Momma Drama

I was thinking about how the drama in my life has changed since becoming a mom. It was actually quite funny to me. During highschool and college it was boys (did I still like the guy I was dating? What was he doing wrong that I didn't like? How do I get him to break up with me so I don't have to do it?), tests (did I study enough? I studied right? I should do ok... right? Crap I sucked) and work (coworker drama spilling over to me, not getting enough hours to pay my bills or getting too many hours to study properly)

Those woes are long behind me. They've changed to things like, Jamesen's thumb has been "bruised" for about a month now.. is that really a bruise?? We just signed Marcus up for soccer... where am I supposed to find cleats that aren't too expensive that fit a 4 year old with huge feet?? and the one plaguing me the most lately... How in the world am I going to get 3 carseats in the back of my Maxima?! More than that... how am I going to pay for the new carseats I need to get so that they fit in the back of my Maxima?!

Sabe and I switched vehicles a bit ago because he was driving way more than me. His truck is a guzzler, so I would keep it despite the like one or two days I drove somewhere during the week. Now that Marcus is in speech therapy, we've decided that the carseats will be in the car from Friday-Monday and the truck from Tuesday-Thursday. I'd have the car for the days that Marcus has speech since the place we have to go to is kind of far away and I would just try to do all my errands on those days as well. It's been working great... as long as Gemma stays growing. Once she's out, I'll need to fit a third seat back there and with our current carseats there is NO way that is possible.

Luckily, I've got some carseat guru friends who pointed me to a group that has some serious carseat nazis who have helped me figure out which carseats I can get to fit back there. It's just figuring out how we're going to pay for them. The skinniest carseats on the market are $300 or close to it and I just can't afford to buy 3 of those. I'm hoping to get away with only buying one and buying another one that's thin. We'll be doing all of this when we get our tax return in the next few weeks. Wish me luck finding good deals on the seats I need!


Other than that, we're all kind of bummed. Sabe's leaving in an hour or two for a course he's gotta take. It'll be two weeks. He then comes home for a week and then leaves for 4, comes home just before my due date, is home for a few months and then deploys. I just wish I could blink and have it be April. Sorry if I'm a bit mopey. I've still not gotten the hang of being super cheerful while Sabe's gone. Marcus really misses him and it breaks my heart.

Anyways, gotta run, just wanted to update really quick. We've got some appointment for the boys on the 7th, so hopefully I'll know more about the tongue tie and possible autism then.