Just a Rant so I Can Get it All Out

As I have already stated in my last post, I really want to be a SAHM.  However, right now that's not feasible so work I must.  That being said, I really like my job.  Otherwise I wouldn't have been there as long as I have!  I have been a pharmacy technician for over 9 years and most days the job is rewarding.  Other days, not so much.  One can only take so much getting yelled at by other people.  My personal fave these days is when I get yelled at because their doctor did not call in their prescription, even though we have already requested a new prescription 3 TIMES!!!  I mean, seriously, is there a reason why people can't do things themselves?  I know this is part of my job and everything, but getting yelled at because a doctors office didn't call us back in a timely matter is very uncool.  One of my sisters is in the same line of work and we have discussed this issue before. I quote her when I say this:  "It's bad enough that we have to hand them the Charmin, but do we have to wipe their butts for them too?"

I Want to Be a SAHM

I never thought I'd say this, but my current dream is to be a SAHM.  I was just thinking the other day "Kel, what is your next goal?"  My whole life I've had these huge personal goals and once one has been met, I'd move on to the next one.  So here's my checklist and when they were accomplished:

1. Graduate from college.  Goal reached 12/95.
2. Land a job which uses my degree.  Goal reached 5/96.
3. Meet my Knight in Shining Armour.  Goal reached 6/97. (In the form of Mark)
4. Marry said knight. Goal reached 7/98.
5. Have a baby.  1st part of goal reached 3/14/00 (Garrett) 
6. Buy a house.  Goal reached 12/04.
7. Have another baby.  Goal reached 12/22/08.

That's my list.  I was kinda bummed the other day because I was thinking, what do I have to look forward to now?  My kids getting out of the house?  That's going to take forever!  I need something a little more short term.  The wheels in my head started turning and I said "Aha!  I could be a SAHM!"  I figure the easiest and quickest way to do this is to win Powerball.  Seeing how that is very highly unlikely, I have to have a plan B.  My plan will probably start out as a goal to shorten my hours at work from 40 to 30.  That way I can still stay "full time" and keep my insurance (Mark's insurance @his work is not nearly as good as mine.) I also have to get everyone in the house on board with the belt tightening.  I can't do it all myself after all.  This plan will probably take a few years since we have a bit of debt to work down.  Realistically, I'm hoping to have this accomplished by the time Lucas is in school.   I'll post about this from time to time to report how it's going!

I am a Lazy Blogger

Dang, I haven't written a post in a while! I think it's mostly because I can't load pics from my desktop because my computer is wonky and I don't have any pics loaded on the laptop yet...so I'm writing yet another pic-less post(Is that even a word? Well it is now!) Anyhoo, we've been having a fabulous fall here at the P household. We went apple picking and pumpkin picking...2 of which I picked at Walmart since the pickings in the patch were very slim. They had this thing called "Apple Slingshot" which was very cool, even though I truly sucked at it, much like I suck at anything remotely sports-related. Garrett was very good at it. Instead of aiming at the targets he was aiming for the trees. An apple makes a cool sound when it splats against a tree. I figured, hey, if Garrett has an easy time with this, how hard can it be? Well let me tell you--it's not as easy as it looks and I should know better than to underestimate my child. I took the apple, put it in the slingshot pocket, pulled back as far as I could, and the stupid apple fell out and whacked my foot. It hit really really hard and hurt. It hurt a lot. In fact, it hurt so much that I yelled out "Motherf!" Lest you all think I'm a pottymouth(.....) I had my censor on since there were children around and didn't finish the word.

Lucas is finally crawling and has gotten very good at it in a matter of days. He even figured out how to crawl on the landing to the stairs. I have a gate in the basement from the baby Garrett days and it will need to make an appearance soon. I don't like my basement and try to get down there as little as possible. Not that it's gross or anything, but it's the man-cave. I can't go down there without going into something airplane-related. I'm always afraid I'm going to break something because I'm a bit of a bull-in-a-chinashop type of gal. Really I'm a big klutz.

Lucas has also figured out how to shake his head "no". It's so cute. He does it mostly in his highchair when I'm feeding him. If I try to give him a bite of food and he's not ready for it yet he'll start the head shaking. It's quite helpful, really. Although sometimes he does it so enthusiastically I'm afraid he's going to go bald on the back of his head!

I had a totally genius idea the other day! Since I have no clue what's cool in toys this season I told Garrett it would really help out Santa and also Pepe and Meme if he would put some ideas on my Amazon wish list. He got so excited and said "Legos! I want all Legos!" so I said "Well go ahead and put what you want on the list." So later on that evening I went on the wish list so I could put Garrett's name in the comments and I saw some of the things he put on there....$400 and $600 lego sets!!! Whoa, this kid is pipe dreaming! I also noticed this morning that he made a list of what he "really wants" taped onto the computer desk. I'm really loving the not-so-subtle hints.

I saw this little rocking horse the other day that I just have to get for Lucas! Can't you just picture that in front of the Christmas tree? Classic!

Sometimes I Make Myself Chuckle

I was driving home from my sister's house today and decided to take the back way--back roads with lots of farms and not a lot of traffic are my preference. Anyway, I saw some haybales and shouted out "Hay!" which sounds like "Hey!"I love doing that, especially when there are others in the car with me. Garrett always laughs because he's in on the joke. Once every few months I get Mark with it though and it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh because I'll shout it out and he goes "What? What's wrong?" Then I'll start laughing. He doesn't find it as humorous as I do which makes it all the more funny for me!

Hmmm....

Not much new in the P household except Lucas found his voice again and likes to yell. A lot. Not that he's mad, he just likes to yell.

Anyway, for the "hmmmm...." part: I was at work yesterday getting ready to get the info off of the calendar to do next week's tech schedule(days off, appts, etc). I was crossing off the days so people would know that day was closed to new requests and I crossed off...Thurs 9/31. I'm thinking "Hey, I thought Saturday was 10/3. What's up with that???" Um, yeah. The smarties at the company who made the calendar made a bit of a goof. But hey, if anyone needs their house cleaned from top to bottom for free then I'm available on 9/31!

Hey Baby

If you check out my sidebar you'll see a new widget for "Hey Baby". Why is it there, you ask? Well the answer is...it's Lucas' favorite song! Some moms sing lullabyes to their babies. I sing Gwen Stefani. I don't know why, but every time I start singing that to him he gets all excited and starts kicking his legs and giggles. It can bring him out of any sour mood. Hey, I'll do whatever works. I remember Garrett's song of choice was rather unorthodox as well. He chilled out to the Pepsi Cola song(remember those commercials back around '00 or '01 with the little curly-haired girl dancing and lip-synching? That one.)

album 09\09\09, by Kelly Poulin

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