Well, I was finally able to make it out of my house today, which is fantastic! I called into work this morning, and they wanted me to come in "Now" which was at 8:30 in the morning, and since I was still in bed, hadn't showered since thursday, and didn't want to, I told them I could come in at 11. So, at 11, I went in and worked in the toddler room for the first two hours, so they could get their lunch breaks in. Let's just say that I'm glad I don't work in the toddler room on a daily basis. It is CERTAINLY not for everyone.
Then, it was back over to the infant/pre-tod room, where I feel much better about my stress-level...
It was a pretty good day of work. I'm not completely sure if I'm ACTUALLY completely healthy again, but I felt well enough to leave the house, and quite frankly I needed to do something today.
Currently, I'm watching Conan, which I haven't been able to get myself to watch too much with Kent being gone, since it was our favorite show to watch together. But I needed to watch a happy show after a weekend full of Army Wives.
Anyway. For now, I'm feeling better.
Tomorrow I have to go in to post early and get my paperwork that I need to go and get my CAC card for my job. I still don't really know what CAC stands for, but I'm assuming it's something like Computer Access Card or something. Whatever. Not that important. Basically, it just means i'm getting my government employee id. YAY
Ok.
Well, I don't really have too much else in my brain that I feel like putting in a blog tonight.
I guess all I've got is that I can't wait for this weekend to get here. I need my parents here so that I have some people to entertain. I can't wait to make an effort in the meals that I prepare. I'm going to try and make some stuff that's not part of their normal meal routine! I want the student to become the teacher. lol. Don't get too scared mom. I'll let you and dad cook too!
Alright.
Tired.
My friends wore me out today.
ANNNND my back hurts....
love to all!
-Jessica
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Day 56: Another Sick Day...
...has come and gone.
I was really upset when I woke up this morning at 7am to get ready for church, and I was still sick as a dog. So, I reluctantly crawled back into bed and slept until Kent called me on Skype. Which made me a bit happier. Annnd just like the last couple of days, I spent all day watching television, and then watched a couple hours of Army Wives. I'm on the second season now, and every episode still makes me cry. I was hoping that it would get easier to watch as the seasons wore on, but no, it's still very emotional, every episode. Thankfully, some of the crying has been happy crying!
Then it came time for supper, and as I reached into my freezer to grab my last frozen dinner, I saw the frozen chicken breasts on the bottom shelf and got inspired. So, instead of another terrible microwave meal, I decided to make chicken alfredo with broccoli. I didn't have any fettuccine noodles, so I used egg noodles instead, and I used a jar of Classico Alfredo sauce as my sauce (although I added some garlic and Parmesan Herb seasoning to the chicken, and pepper and seasoning salt to the sauce). It actually turned out to be better than I expected it to be. I was quite proud of myself.
Here's a picture of my creation:
I was really upset when I woke up this morning at 7am to get ready for church, and I was still sick as a dog. So, I reluctantly crawled back into bed and slept until Kent called me on Skype. Which made me a bit happier. Annnd just like the last couple of days, I spent all day watching television, and then watched a couple hours of Army Wives. I'm on the second season now, and every episode still makes me cry. I was hoping that it would get easier to watch as the seasons wore on, but no, it's still very emotional, every episode. Thankfully, some of the crying has been happy crying!
Then it came time for supper, and as I reached into my freezer to grab my last frozen dinner, I saw the frozen chicken breasts on the bottom shelf and got inspired. So, instead of another terrible microwave meal, I decided to make chicken alfredo with broccoli. I didn't have any fettuccine noodles, so I used egg noodles instead, and I used a jar of Classico Alfredo sauce as my sauce (although I added some garlic and Parmesan Herb seasoning to the chicken, and pepper and seasoning salt to the sauce). It actually turned out to be better than I expected it to be. I was quite proud of myself.
Here's a picture of my creation:
I was also elated to find out that I had made too much, so I saved the other half for one of these days this week that I get home from work and I'm not in the mood to do any cooking. YAY for leftovers!
But anyway. That's about the biggest excitement I had today. Also, I was able to cook a meal on my stove without setting off my smoke alarm. (which, for some reason, is located INSIDE my kitchen...completely inconvenient.
Ok.
Love to all!
