Stuff and Things...

Joey enjoying his bath

So, it's been over a month since I last blogged. No...I haven't been busy, just lazy =] Hey at least I'm honest. Update for January, I started looking for work. I searched Monster.com, Craigslist, and all the other million job search engines out there in cyber world. What happened to the good ol' "walk into an establishment and fill out an application" way of doing things? Now a days it's "go online and fill out our application under the careers link"... Whatever. Anyways, I received an email from a "woman's clinic" [and by "woman's clinic" I mean abortion clinic...mehh]. Usually I'm pretty open mined about a lot of things I'm confronted with so I went ahead with the interview and even shadowed a nice young woman named Monica. She was nice and very quickly became comfortable around me so of course I heard her whole life story as we were checking in young girls and young ladies looking to..well you know. Now don't get me wrong, I try to open up to people the first time meeting them. Telling them about myself and my family, work history, ect ect. The regular stuff. I don't think I've ever went as far as telling someone I just met that my ex-husband has a drug problem and is sleeping with slutty young sister who is living with my jobless father. Some real Jerry Springer...stuff. It was quite entertaining [I'm not gonna lie] but I think this girl just needed someone to talk to. I guess I was that lucky candidate. As I listened to Monica telling me about how she thinks her boyfriend is sleeping with her best friend, I couldn't help but to notice how many girls just walk into this clinic as if it was just another day. Your poor unborn child is suffering with the consequences because you decided not to protect yourself. As I said, I'm usually opened minded but at this point it was about Noon and I was ready to just get out of there. Seeing all these girls/women walking in and out of this clinic making this life changing decision made me sad. I'm sure they all had their reasons that brought them to the decision but I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do something like that. And even if I could, I think I would live with regret everyday and I would wonder "what if" every single second of my life. Props to Monica and the ladies of "Volunteer Woman's Clinic" in Knoxville. I couldn't bring myself to call them back and follow up with them as I usually do. [ProLife] ::Sigh:: Anyways, My other option for work was Cellular Sales of Knoxville working on the SALES FLOOR.  I had my first face-to-face this past Tuesday for a CALL CENTER position and I feel it went great. Moving right along. I've been feeling pretty lonely lately. Joe is working extra hard this month and for the next few months. I really don't get to see him much. He comes home for about 2-3 days and then he has to leave again for 9-11 days. Thankfully we have a North Carolina trip coming up so we'll get to see him for a whole week. Joey seems more happy when he's here and of course Chanel does too. It's crazy to see how much better Joey listens to me and Joe when Joe is home and Chanel doesn't go curl up in a ball in the bathroom for 9 days either. Our little family is complete for those few short days then it's just the 3 of us again. Thank goodness for cell phones/text/pic/skypeLOL. But Joe has been working hard and we're so proud of him! For our own selfish reasons...we would rather him home but we know that he's working hard to provide for us so it's much appreciated. Thanks HUNNY BUNNY WUNNY! You're my HUNNY BUN!! =] Joey has been doing well in school. He does give me a hard time in the morning when I drop him off. I want to take this moment the apologize to my Mommy for giving her a hard time when she would drop me off at school. I remember kicking and screaming at the top of my lungs telling her I wanted to go to work with her. Thankfully Joey doesn't do that but he does shed a tear or two. I don't blame him. He spent the first 3 years of his life at home with me. Hopefully he gets use to it soon. On Friday when I picked him, he says to me " Mommy I made you a surprise but you can't peek until we get in the truck." He opened his canvas bag and pulled out this cute little Valentine's Day card he made for me [with the help from his teacher]. So cute!! I  love him so much. He can be a total butt head at times but makes up for it. My sister in law calls him a Sour Patch kid. Speaking of Valentine's Day...I went all out making these cute little desserts for Joey's school bake sale. A lot of hard work went into those so I'm hoping anyone who purchased them, loves them! They we totally cute! LOL. Let's see, what else is new? Ah yes! Last time Joe was in town we went to "Hungry Bear BBQ" out in Gatlinburg TN. The best BBQ I've had in years! I highly recommend it to those of you who live near by. We also went by the Apple Barn in Sevierville and bought some Strawberry Apple wine [can't wait to try it out] and of course we finally purchased out first cast iron grill & wok. Pretty neat!