Here I am sitting in another hotel in the middle of Missouri away from my home and husband yet again, however, instead of feeling sorry for myself I am actually going to appreciate this week on the road. You might find it strange that I am going to appreciate this time alone. I mean, I love my husband and miss him dearly but this time away from him and my home makes me appreciate HIM even more.
Instead of worrying about cleaning the house, doing dishes, doing the laundry, etc. I just spend time enjoying my husband when I am home. I see him for the wonderful man that he is and I love him even more.
I think this is God's message to me. I am still traveling for a living so I appreciate my time at home that much more. One thing is for sure, my husband and I don't get stuck in ruts because I am not home during the week to actually start any routines. But when I am at home we just spend time talking, laughing, and loving each other.
What a great life!!!!!
Monday, May 04, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Love / Hate Relationship with Spring
OH how I love spring. New life, beautiful flowers, the smell of a spring shower in the air. I love it all; however, spring does not love me. I am sitting here today in misery! My allergies are causing me terrible pain. I feels like a party is going on inside my right sinus cavity with all the throbbing it is doing. My sinuses are draining into my chest, causing horrible mucus..... I could go on and on about the horrible allergies I am having, but all I can say is that I REALLY LOVE SPRING!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Men!!!!
Ok.... I have to preface this post by saying that I love my husband dearly!
Once we got married I added my husband to my insurance policies at work. We did this because I had the better benefits package through my place of business. One of the reasons my insurance was better is because I actually have a dental plan, his work did not. Well since my benefits cover dental it was only logical to send my husband to the dentist, right.....
I have to tell you that he has not been to the dentist in 5 years! He does, however, have very good dental hygiene practices. He just did not get regular checkups.
So I scheduled his first appointment. It was a Tuesday morning at 8:30 AM. Thinking it should only take him about 45 minutes, since that is how long it takes me at the dentist. Boy was I wrong. He called me 3 hours later to tell me that he was out of the dentist and that he felt HORRIBLE! This is were it gets good. They only cleaned HALF of his mouth, the left half, because they had to perform the deep scale to get all of the built up plaque off of his teeth. This required him having 4 shots to numb his mouth. They also found 4 cavities that needed to be filled. They had to schedule a 2nd appointment to finish cleaning this teach.
Today he went back to the dentist to have the right half of his mouth cleaned. Another deep scale. PLUS.... he had mercury fillings that had to come out and be replaced with new fillings. $2,900 and eight shots to numb the mouth later (yes I said $2,900) his mouth is now clean; HOWEVER, he has to go back in a month to have the rest of the mercury fillings taken out. Seems that eight shots to numb the mouth is not enough to deep scale clean it plus remove mercury fillings.
Apparently the dentist wants a new pool this summer and my husband is going to single handily pay for it!!!!!!!
I can't wait to see how much of this will be covered by the insurance company, lets pray a lot of it!
I should tell you that I feel sorry for my husband. He called all numb and sour from the stuff they did in his mouth. It almost sounded like he wanted to cry because the numbness was paying off and the pain was setting in. Poor guy........... But now he is going to the dentist regularly.
Once we got married I added my husband to my insurance policies at work. We did this because I had the better benefits package through my place of business. One of the reasons my insurance was better is because I actually have a dental plan, his work did not. Well since my benefits cover dental it was only logical to send my husband to the dentist, right.....
I have to tell you that he has not been to the dentist in 5 years! He does, however, have very good dental hygiene practices. He just did not get regular checkups.
So I scheduled his first appointment. It was a Tuesday morning at 8:30 AM. Thinking it should only take him about 45 minutes, since that is how long it takes me at the dentist. Boy was I wrong. He called me 3 hours later to tell me that he was out of the dentist and that he felt HORRIBLE! This is were it gets good. They only cleaned HALF of his mouth, the left half, because they had to perform the deep scale to get all of the built up plaque off of his teeth. This required him having 4 shots to numb his mouth. They also found 4 cavities that needed to be filled. They had to schedule a 2nd appointment to finish cleaning this teach.
