Lindsay’s Life

Oh the Hormones!!!!! September 9, 2008

Yea… I could cry at the drop of a hat these days and I truly believe it’s the hormones.  I know I’m going through a lot of life changes these days but c’mon!!  I sobbed through Sarah Palin’s entire speech last week and I have no idea why!  Every couple days (usually when I’m most tired) I am just way hormonal and usually end up crying over something random. 

But today I cried because of pure joy!  I found out this afternoon that my older brother Brett and his family will not be going to Alaska like they had orders to… they are now going to Kansas!!  We’ve known they had orders to move to Alaska for about a month now and while they were packing stuff up today they found out they were able to instead be sent to Kansas!!  I am so excited!!  The thought that miracles DO happen in the military is only a work of God!  So now they’ll only be 4 hours away instead of 4000 miles!  I really need my brothers during this difficult time in my life and I am so thankful and blessed that my big brother won’t be leaving me too! 

Update On Me… August 30, 2008

So I know it’s been awhile… and I know you’re all concerned and worried about me.  But I also know you’ve all been praying for me because I have felt your prayers!!  For those that haven’t heard, the time suddenly came for Jake and I to be parted for a few years.  It came a LOT more abruptly than we were hoping for, but this is life and we’ve come to learn that we have zero control!!

I find myself doing remarkably well during this time away from him… and it definitely is not because of my lack of love for my husband.  Because I do love him so much (more and more everyday) I find myself at peace with the situation.  I KNOW that this is only temporary… and we have so many magical memories ahead of us.  I just can’t help but to still feel like my life is blessed.  I am lucky enough to be married to an amazing man who is truly my best friend.  In times I find myself sad because he is not with me, I remind myself that he is not dead and he will be home again!  I am extremely thankful that I get to talk to him almost everyday and I have visited him three times (the max) in one week.  Being able to still communicate with him on a regular basis is truly a gift from God.

I can’t wait until our little girl arrives and she ends up sharing so many of his personality traits (I hope!).  She will be one lucky little girl to have him as her father, even though he won’t be around all the time.  But he will definitely be a huge part of her life!!  We have so many moments and opportunities to look forward to in our life!!  “This too shall pass” and with that I find myself with God-given strength and peace in this situation.

Craving Stability! August 16, 2008

So it’s been six weeks since Jake started his new job and I am really looking forward to when I can go on maternity leave and quit my job in St. Louis.  I’ve been living between Liberty and Greenville the entire 6 weeks and it’s driving me nuts.  I am ready to get ourselves officially established in Liberty and settle down… but we can’t really do that when I’m working in STL and we have a house still in Greenville.  If only the house would sell itself… 

Long time no blab! July 8, 2008

It has been a while!  Our life has officially become crazy!! 

For the 4th, we ventured downtown with Tyler and Kristina.  The fireworks were spectacular again this year but the remainder of the trip was a fiasco!  Last year Jake and I stayed downtown in a hotel so we didn’t have to worry about getting to and fro the Arch.  This year we took the MetroLink.  So there were tons of people for Fair St. Louis… plus there was a Cardinals/Cubs game!!  But I think the trip was well worth it.

Jake officially started a new job on Monday!  But the problem is that it’s 2.5 hours away from me!!  His new job is in Quincy so he’s staying at my parents’ house.  And I will stay at my job at SLUH until my maternity leave is over.  So we’ll be going back and forth a LOT in the next 6 months!  Luckily I only work 3 nights a week so I can head up to Liberty on my days off during the week.  But I signed up for a bunch of overtime before we knew about this job so I’ll be working a lot through July, which means I won’t be with him nearly enough. 

But as hard as our transition is going to be, we are really excited about the future.  We were planning to move to the Quincy/Liberty area in the near future anyway, now we’ll definitely be closer to our families when we have our little one.  And we just kind of stumbled upon this position… and he’s so perfect for it.  I’m definitely missing him already though and it’s only been two days.  There are so many things around the house he took care of or did that are now up to me… and it’s a bummer! 

