Travel, Travel, Travel

I cannot explain how much I can't wait to go home.  Instead of flying to Madisonville, KY, the guy I'm with wanted to drive the 8 hours instead.  It's a long drive and I didn't know if I could take riding with him home.  So, we don't technically have to stay today, but he wants to.  Three reasons why, 1) he doesn't want to go back to work Thursday, 2) he's afraid that he might get a shower that's bad if we stay somewhere closer to home, and 3) he doesn't care if he sees his family early.  He told me yesterday that he has no reason to hurry home!  WHAT?!!!?  He's got a NEW fiance and a 1 year old at home.  If that were me, I'd be hurrying home to see them.  And even though I don't have a baby, I want to hurry home to see Jason!!!  So, after stewing about this all evening and just getting more mad, I decided that I was going to call him and see about driving a few hours today so that our drive home on Thursday wouldn't be so long.  He didn't want to at first, but I should have a say in this too, so I pushed for it and we are staying in Marion, IL tonight and then driving the 5 1/2 hours home tomorrow.  He's so frustrating and self-centered, I could just smack him.  Not really, but it would be fun.  :)  There's so much more to this story, but I won't get into it.  I've said enough and I'm just thankful that tomorrow I finally get to see my husband.  I can't wait! 

Friday is Here!

I am so thankful today is Friday.  I don't know what it is, but I think the 4 day weekend I had wasn't long enough and I did not want to come to work this past Tuesday.  It has been the longest week it feels like, and I can't wait until 3pm today. 

I just found out this morning that I may be traveling the 14th-17th of this month to Kentucky to see a first article test.  That's okay with me....anything to get me out of this office for a while.  Although I'm not too thrilled with the person I will be traveling with, but it will be okay. 

Jason is busy this weekend with a friend's bachelor party that starts today at noon and ends tomorrow night.  Long bachelor party if you ask me. :)  Today they're going golfing at noon, dinne, and then who knows what.  Tomorrow they're going paintballing in the afternoon, dinner which I think is a cookout, and then poker at a friend's house.  I'm sure he'll be pretty beat up after the paintballing tomorrow.  Hopefully not too bad though.

Jason and I are looking forward to his Mom & Don visiting soon.  We haven't seen them since I believe after Christmas and it will be nice to catch up and visit.  I'm hoping Jason doesn't work while they're here, because he has a tendency to forget to slow down every once in a while. 

The house painting is coming along.  The 'man shed' is completely painted and now he concentrating on just the house.  I'm really hoping this gets done this year.  Not only because I can't stand the outside of the house, but the old stain is fading and the house just really needs it.  I will post pictures soon because it's always fun to see before and after pics. 

Hope everyone has a nice weekend and I'm sure we'll be talking to everyone soon!

I swear, all it's done around here lately is rain, rain, rain.  Yesterday we got around 3 inches in about 15 minutes!  The drive home from work was a little scary at first when I couldn't see anything and people were slowing down to 30 mph and turning on their hazard lights.  As soon as I got closer to Blue Grass, the rain subsided and it sprinkled for a bit. 

I have had no motivation this week to come to work.  Maybe it's because I STILL haven't done anything work wise and it's incredibly boring to sit here day after day and do nothing.  I've signed up for more classes because at least that gives me something to think about and challenge myself a bit. 

Let's see....we've got a million things in the near future that we'd like to get done on the house.  Here's our current list of things we'd like to get done this year.  Paint the hallway going upstairs, tear down the wallpaper in the upstairs bathroom and paint it and paint the vanity, paint the dogs room, tear up the carpet downstairs and get new along with tile by the garage door, and paint the house.  I believe Jason is currently contemplating hiring someone to paint the top of the house because he's afraird of falling off the roof and I completely agree with this.  The area isn't that big, but I'll worry about him.  We've got lots to do, but hopefully since most of it's painting, it will go fast.  The house is the only thing that concerns me.  That will take some time and we have to get it done this year since the paint is already a year old.

It's Going to be a Fun Weekend!