Today he went back to the dentist to have the right half of his mouth cleaned. Another deep scale. PLUS.... he had mercury fillings that had to come out and be replaced with new fillings. $2,900 and eight shots to numb the mouth later (yes I said $2,900) his mouth is now clean; HOWEVER, he has to go back in a month to have the rest of the mercury fillings taken out. Seems that eight shots to numb the mouth is not enough to deep scale clean it plus remove mercury fillings.
Apparently the dentist wants a new pool this summer and my husband is going to single handily pay for it!!!!!!!
I can't wait to see how much of this will be covered by the insurance company, lets pray a lot of it!
I should tell you that I feel sorry for my husband. He called all numb and sour from the stuff they did in his mouth. It almost sounded like he wanted to cry because the numbness was paying off and the pain was setting in. Poor guy........... But now he is going to the dentist regularly.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thankful
I know my last few posts have made it seem like I am down in the dumps, which I have been. But today I just got a reality check that punched me in the gut. Here I am complaining about having a job, albeit not my favorite at times, but I have a job and there are several others out there who don't. I am lucky and I now know it.
What got me thinking about all of this is I just heard from a good friend who has fallen on hard times. The problems they are facing make feel ashamed I even posted about disappointment and dislike of my job. An eye opeinging event just happened to me!
I am thankful for all that I have and all that God has given me. I just wanted to let all of you know that. I am especially thankful for the wonderful people in my life that I call friends. You are all great!
What got me thinking about all of this is I just heard from a good friend who has fallen on hard times. The problems they are facing make feel ashamed I even posted about disappointment and dislike of my job. An eye opeinging event just happened to me!
I am thankful for all that I have and all that God has given me. I just wanted to let all of you know that. I am especially thankful for the wonderful people in my life that I call friends. You are all great!
Monday, February 09, 2009
Disappointment :(
Well today I found out that I did not get the in office job that I was hoping for. This means more nights away from my husband and the Kids (our dogs Butch & Carly). I was, to say the least, disappointed; however, I was happy for the person who got the job. He has a one year old and will now get to spend some time at home watching him grow up.
This set back prompted me to updated my resume and put it out on some online job hunting sites. Who knows if it will work but I had to take a shot. It is becoming increasingly clear that I am no longer happy traveling the way I do for work. And now it appears that my last shot at coming off the road for a few years is gone.
It sounds pathetic but I cried after I found out I didn't get the in office job. It was at that moment that I realized how unhappy I have become with my job. I don't even know when it happened, but it did. I used to love this job. I guess it is a sign of changing times for me. I am now focused on starting a family with my husband and traveling is not ideal for that.
I used to think I didn't want kids but now that I have this wonderful man I want several kids with him. That is the thought that crosses my mind daily, which means this job (that used to be a career for me) is no longer as important as I thought.
Well now I move on to a new phase of life. Trying to decide what type of new career I want. If I even want a career at all with kids. Wish me luck and pray that I find something to make all of us happy!
This set back prompted me to updated my resume and put it out on some online job hunting sites. Who knows if it will work but I had to take a shot. It is becoming increasingly clear that I am no longer happy traveling the way I do for work. And now it appears that my last shot at coming off the road for a few years is gone.
It sounds pathetic but I cried after I found out I didn't get the in office job. It was at that moment that I realized how unhappy I have become with my job. I don't even know when it happened, but it did. I used to love this job. I guess it is a sign of changing times for me. I am now focused on starting a family with my husband and traveling is not ideal for that.
I used to think I didn't want kids but now that I have this wonderful man I want several kids with him. That is the thought that crosses my mind daily, which means this job (that used to be a career for me) is no longer as important as I thought.
Well now I move on to a new phase of life. Trying to decide what type of new career I want. If I even want a career at all with kids. Wish me luck and pray that I find something to make all of us happy!
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
LOST!!!!
