Health Insurance Update in A day in the life...

So hubby talked to his employer's human resources lady today and things aren't as bad as we thought. Yes, the deducible and office visit co-pays are being raised at the beginning of next year, but we will still have prescription coverage....YAHOO!!!!! I am one very happy, less stressed camper right now. :-) Thank You, Jesus!!! But I still say Obama sucks.

We were under a tornado warning up until just a few minutes ago, now it's changed to a severe storm warning. Obviously I'm not too terribly worried about it because I'm on my computer writing an entry for you fine folks...lol. The sirens have gone off a few times and the sky is so dark gray it's almost black. It's really weird (but good)....I used to be absolutely petrified of storms. We're talking hiding under blankets in the closet terrified. But sometime in the past six months or so it's gone away. I realized it the other night when I was sitting out on my patio (it's covered) and watching it raining and lightning and thundering and it didn't bother me one bit. I was pleasantly shocked. No more hiding in closets!

I went and met a lady and her two little boys today for a potential babysitting job. The little boys are sweet and they took to me immediately. Her house is kind of a disaster, but being as I love cleaning houses I figure while the little ones are napping I can do some housework for her. The only thing I'm not crazy about is they have two dogs and they're both young so they're pretty rambunctious...ugh. But she told me if they're too much for me then I can leave them in their crate and close the door on the room the crate is in. I don't have a problem feeding and watering them and letting them outside...I'll do that when I take the boys out to play. But when they're in the house I'll probably crate them, especially since the littlest one still craps in the house. Sorry, but that is one thing I won't deal with. I'm giving her one heck of a deal on the babysitting at $5/hour because I know things are tight for them (and she'll get some free housework out of me too!), but I absolutely will not be picking up dog crap. No way, no how. I start on Wednesday, so we'll see how it goes.

Tomorrow I'm meeting a family to talk to them about some cleaning jobs. The wife is pregnant with their fourth child so it's hard for her to keep up with the other three and get anything done around the house, so her hubby wants her to have some help (I think that's sweet of him). Also, the husband has his own business and he wants me to clean his office for him as well.

And, of course, Ben is still my Sunday baby :-)

I'm pretty stoked about these new jobs. I found both of them through my church's classifieds Facebook page (kinda like craigslist for my church) so I feel comfortable knowing I'll be working for people who go to my church. The only problem I foresee is fitting in my shrink and therapist appointments. I'll figure it out, though. And honestly, I think staying busy with the babysitting and the house and office cleaning jobs will be really good for me.....less time to sit around and think about things to stress about.

So I found out some interesting news yesterday. I was talking to Caity, my stepdaughter who went to California, and she was still talking about how sad Mia seemed. Then she told me something else....my son has started texting back and forth with his ex-girlfriend, his first love, his first everything, if you get my meaning. I know he'll tell me when I get out there because he did the last time it happened and we had a long talk about it and he stopped it. Well, now it's started up again. No wonder Mia seems so sad. If my son's mind is on his ex, then it's not on his wife. And hell, Mia may even know about it but just hasn't said anything to Josh. Yeah, Josh and I are going to have to have a talk. And don't fret...we always have respectful, honest talks. There's never any disrespect or yelling or cursing or anything like that. We talk like adults and like mother and son. Yeah yeah yeah, I know some of you will be thinking it's none of my business but I don't see it that way. My son is not honoring or respecting his wife, and that is not how I raised him. If he doesn't cut this crap out with his ex he could wind up making the biggest mistake of his life. If he and Mia are unhappy and/or having problems, they at least need to give counseling a try before thinking about ending things permanently. But also, and this is the biggie, exes are exes for a reason! He and Erica (his ex) were together for a long time and I know how much he loved her, but the relationship still ended. It's so easy to only remember the good times and conveniently forget the bad ones and romanticize the thought of being together again. Been there, done that, and it was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made. If Josh and Mia's marriage isn't meant to be, then so be it....that's a decision only they can make. But you don't just end a marriage because you're having problems and your ex has popped back up in your life. You know what they say about the grass always looks greener on the other side? Well yeah, it does....because it's astro-turf. I love my son more than my life, and there's nothing he could ever do to change that. But if he leaves Mia for Erica, I can't even tell you how disappointed in him I will be. I always liked Eric and I still do, but Josh chose to marry Mia, and if he left her for Erica it would destroy her...the pain will be almost unbearable. I know...I've been through it. I've been praying and praying harder than ever for them.

Well, the temperatures here are getting better, but the sun is playing games with us. She'll peak out for a bit, then disappear. What a tease!

Oh, guess what latest crappy thing hubby's family has done? None of them, not ONE of them, are going to Michaela's graduation on May 31. And here's the kicker...MY parents are going. Hubby's parents barely acknowledge his girls and they don't acknowledge my son at all, yet my parents treat the girls as if I had given birth to them. They don't do anything for Josh that they don't also do for the girls. Hubby's youngest brother, Patrick, is "the golden child." Patrick is the youngest of 8 and he's the only child hubby's mom and dad had together. Hubby's dad is technically his stepdad, but hubby has nothing to do with his biological father so he calls his stepdad dad. Anyway, Patrick has always been treated much better than any of the others, and his wife, Carrie, is treated better than the other daughters-in-law. Patrick and Carrie's children, Emily and Addison, are the "platinum" grandkids. Hubby's parents will go above and beyond in every way for Emmy and Addy, but hubby's girls? Like I said, they may as well not even exist for all the attention his parents pay them. It makes me furious because I know it hurts the girls and it really hurts my husband. Jerks.

Today is my best friend's birthday! :-) It seems so hard to believe that we've been friends for over 30 years...where did the time go? Oh, the memories I have! There's not much we didn't do over the years...lol. We always had SO much fun, and even managed to get into the occasional bit of trouble as well ;-) We went to California on vacation many years ago and had a blast! I miss her so much :-( But I'm really hoping to get to Chicago soon for a long weekend and spend it just with her. I desperately need some BFF time. I ordered her a sexy black off-the-shoulder top and an awesome necklace for her birthday. I was hoping they'd get to her by her birthday, but I don't know if they did because I haven't talked to her yet today.

So I'll end this by saying, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFF!!! I love you to the moon and back, and I hope you've had an awesome day!!!!

Much love....xoxo