Jason and I are expecting company this weekend!  Gary and Mary are coming down to visit and the boys are going to be moving dirt/rocks around at the farm.  I have no idea what the ladies are going to do....maybe have a fire and just hang out, but it should be a nice relaxing weekend for the ladies anyway! :) 

Work has been extremely slow this week.  I am taking a class that should take me a while to complete, so at least I finally have something to do. 

Jason's been busy this week between work and after work functions.  Monday night I believe we took it easy, Tuesday he had a metting for Habitat for Humanity, Wednesday night he tilled up the garden and planted it, and last night he had a YPN event where he was an ice cream taster.  I'm sure he really hated that! :)

Well, I'd better get to taking my class (I'm typing this while at work).  Hopefully today is a great day and the weekend is even better!!!

I would like to say that our entryway is done, as in painted!!!  Jasons surprised me while I was gone on travel and it looks great!  I'll post pictures later since I haven't taken them yet and it's late.  Which takes me to another point...I have no idea why I'm up.  Yesterday was not a good day/night to fly into Chicago.  Our last flight got canceled last night due to the weather, so we rented 2 minivans and drove the 3 hours home.  I finally got home around 4am.  I was exhausted today and I guess I'm running on what last adrenaline I have left. 

We had a really nice evening eating dinner with the Pinter's.  Their boys were great and very entertaining I must add.  I tried to hide my laughter almost the entire night while Don & Steph were trying to be serious with Neal.  How do you not laugh at a child who's trying to act like broccoli is the worst tasting food ever and make the most hilarious face ever?!  I had to turn away and then Jason and Neal made a game out of it and had an eating contest and of course, Neal didn't remember how much he hated it the 2 minutes before.  :) 

This weekend we have a busy Saturday.  A wedding shower in the afternoon and a wedding in the evening.  The shower is for a friend who works with Jason and the wedding is another friend of Jason's that used to play football with him in the Davenport league. 

I don't have to work tomorrow, so I'm going to clean up around the house and do some deep cleaning.  It needs it bad.  I might throw a little shopping in there, but not for me though....for the shower.  Shopping is shopping though!  :)

It's late and I'm beat.  I think Jason might take a half day tomorrow to spend some time with me.  I'm really looking forward to it since I've missed him while I was gone this week.  Hopefully the traveling for us both calms down a bit for now...I'm crossing my fingers.

Great Start to the Weekend!

Jason had a great start to the weekend!  He shot his first turkey!  Enjoy the pictures below!

Fast Weekend

This weekend has got to be the fastest ever.  I had yesterday off and went and got my hair colored.  Jason flew out to Memphis from Cedar Rapids and had to be  up by 3:45 in the morning in order to leave home by 4:45.  I was a nice wife and made him and his co-worker coffee. :)  His meeting went well, which he was worried about and couldn't hardly sleep the night before because of it.  After his meeting, their flight was supposed to fly out at 5:25pm, but got delayed until 6:15.  No big deal since he had a 2 hour layover in Chicago.  Due to the weather, his flight in Chicago was delayed and he didn't get into Cedar Rapids until 11:30.  He finally made it home at 1:00am. 

Today was relaxing.  Jason went turkey hunting in the morning, fishing in the afternoon, and he's back out turkey hunting now.  Although it's dark here, I have no clue what he's doing.  He did come home in between to mow the lawn, which needed it badly.  Looks great now! 

I did some cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping.  I'm so excited because I bought a new welcome mat for the front entrance of the house and a new shower curtain for the upstairs bathroom!  I'm a little nervous that Jason won't like it as he likes to help pick things out, but we needed a new liner and while I was at the store, I thought I might as well buy a new curtain too.  I think it looks better, but I'll have to see what the boss says about it.  :) 

Tomorrow Jason is going  back out turkey hunting.  I'm hoping he got a turkey tonight since he's not home, otherwise it will be all day again tomorrow.  We're almost finished painting the entryway and I think Jason has that on his list for tomorrow as well.  I'd like to get it done asap as it's been a project for almost 6 months now.  I'm crossing my fingers!