-Jessica
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Day 55: I don't wanna
I don't really feel like blogging today, so forgive me if I sound a little negative....
I'm just eh today.
Still sick.
Stayed inside all day, and stared at the gloomy, rainy day outside.
Watched way too many episodes of Army Wives, and cried way too much. I've decided that it's probably detrimental to my emotional health to watch that many episodes in one sitting, but *sigh* I'm too addicted NOT to watch it continuously.
Ummmm, got to talk to my baby tonight, which made me happy, especially because both the video and the sound worked.
Before Army Wives, though, I was finally able to clean up my house, which makes me proud! The amount of clutter sitting in my living room and kitchen was really starting to stress me out, so I finally did something about it!
Anyway, that was my big achievement of the day....
Annnnnd that's about it.
I'm just ready for this sickness to end. As you read yesterday. Yeah, that's all I've got for today.
Sorry if I'm a negative Nancy...
Love to all!
-Jessica
I'm just eh today.
Still sick.
Stayed inside all day, and stared at the gloomy, rainy day outside.
Watched way too many episodes of Army Wives, and cried way too much. I've decided that it's probably detrimental to my emotional health to watch that many episodes in one sitting, but *sigh* I'm too addicted NOT to watch it continuously.
Ummmm, got to talk to my baby tonight, which made me happy, especially because both the video and the sound worked.
Before Army Wives, though, I was finally able to clean up my house, which makes me proud! The amount of clutter sitting in my living room and kitchen was really starting to stress me out, so I finally did something about it!
Anyway, that was my big achievement of the day....
Annnnnd that's about it.
I'm just ready for this sickness to end. As you read yesterday. Yeah, that's all I've got for today.
Sorry if I'm a negative Nancy...
Love to all!
-Jessica
Friday, March 4, 2011
Day 54: Will this ever end??
That's the question I keep finding myself asking today. Will this EVER end? And it is related to many things.
Mostly, I'm ready to be done being sick. Mostly because it's not like I have a fever. I just feel terrible. Today it turned into more of a coughing, sneezing, mucus-y thing. (Sorry if that's too much information...) I'm just done. I had to call in to work today again, because I just couldn't get myself up out of bed. And, I'm starting to feel guilty. I feel like the girls in my room count on me to be there every afternoon, and I feel really bad not showing up, even though I know that it's really for the best for me to stay home. I don't know. I just can't help but to feel bad about it all.
Also, I ready for this deployment to end. I'm sick of living alone. Sure, I have my cat, but I just long for someone to be here to listen to me blab, to help me clean up, to share the everyday responsibilities, to complain to whenever I want, and to go out with, even if it's just down the street to Taco Bell for dinner. This time without a lot of personal interaction has made me realize how much I crave human interaction. Maybe that's why I hate to be sick. I don't get to talk to people as much when I don't go to work. It's just starting to feel like time is at a stand-still, and I'm getting a little afraid that April will never come.
ughhh.
Also, can I just say that I think that people who have real jobs (ie. me!), should be able to have a spring break too? I'm getting just a bit tired of all of the facebook statuses talking about going to the beach this next week...Not fair. If I could, I would jump in my car and drive down to the beach for the next SIX weeks. Maybe THAT would make the time go by faster... Enjoy spring breaks while you've got 'em college kids! You'll miss them when you're done with school! Trust me!
So, I guess that's the third thing that I'm ready for the end of....
Hmmmmmmm.
I don't know what else to blab about. I'm just at a loss for what to say...
I guess we'll see if this week can go by any faster than this past week went. (Which was pretty slow, if I do say so myself...)
Ok, gnight all!
-Jessica
Mostly, I'm ready to be done being sick. Mostly because it's not like I have a fever. I just feel terrible. Today it turned into more of a coughing, sneezing, mucus-y thing. (Sorry if that's too much information...) I'm just done. I had to call in to work today again, because I just couldn't get myself up out of bed. And, I'm starting to feel guilty. I feel like the girls in my room count on me to be there every afternoon, and I feel really bad not showing up, even though I know that it's really for the best for me to stay home. I don't know. I just can't help but to feel bad about it all.
