I don't know about anyone else but life seems to fly by so fast lately. Well with some things I guess and others it feels like time is standing still. I feel like I haven't had any time to myself lately and it has been go go go all the time. This past weekend I was at Tony paintball tournament. I love going to watch him play and now I work in the paint booth all weekend. This means that I no longer get to watch him play. It also means so very long days. I am there at 6am and don't get out of there till after 8 on Saturday and then Sunday is worse. I stay with Tony as he stays to clean up which means we don't get out of there till late. This Sunday we ended up going to Tim Horton's with the group after. We got there at 11pm. I was exhausted. I have now decided that I won't be working in the booth again. As much as I enjoy being in there and talking to all the players and seeing how they are doing it is no longer fun. I feel that because I am getting paid to be in there that means that I am working. Unfortunately not everyone in there feels the same way. The other girls don't have spouses playing yet seem to spend more time watching the games then being in the booth. They also start drinking early in the day. I am not saying they can't drink but when you are getting paid then I feel you need to finish the job first before starting to drink. I also wasn't allowed to socialize with friends that came up to the booth without getting harped on about doing the job yet they had friends in the booth with them. My own husband wasn't allowed to come up and talk to me. I guess I am a bit bitter about the weekend in the booth. I will feel much better knowing I am going back to being a players wife and then I can watch all his games and I can visit with whoever I want when I want. So Kort that means that I will actually get to talk to you. I was trying to talk but I was getting comments from inside. I am sorry I didn't get to talk more especially just meeting you. I probably didn't seem very cheerful cause I was having a bad weekend. That said I have to say your belly is perfect and I wish that mine will look that way but something tells me that what you look like now is what I will look like at 20 weeks.
Now that my vent is out of the way back to life flying by. I feel that the weekend just flew by and I haven't been able to catch up. I work days tomorrow although it is with an excellent nurse so I know I will have a good day. Then I work nights all weekend which I don't mind so much. I love nights and I get paid more for weekends. I still get to meet all the paintball guys for dinner Sunday night before work and that will be great. I enjoy meeting up with them and have made some great friendships with some of these guys and will have so much fun in November at the next tournament watching and cheering them all on. I just hope November gets here fast but I will take Thanksgiving weekend which will be nice to get together with family.
Lauren is getting older
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Adult Life
I know I haven't written in a while but I have been so busy. I have now come to the conclusion that adult life begins when you have to start spending a bunch of money. I used to think that when we bought our house a few years ago that would make me an adult but I think I was wrong.
This last week we had to buy a new washer and dryer. We have been lucky for the past 10 years we haven't had to buy one. We kept getting ones handed down through family. There always seemed to be a new one ready as ours died. This time we weren't so lucky. We decided that it was time we just bought a new set and then we would know it would last. We ended up going for the front loading one that is a bit more expensive but uses way less water and should last longer. We decided to get it delivered as delivery was free. We had nothing but problems with that as well. It was supposed to come between 5-9 so that Tony could be home to get the old stuff outside first and then he could have them bring it in how he wanted. I am not usually a dumb female when it comes to this but there is no way I could get the old stuff outside myself. The delivery company starts calling me at 11 saying they are going to deliver. I kept explaining that it would have to be after 5. Then at 4 I look outside and they are blocking my driveway. I had to go out but they refused to move till they dropped it off. I didn't know what else to do so I had them put it in the garage. When Tony got home he had to move it in the house himself and was not happy in any way. The washer says right on it that it needs at least 2 people as it weighs over 300lbs. I couldn't count as a second person as I think I just got in his way. After a few days of calling and arguing with the delivery company we did get compensated though. Believe me you don't want to deal with me mad. I am normally very nice but get me on the phone when I am pissed about something and I am dangerous.