Check… July 1, 2008

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Finally on the mend… June 16, 2008

I am so tired of being sick and therefore talking about being sick on this blog.  I feel like it’s taken over my life for the past month (two weeks really).  Anyways, I am finally starting to feel better.  I still have a residual cough but I can now laugh without going into a coughing fit so I definitely think that’s improvement.

We have decided to “bomb” our house tomorrow.  We have had a bad year with ants (due to all the moisture) and we’re wanting to prevent any spiders.  It’s weird that we didn’t see a single ant last year and this year we’ve had a crazy outbreak.  We’ve got them all pretty much taken care of by spot treating but we’re now wanting to do the entire house… including basement, crawlspace and HUGE attic.  Our issue however is our cat.  We obviously can’t leave her at home while we “bomb” so we’re going to have to take her somewhere for at least 2.5 hours tomorrow.  Considering Samus doesn’t like going anywhere… it should be a wonderful family outing. 

Then tomorrow evening after the treatment, we are going to Liberty and eventually to Jacksonville.  We were unable to spend Father’s Day with our families since I worked the entire weekend, so we’re hoping to celebrate the special holiday with them later this week. 

Yup… still sick! June 9, 2008

Well folks… it’s been a week!  I have had this crazy stinkin’ cold for a week!  It started out in my sinuses… and now it’s in my chest and my sinuses.  I’m really quite pathetic.  Each day I wake up I’m slightly better so I don’t call in… but I should.  Yesterday was bad though because my body got used to having 12-14 hours of sleep each day (remember I’m sick) and so when I woke up after only 7.5 hours my head hated me.  I had a BAD migraine for about 6 hours but we were slow at work so I got to sit in our office for an hour with the lights off.  (I love my job!)  But it’s so hard to sleep being sick like this!  I try to breathe through my nose and can’t because it’s all stuffed up… so then I breathe through my mouth but then that irritates my throat and causes me to have a coughing fit. 

I was thrilled to not have a migraine when I woke up today… so I headed to work.  But I’m getting to the point where my coughs are so violent that I practically gag (and sometimes do) everytime I cough.  You should ask Jake about the fiasco when I was getting ready to brush my teeth today… not pleasant!! 

So needless to say I can’t wait until Wednesday morning… when I can go home and sleep and sleep and sleep.  And that’s enough of me sharing the joys of my sickness…  I’ll let you know soon if I’m dying or if I just might make it through this. 

Ugh!! June 4, 2008

So we had a great time on our vacation!!  We got home late Sunday night and I woke up Monday morning to a nasty head cold!!  I managed to get to work Monday night but had to come home at 2230 because I couldn’t take it any longer.  I was so nauseous and “floaty” from my head being so congested.  I’m still pretty sick today but not nauseous and much more grounded.  Nothing like a good ol’ summer cold to put an end to your vacation.  At least we were home and I wasn’t around the kids like this! 

Happy Birthday Julie!! May 31, 2008

Tomorrow is Julie’s 6th birthday so Lauren has planned a fabulous birthday party for her and some of her friends.  I’m not sure we know what we’ve got ourselves in to so it’ll definitely be interesting!! 

 But we’re down in Alabama and having a great time with Brett, Lauren and the kids!!  Nashville was also fabulous but I’ll update more later. 

Our room is booked!! May 21, 2008

I am so excited!!  I found a great deal at the Opryland Hotel so we were able to get our room for half price!!  I can’t think of a better anniversary than sleeping in and relaxing with my husband in our oversized king bed.  Then when we’re hungry we’ll be able to walk down the sidewalk to the mall to eat at many wonderful restaurants.  The mall also happens to have many outlet stores.  WooHoo!!  Oh and did I mention the 4.5 acre “jungle” atrium inside the hotel??  It’s amazing and I can’t wait to take Jake there. 

Now if only I could get ahold of my crazy older brother and to forewarn him and Lauren that we’re going to be hanging out down there next weekend… whether they like it or not!!  ;)  Small details I suppose!