Also, I ready for this deployment to end. I'm sick of living alone. Sure, I have my cat, but I just long for someone to be here to listen to me blab, to help me clean up, to share the everyday responsibilities, to complain to whenever I want, and to go out with, even if it's just down the street to Taco Bell for dinner. This time without a lot of personal interaction has made me realize how much I crave human interaction. Maybe that's why I hate to be sick. I don't get to talk to people as much when I don't go to work. It's just starting to feel like time is at a stand-still, and I'm getting a little afraid that April will never come.
ughhh.
Also, can I just say that I think that people who have real jobs (ie. me!), should be able to have a spring break too? I'm getting just a bit tired of all of the facebook statuses talking about going to the beach this next week...Not fair. If I could, I would jump in my car and drive down to the beach for the next SIX weeks. Maybe THAT would make the time go by faster... Enjoy spring breaks while you've got 'em college kids! You'll miss them when you're done with school! Trust me!
So, I guess that's the third thing that I'm ready for the end of....
Hmmmmmmm.
I don't know what else to blab about. I'm just at a loss for what to say...
I guess we'll see if this week can go by any faster than this past week went. (Which was pretty slow, if I do say so myself...)
Ok, gnight all!
-Jessica
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Day 53: Tired...
I'm so tired tonight. I got up this morning, and I felt better than yesterday, so I decided to go to work today, mostly because I feel guilty NOT going at this point. So, I went to work, and felt okay until I went on break. I guess maybe giving myself time to sit and focus on myself for about 15 minutes, made me realize that I still didn't feel good. My headache started to rise to the surface again.
But, I was able to make it until 5, mostly because my shift was only 4 hours long, and came home to crash on my couch. Watched some more Army Wives. As I watch more episodes, I'm beginning to let myself ignore the technical aspects, and focus more on the story. And, it never fails. I will cry at every single episode. Sometimes they're happy tears, sometimes they're sad tears, but nonetheless, they're tears, and they're inevitable. I'm getting a little scared that I might be a little too emotional to be an Army Wife.
Oh well, too late now.
Ok, so anway, now as I'm laying here typing this, I'm starting to feel awful again. My throat's getting soar, and as I was talking to Kent on Skype, I started to acquire an awful cough. I don't know. We'll see how I feel when I wake up in the morning.
I'm so excited for this week to be over, because after this week, I'm that much closer to my parents coming down for a week, and after that week, I'm even closer to my baby coming home!!!!
I also can't wait to have a whole weekend to get over this sickness. I got invited to a spa night on Saturday by one of the girls that I work with, but I don't know if I'll go if I still feel like this. Which is depressing, because I really really really need a social life. Hanging out with Peaches and watching Netflix is getting pretty old.
Ok. Exhausted girl is now have problems typing correctly.
That's all for tonight.
Thanks for reading!
-Jessica
But, I was able to make it until 5, mostly because my shift was only 4 hours long, and came home to crash on my couch. Watched some more Army Wives. As I watch more episodes, I'm beginning to let myself ignore the technical aspects, and focus more on the story. And, it never fails. I will cry at every single episode. Sometimes they're happy tears, sometimes they're sad tears, but nonetheless, they're tears, and they're inevitable. I'm getting a little scared that I might be a little too emotional to be an Army Wife.
Oh well, too late now.
Ok, so anway, now as I'm laying here typing this, I'm starting to feel awful again. My throat's getting soar, and as I was talking to Kent on Skype, I started to acquire an awful cough. I don't know. We'll see how I feel when I wake up in the morning.
I'm so excited for this week to be over, because after this week, I'm that much closer to my parents coming down for a week, and after that week, I'm even closer to my baby coming home!!!!
I also can't wait to have a whole weekend to get over this sickness. I got invited to a spa night on Saturday by one of the girls that I work with, but I don't know if I'll go if I still feel like this. Which is depressing, because I really really really need a social life. Hanging out with Peaches and watching Netflix is getting pretty old.
Ok. Exhausted girl is now have problems typing correctly.
That's all for tonight.
Thanks for reading!
-Jessica
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Day 52: Sicky Sicky
Today I was a sicky sicky! I still don't really know quite what is wrong with me, but I just feel gross.