Then the neighbour beside us decided that they wanted to replace the fence which then means that we have to pay half. She told us our half would only be about 400 and we were okay with that if the job was going to be done properly. (She is the landlord there and seems to be doing a lot of upgrades trying to sell the place but all her renters moved out. It makes me wonder as she has only owned it for about a year and the renters had been there about 4 before her and they were never a problem.) Well that didn't happen properly. We haven't paid her yet though. First off the panels the guy got were really cheap ones so they are only 25 each. He only had to put up 7 panels. The fence posts should be put into the ground with cement about 2 feet and he did them about 6 inches which means they will fall over when it gets windy in about a year. The fence isn't level to itself. Each panel is level but it goes up and down on level ground so it doesn't look good with huge gaps under some and right on the ground with others. Also it hasn't been stained or anything to protect it. I guess she forgets what Tony does for a living and that he has been around construction all his life. The only reason he didn't do the fence himself was time. He just hasn't had any time lately to do it. The most he said the fence should cost done the way it is even with labour would be 400 not 800 like she is saying. I am letting him deal with this one as I did the washer and dryer and now it is his turn. Plus he knows more about what he is talking about with it then I do. I also don't do face to face confrontations as well as over the phone.
After all this going on it defiantly makes me feel more like an adult now. I am enjoying my one day off for a while. I got to sleep in which is nice cause I am so exhausted all the time. I am back to work tomorrow for 2 days and one night. Then starting on Friday evening is the start to the paintball tournament for Tony. I work there all weekend and it is long days. The players all have shorter days than me. I am there at 6 and work till about 9 at night. It makes for some very long days. I know then on Sunday we all go for dinner after and I don't get home till about 11 and I work days on the Monday. At least on Tuesday Tony is on afternoons so that means he leaves at 3 for work and I will be in bed having a nap by 3:05.
This last week we had to buy a new washer and dryer. We have been lucky for the past 10 years we haven't had to buy one. We kept getting ones handed down through family. There always seemed to be a new one ready as ours died. This time we weren't so lucky. We decided that it was time we just bought a new set and then we would know it would last. We ended up going for the front loading one that is a bit more expensive but uses way less water and should last longer. We decided to get it delivered as delivery was free. We had nothing but problems with that as well. It was supposed to come between 5-9 so that Tony could be home to get the old stuff outside first and then he could have them bring it in how he wanted. I am not usually a dumb female when it comes to this but there is no way I could get the old stuff outside myself. The delivery company starts calling me at 11 saying they are going to deliver. I kept explaining that it would have to be after 5. Then at 4 I look outside and they are blocking my driveway. I had to go out but they refused to move till they dropped it off. I didn't know what else to do so I had them put it in the garage. When Tony got home he had to move it in the house himself and was not happy in any way. The washer says right on it that it needs at least 2 people as it weighs over 300lbs. I couldn't count as a second person as I think I just got in his way. After a few days of calling and arguing with the delivery company we did get compensated though. Believe me you don't want to deal with me mad. I am normally very nice but get me on the phone when I am pissed about something and I am dangerous.
Then the neighbour beside us decided that they wanted to replace the fence which then means that we have to pay half. She told us our half would only be about 400 and we were okay with that if the job was going to be done properly. (She is the landlord there and seems to be doing a lot of upgrades trying to sell the place but all her renters moved out. It makes me wonder as she has only owned it for about a year and the renters had been there about 4 before her and they were never a problem.) Well that didn't happen properly. We haven't paid her yet though. First off the panels the guy got were really cheap ones so they are only 25 each. He only had to put up 7 panels. The fence posts should be put into the ground with cement about 2 feet and he did them about 6 inches which means they will fall over when it gets windy in about a year. The fence isn't level to itself. Each panel is level but it goes up and down on level ground so it doesn't look good with huge gaps under some and right on the ground with others. Also it hasn't been stained or anything to protect it. I guess she forgets what Tony does for a living and that he has been around construction all his life. The only reason he didn't do the fence himself was time. He just hasn't had any time lately to do it. The most he said the fence should cost done the way it is even with labour would be 400 not 800 like she is saying. I am letting him deal with this one as I did the washer and dryer and now it is his turn. Plus he knows more about what he is talking about with it then I do. I also don't do face to face confrontations as well as over the phone.
After all this going on it defiantly makes me feel more like an adult now. I am enjoying my one day off for a while. I got to sleep in which is nice cause I am so exhausted all the time. I am back to work tomorrow for 2 days and one night. Then starting on Friday evening is the start to the paintball tournament for Tony. I work there all weekend and it is long days. The players all have shorter days than me. I am there at 6 and work till about 9 at night. It makes for some very long days. I know then on Sunday we all go for dinner after and I don't get home till about 11 and I work days on the Monday. At least on Tuesday Tony is on afternoons so that means he leaves at 3 for work and I will be in bed having a nap by 3:05.
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