I know I am the biggest dork but I am soooooo excited that lost is on tonight. I waited and waited and waited some more for new episodes to come back on. Now I plan NOTHING on Wednesday nights. I don't even answer the phone if it rings during the show. My husband and I are such geeks. When I am out of town we will both watch the show then call each other after it is over and recap what we think certain things meant on the show. I don't know what we will do with ourselves if they ever take Lost off the air. I guess we will just start following another show......
Monday, February 02, 2009
Travel Sucks!!
So here I am sitting in yet another hotel room. Day 1 of a 5 day week out of town for work. I will say this is one of the more run down hotels I have stayed in in a while. The ONLY redeeming quality is that the hotel has a decent work out room.
As I sit here wallering in self pity (like you couldn't tell) I think about my husband and my dogs sleeping in my comfy bed at home. Oh yeah, he lets the dogs sleep with him while I am away. They are WAY WAY spoiled. Any way.... as I am thinking of them I am reminded of the days that I LOVED to travel for work and how I CHERISHED staying in hotels where I didn't have to clean up after myself or care how much energy I was using up by leaving all the lights on during the day. But times have changed, my priorities have changed. This is the first year of my marriage and I feel that I am missing out. I talk with my husband at least 3 times a day when I am away but it is not the same as being there with him. I am feeling like I have lost my way in my career. I love what I do for a living but I love my husband more. I have never thought about an alternative career. I have no idea what other jobs might interest me but what I do know is that I am no longer happy having to be away from my husband week after week. I also know that this feeling will only get worse if we have kids! I sure wish someone would come into my life and magically tell me what I should be doing. I am secretly waiting for a sign from God as to what the perfect job for me would be. I sure hope he sends that sign soon!
Alas, until then I will have to be content sitting in my hotel room watching Gossip Girl. YES..... I watch Gossip Girl and occasionally the new 90210.
As I sit here wallering in self pity (like you couldn't tell) I think about my husband and my dogs sleeping in my comfy bed at home. Oh yeah, he lets the dogs sleep with him while I am away. They are WAY WAY spoiled. Any way.... as I am thinking of them I am reminded of the days that I LOVED to travel for work and how I CHERISHED staying in hotels where I didn't have to clean up after myself or care how much energy I was using up by leaving all the lights on during the day. But times have changed, my priorities have changed. This is the first year of my marriage and I feel that I am missing out. I talk with my husband at least 3 times a day when I am away but it is not the same as being there with him. I am feeling like I have lost my way in my career. I love what I do for a living but I love my husband more. I have never thought about an alternative career. I have no idea what other jobs might interest me but what I do know is that I am no longer happy having to be away from my husband week after week. I also know that this feeling will only get worse if we have kids! I sure wish someone would come into my life and magically tell me what I should be doing. I am secretly waiting for a sign from God as to what the perfect job for me would be. I sure hope he sends that sign soon!
Alas, until then I will have to be content sitting in my hotel room watching Gossip Girl. YES..... I watch Gossip Girl and occasionally the new 90210.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Interesting Oppertunity....
So.... I was just approached by a member of my senior management team and asked if I would have any interest in relocating to Little Rock, AR. Apparently we are going to staff an office out of Little Rock. I had to say that I might be interested, of course. That is always the response that management wants to hear. However, I am a little intrigued by the idea. I have always considered myself a Missouri girl. I told my husband under not circumstances would I ever live across the river in Illinois; however, I think I might like Arkansas!
I told my husband about the discussion I had with management and the first thing he asked was "Can I be a stay at home dad or at least go part-time?" Just note, we don't even have kids. We have 2 dogs that we consider our kids but he is still wanting to be a stay at home dad. What he REALLY wants is to be on the golf course at least 3 days a week. I am wise to his tricks.
Only time will tell if this office in Little Rock even becomes a reality. But this is what intrigued me today.
I told my husband about the discussion I had with management and the first thing he asked was "Can I be a stay at home dad or at least go part-time?" Just note, we don't even have kids. We have 2 dogs that we consider our kids but he is still wanting to be a stay at home dad. What he REALLY wants is to be on the golf course at least 3 days a week. I am wise to his tricks.
Only time will tell if this office in Little Rock even becomes a reality. But this is what intrigued me today.
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