today...

I worked last night and I was far more tired than normal. I slept from about 8am-noontime. Although, I laid in the bed until 4pm trying to go back to sleep. I thought maybe I was getting sick but I think I'm just over tired. Next week is my last week of Child Development. I have a huge research paper due and my agenda for this week is already filled with appointments and things that must be done. I remind myself, one day at a time... I think I'd rather sleep. :)

I gave Sophia a bath tonight. She pretended she was a kitten. A kitten that had been lost in the woods. She was muddy and dirty. She was chased into the woods by wolves. The wolves threw applesauce and pickle juice on her. She fell into mud and an alligator tried to eat her. While she told me her story about how she got away from the wolves and the alligator all I could think of was... "SMELLY CAT, SMELLY CAT, WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING YOU..." haha! No worries though, I got that little kitten bathed and her teeth brushed and was fresh as a daisy and was very grateful to have a loving home, even though she was scared of my two dogs.

Yes, we have two dogs now... I don't know if I mentioned that but we have Papi and Jazzy Bell now. She is a little black miniature poodle. She is a sweet girl. A great friend for Papi. We really are enjoying have two dogs. Papi doesn't even have to wear his cone on his head anymore... seems like his nervous itching has been resolved by having a playmate.

Troy and I went to the grocery store today. We stopped by the Goodwill to see if we could find him some really cool superman t-shirts. He loves Superman, Spiderman, Hulk, and Ironman. He pretends he is Superman and will hold my arm over his shoulder and run around the house "flying" me to safety, just like Superman. He has one Superman shirt that Tony found him at a thrift shop. He asks to wear it everyday. He loves this shirt and when I am not home Tony will let him wear it all day, bath him, and then put it back on him.. eww! Needless to say, we need more than one Superman shirt. We found three shirts today. He walked around with his shirts and was more than thrilled that he had found his new treasures. When we went to the grocery store he told everyone in the store about his Superman shirts... anyone who would listen, anyway.

Well, I should get some homework done while I am wake, believe it or not, I'm still tired.

Church tomorrow, then lunch at my mom's house with my brothers and all their kids.

Sebastian Inlet

What an amazing trip we had.

So nice to get away and enjoy being a family.

It was wonderful to relax and lounge around with nothing to do. We played at the beach, cooked hot dogs and smores over a campfire. We slept together in our tent. Troy, me, and Tony on a big blow up mattress. Sophi slept next to me on her pink princess airbed. We had a fan in the tent and it was nice to snuggle together. Although with Troy's constant wiggling and Sophi's incessant talking I think one night was all I can handle of that.

We went on a nature trail; although we didn't go far, Sophi was nervous that we would get lost, so was I. It was a winding trail that went far into the mangrove trees. There was a one mile walk trail and a 15 mile bike trail, they kept intertwining and we were afraid that if we took the wrong trail we would be walking 15 miles in the woods with a four year old and a two year old, so we opted to go about a half mile in and then turn around; so we can still say we did the one mile walk.

There was an awesome area of beach where the ocean and the Indian River meet. It was a horseshoe shaped beach with sand on one side and rocks on the other. The kids could walk throughout as it was only knee high through most of it. At the deepest part it was waist high and during an early morning swim we saw a big manatee had come to join us for a swim. He was a social fellow and swam right near us while we walked through the water. Troy was swimming out with us and didn't realize that there was a manatee, or even what a manatee was for that matter. He was running out to me with his brown curls bouncing on his shoulders. Then about six inches from his face the manatee surfaced and two little nostrils came up right by Troy's face. His joyful little face turned to sheer terror and he screamed "Gator!" He jumped into my arms then fled for the shoreline. He ran up to the shore, onto the grass, past the picnic tables... finally stopping before he reached the parking area. He refused to go back in the water. I tried to tell him it was just a manatee and that they wouldn't hurt you. He was less than interested in anything I had to say and was happy to walk in ankle deep water where he was "safe".

We walked along the rocky shoreline. Tony found a crab for the kids to look at. There were lots of people fishing. We touched all kind of sea grass and slimmy rocks. Sophi was less interested in the slimmy rocks and more interested in the beautiful flowers. She must have picked me about ten flowers and had me put them in my hair or hers. I told her we were camping princesses. She told me I was the queen. I liked that.

After we packed up camp to head home we went two miles and found a cute little museum with an observation deck overlooking the beach. Apparently, there was a Spanish ship wreck off the coast in the 1700s and to this day there are still treasures waiting to be discovered. The museum was all about this ship wreck and the lost treasure.

We got home about 5pm and it was off to work for me... I got home first thing this morning and fell into the bed. So much needed sleep was in order.

It was an awesome two day adventure.

Haven't written in a while...

Been a while...

I finished my second class, only to start another class the very next day. In case I haven't shared, I think I have, I can't remember. I am back in school completed the few classes for my bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education then with any hope to continue right along for my masters in Social Science. So far so good. Two classes down now. I have a 4.0 average so far and for the first time in a very long time I am proud to say I am a straight A student. My classes are all online so while they are very convenient for a working momma you have to be very self motivated. Considering I have taken a student loan to finish my degree, I'm rather motivated to do well. I'm praying I can get a scholarship to help with my masters program. The class schedule is nice; one class that lasts 5 weeks, class ends on the 5th Monday and the new class starts the next day, Tuesday. It's very fast passed but nice to only have to focus on one class at a time.

Sophi had her MRI last Thursday, still no results from the doctor yet. I haven't wanted to bug them but I did call on Friday. I mean, surely a week is long enough. They said they are waiting films from her last MRI which was about a year ago. They want to compare the two then they will call sometime this week. OK, how long can that really take!? I love her neurologist, she's excellent. Doctors just don't understand how this anticipation kills a parent. I guess in all reality, it would be far worse if she had called the very day. No news is good news in the medical world; I think! :)

We are getting ready to head out on an awesome family camping trip tomorrow morning. Me, Tony, Sophia, and Troy will be sleeping on the beach tomorrow night! Sophia is worried about the 'snappy crabs' and Troy is just thrilled to sleep outside. We go from telling Troy, "You get to sleep outside!" To telling Sophi, "It's ok, the tent is like a little house!" Goodness!

Well, Tony just got back for the dollar store.. and has a whole bunch of goodies for the trip. I better go and organize the chaos as the kids are squealing about smores and tearing through the bags as I type..

Until next time...