we are praying! I cant imagine what we’ll do with all that room but I will love having it! I am getting anxious about being able to paint Caleb another nursery! This time it will even be nicer than the room we did for him in Ohio! So keep us in your prayers, we’re really hoping it all works out and are looking to move out in December! Dean’s counting down the weeks! Me, I am just thinking I dont know where anything is in the storage place, but I guess if we havent had it for the last month and half we can take the time to sort through it in our new home!!

When we moved everything here from Ohio our futon got destoyed, okay, not completely, but we had a white mattress for it and never bought a cover for it cause we liked it white well now its all black! somehow in the moving truck it got filthy, and beyond cleanable Dean says. So I am going to have to look for a futon cover and I think I might try to find a slip cover for our other sofa too I dont like the one we have very much. Thats the best part of moving - having to redecorate!

Thats about all for this weekend, as far as we know Dean’s truck is still in the shop and we havent been able to track down my dad to see when it will be ready. And I need to have my car tomorrow to go to the church to get ready for the fall festival on Wednesday so who knows what will happen, if anything I’ll have to take Dean to the train station, yippee, taking the baby out in the freezing morning air at 6:30 am! Ah speaking of that, when we move Dean will cut his commute time in half! Thats definitely worth moving out for!

Well yesterday afternoon I took my car to Sears to get it fixed, a brand new battery and an oil change made a world a difference in how the car runs, its amazing how much better its doing. I had to walk around the mall with Caleb for an hour and a half while we waited for them to work on it so by the time I got home I was exhausted. I had just enough time to feed Caleb and go pick up Dean. We picked up some subs and came home to enjoy a nice evening in. It was very relaxing.

Today has been hectic. I woke up and showered and just as I was finishing up Caleb decided he was hungry so we fed him. Then Dean talked to his dad, they were around the corner hoping we were awake already. They arrived in town late Friday night so we didnt expect to see them til at least 11, but we were ready none the less. So we went to IHOP to eat then to Walmart. Got Caleb a cozy cover that fits over his car seat to keep out the cold air. Its adorable, couldnt find a link to it to show you but I will keep looking. I got it at Walmart though. Then we went to look at a townhouse for rent then went to visit with the in laws some more. Finally after that I got to rest a little but looks like we are heading out again so more later…..