Down: I'm running on energy fumes after babysitting for six out of the last seven days. I was substitute nannying for a friend, working for one of my regular families, and picked up some hours for a sitting service resulting in 40 hours of work--full time for one week! The amount of time wasn't so bad, but the hours were pretty brutal. I had to wake up at 4 am for three of those days, and 5 am on another leaving me pretty much wiped out all week.
Up: I made some good money, and really did have fun with the little ones. At the sitting service job, I worked in the baby room and spent hours and hours just cuddling and cooing over teensy tiny little humans. Oh, how I want one!!
Down: We've been spending so much money lately, I'm starting to feel like our savings account is hemorrhaging. Between our fertility meds, the IVF cycle, a new mattress and finally replacing my 4 1/2 year old Macbook that had been on its last leg for about a year, our credit card can't catch a break.
Up: We are insanely lucky that my parents were kind enough to offer us a loan for our fertility treatments so we were able to pay off our credit cards and avoid going through a creditor that would charge us outrageous interest on a loan. Plus it's amazing to have a working computer (oh my goodness, I can't believe how lightning fast and spectacular a Macbook Pro is!), our Tempurpedic is making sleeping my favorite new hobby, and hopefully some of those thousands will help bring about a precious bundle of joy in about 8 months!
Down: We never heard anything back on the original offer on the house, so we're assuming the financing just didn't work out for the buyer.
Up: We have another showing today, and my house is under specific orders to sparkle and shine in an effort to seduce the prospective buyers. The original offer was a totally crap lowball anyway, so hopefully everything will work out for the best.
Down: Colby left on Sunday for six weeks of training in a simulator for the aircraft that he'll be flying in Germany. I already miss him dreadfully and it was even harder saying goodbye this time than it was for the deployment. It's been a very emotionally and physically draining couple of months, and I was really relying on him to help get me through the days. I'm not looking forward to the weeks ahead on my own.
Up: We'll earn a nice chunk of cash in per diem which will really help us toward fattening up that savings account again. And fortunately, this go round he'll still be in the States which means good cell phone reception and a strong internet signal for Skyping. And, with his next assignment being a non-deployment gig, it will hopefully be our last long separation for a long time.
What about you? Hopefully your ups have been outweighing your downs lately!
Love you! I wish I could be there with you... but I'm glad you're keeping busy.
Posted by: Brittany | March 12, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Girl, I am tired just reading this. I hope you and Colby can catch a break - in terms of rest and expenses and just life in general. And fingers crossed that the house showing goes well today!!
Posted by: Jen | March 12, 2012 at 02:54 PM
Wow, you have been super busy. I hope the house showing goes very well today and you get a great offer this time!
Posted by: Solange | March 12, 2012 at 04:18 PM
Thinking of you, we're at McChord for Scotty's recurrent training. Its cold and raining ;) Sounds like crazy times, but at least all of the downs will turn into an up over time!
Posted by: Katie | March 12, 2012 at 04:36 PM
Down-Still not having employment.
Up--Using some of my time to get my house in better shape, working on the new blog, and starting an art project that has been on my mind for ages.
Hope the ups just keep on going!
Posted by: margaret | March 12, 2012 at 05:30 PM
hugs!
it seems like even with the downs there are some ups in there! hopefully more ups to come!
Posted by: erin - heart in ireland | March 13, 2012 at 03:10 AM
hope the next couples weeks bring you way more ups than downs! woo!
Posted by: katelin | March 14, 2012 at 12:42 AM
Up- Moving to Germany and already having a friend there! (Im talking about me, in case you didnt know) ;) Do you know your move date? What plane will Colby be flying? Cant wait till May/June!
Posted by: Kendra | March 16, 2012 at 11:26 AM
I can't even begin to imagine taking care of several little ones! You're going to be a pro by the time your bundle arrives (hopefully SOON, but y'know, not TOO soon).
And you military spouses (I really think the word should be "spice") are amazingly strong. Hope the next few weeks are the best they can be!
Posted by: Hotpotatokate | March 20, 2012 at 05:38 AM