It feels like my ears won't un-pop, so when I woke up this morning, my head was POUNDING. I was also quite sure that I had a fever. This was probably due to the fact that I had a dream last night, where I woke up this morning and had a temperature of 118.3 degrees Fahrenheit! Apparently my imagination has no sense of what temperature is TOO high, and would mean that I am boiling alive. Oh well. Anyway, I woke up for reals, and did not have a temperature, so I laid there for about an hour, debating on whether I should call in to work. I ended up calling in and telling them I was sick, because my headache wasn't getting any better, and even if I didn't have a fever, I figured I wouldn't be any fun to be around today. So, I had a gross sick day full of pretty much nothing today. Which I have to admit, was kind of nice.
Yes, I was bored out of my mind, but it was nice to just lay on the couch, and not run after pre-todds all afternoon.
I have no idea how I'm going to feel when I wake up, but my left ear still hurts, and my headache is better, but still lingering. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if I feel better tomorrow, or if I end up feeling even worse! Hopefully better...
But, today I watched, I think, 6 episodes of Army Wives. I'm hooked. But still kind of upset about the series. It seems to me that they like to focus on the negatives, which I guess, makes the show more dramatic and intriguing from week to week, but it just makes me mad. Also, they don't really have a great variety of types of couples on the show. I can tell that they're trying. But two of the wives are married to Colonels, and another is married to a Major, and two are married to lower enlisted guys, but there's no representation of a young officer couple. Maybe I'm a little biased in this area, but while I understand that a new enlisted wife is a very intriguing character (in fact she's my favorite!), I would like to see the couple that thinks they know a lot about the Army, since they dealt with ROTC, and then they get to their unit, and all of the enlisted wives expect the new officer's wife to know everything, and be able to handle everything with poise, but she has no idea what's going on......hmmmm this story is beginning to sound too familiar....
Whatever.
Plus, NONE of the soldiers in the show wear their berets correctly. Being married to an army guy, I have seen the amount of tedious and ridiculous care and preparation goes into making a new beret perfect, and keeping it perfect. But, in this show, all of their berets look like they just pulled them off the shelf, brand new, and slapped it on their head, without shaping it or anything. It's very annoying to me. Hopefully, as the shows progress, so will the costume department in their research of beret-styling.
Sorry. Silly rant, I know, but as I was watching today, I could just hear Kent complaining about their lack of beret knowledge. I guess he's rubbed off on me.
Anywho, I'm gonna go to sleep and hopefully I'll wake up headache-free.
Much love to all!
-Jessica
It feels like my ears won't un-pop, so when I woke up this morning, my head was POUNDING. I was also quite sure that I had a fever. This was probably due to the fact that I had a dream last night, where I woke up this morning and had a temperature of 118.3 degrees Fahrenheit! Apparently my imagination has no sense of what temperature is TOO high, and would mean that I am boiling alive. Oh well. Anyway, I woke up for reals, and did not have a temperature, so I laid there for about an hour, debating on whether I should call in to work. I ended up calling in and telling them I was sick, because my headache wasn't getting any better, and even if I didn't have a fever, I figured I wouldn't be any fun to be around today. So, I had a gross sick day full of pretty much nothing today. Which I have to admit, was kind of nice.
Yes, I was bored out of my mind, but it was nice to just lay on the couch, and not run after pre-todds all afternoon.
I have no idea how I'm going to feel when I wake up, but my left ear still hurts, and my headache is better, but still lingering. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if I feel better tomorrow, or if I end up feeling even worse! Hopefully better...
But, today I watched, I think, 6 episodes of Army Wives. I'm hooked. But still kind of upset about the series. It seems to me that they like to focus on the negatives, which I guess, makes the show more dramatic and intriguing from week to week, but it just makes me mad. Also, they don't really have a great variety of types of couples on the show. I can tell that they're trying. But two of the wives are married to Colonels, and another is married to a Major, and two are married to lower enlisted guys, but there's no representation of a young officer couple. Maybe I'm a little biased in this area, but while I understand that a new enlisted wife is a very intriguing character (in fact she's my favorite!), I would like to see the couple that thinks they know a lot about the Army, since they dealt with ROTC, and then they get to their unit, and all of the enlisted wives expect the new officer's wife to know everything, and be able to handle everything with poise, but she has no idea what's going on......hmmmm this story is beginning to sound too familiar....
Whatever.
Plus, NONE of the soldiers in the show wear their berets correctly. Being married to an army guy, I have seen the amount of tedious and ridiculous care and preparation goes into making a new beret perfect, and keeping it perfect. But, in this show, all of their berets look like they just pulled them off the shelf, brand new, and slapped it on their head, without shaping it or anything. It's very annoying to me. Hopefully, as the shows progress, so will the costume department in their research of beret-styling.
Sorry. Silly rant, I know, but as I was watching today, I could just hear Kent complaining about their lack of beret knowledge. I guess he's rubbed off on me.
Anywho, I'm gonna go to sleep and hopefully I'll wake up headache-free.
Much love to all!
-Jessica
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Day 51: TGIM!
For those of you who may be terrified that I meant "Thank Goodness It's Monday" need to go look at the calendar again, because it's Tuesday. But, I DID mean "Thank Goodness It's March!"
I'm so excited, it's kind of scaring me. I'm so happy that I will only have to pay the rent by myself one more time, scan my hubby's check into the USAA account one more time, and take care of the monthly bills alone in general, only one more time! HALLELUJAH!!
This morning, after being woken up by the roofers who came to fix the roof (yay), I went to turn the rent check in, and then went to the March FRG meeting, which I have to admit, was very anti-climactic! I was expecting more information about redeployment, but what I got was an hour full of the same briefing that I heard last month, only this one was full of screaming children that apparently aren't enrolled in CYSS, or for whatever reason, were not taken to the provided childcare. Dumb. I mean, it was literally the same slide show from the last briefing. Ridiculous. But, whatever. I guess it was a good refresher. Or something. I don't know.
Anyway, then I came back home for lunch, and then it was back in the car to go to work for the day. Work was pretty good. Not too much drama, really. Changed some diapers, cleaned up messes, corralled children all day. The basics.
After work, came home and finished my last helping of leftover Taco Soup. Even a week and a half later, it was STILL really good, so I will definitely be making more of that in the future.
Unfortunately, now I'm not feeling well. My ear hurts quite a lot. It feels like it's popped, and I can't un-pop it. It's been like this for about 4 hours now, and I called my mom, and she said it sounded like sinus pressure, so I took some Nasal Decongestant, but it doesn't really seem to be helping. As I'm sitting here now, I'm also noticing that my throat is hurting, so I'm wondering if I'm coming down with something. I've been wondering when I was going to get sick from all of these coughing, runny nosed kids!
Oh well, hopefully a good night's sleep, with my roof fixed now, will help me kick this before it even starts!
Okay.
Bedtime.
Much love!
-Jessica
I'm so excited, it's kind of scaring me. I'm so happy that I will only have to pay the rent by myself one more time, scan my hubby's check into the USAA account one more time, and take care of the monthly bills alone in general, only one more time! HALLELUJAH!!
This morning, after being woken up by the roofers who came to fix the roof (yay), I went to turn the rent check in, and then went to the March FRG meeting, which I have to admit, was very anti-climactic! I was expecting more information about redeployment, but what I got was an hour full of the same briefing that I heard last month, only this one was full of screaming children that apparently aren't enrolled in CYSS, or for whatever reason, were not taken to the provided childcare. Dumb. I mean, it was literally the same slide show from the last briefing. Ridiculous. But, whatever. I guess it was a good refresher. Or something. I don't know.
Anyway, then I came back home for lunch, and then it was back in the car to go to work for the day. Work was pretty good. Not too much drama, really. Changed some diapers, cleaned up messes, corralled children all day. The basics.
After work, came home and finished my last helping of leftover Taco Soup. Even a week and a half later, it was STILL really good, so I will definitely be making more of that in the future.
Unfortunately, now I'm not feeling well. My ear hurts quite a lot. It feels like it's popped, and I can't un-pop it. It's been like this for about 4 hours now, and I called my mom, and she said it sounded like sinus pressure, so I took some Nasal Decongestant, but it doesn't really seem to be helping. As I'm sitting here now, I'm also noticing that my throat is hurting, so I'm wondering if I'm coming down with something. I've been wondering when I was going to get sick from all of these coughing, runny nosed kids!
Oh well, hopefully a good night's sleep, with my roof fixed now, will help me kick this before it even starts!
Okay.
Bedtime.
Much love!
-Jessica
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