New Years and stuff….

Hey yall!! Happy New Year!  NEW YEAR NEW ME! Who’s with me???……..no one? Lol ok I’m just kidding.  New Year to me just means a new year.  I don’t set new year’s resolutions typically because I am totally the person to set my sights on something, I get motivated, I start working towards said name plan and then life happens and I get distracted.  Now who’s that sound like?  I know I am NOT alone in this.  

However, I can’t help but think of ways that I could improve as a mom, Christian, wife and person.  I would like to continue to enjoy the here and now moments.  I started working on this after the rona hit in March last year and I will continue to work on it.  I would like to take more trips with my family.  Now, I am not talking about break the bank trips or week-long excursions but, we have been camping a few times since coming to Arizona and, those trips are the ones I’d like to continue to do.  We are almost at the point where it doesn’t cost too much or is too much of a headache to pack up and go, ALMOST.  I am a worry wort by trade and a ‘gotta know the details’ type of person.  I could stand to relax a little and I think the hubs has almost broken me.  Don’t worry, it’s a good thing I promise.  SOOOO I am worrying less about the details and can pack the kids and car in almost a day and a half.  I’d like to get to the point where I can have the kids pack their stuff and we can go WITHOUT me rechecking all of the bags.  I would also like to post more on my blog and my you tube channel.  If I considered the time it takes for me to write or video, edit content and post, it adds up to a part time gig.  A stay at home momma of 6 has zero time for a part time gig unless she makes time.  I guess where I would like to improve is setting time for myself.  I changed around my blog just a bit and I think it will continue to evolve as I figure out what direction I am headed.

As you know we have been here since the middle of the HOT 112 degrees , summer.  We have had some time to do local traveling and camping as I said before.  How do you and your spouse figure out where you want to go?  Do you battle over a game of roshambo?  Does just one person decide and leaves the packing to the other?  Do you get excited for the idea but give up when the details become overwhelming?  We have a strange system here that usually starts with a beer or two followed by you tubing ‘best vacation spots’.  The following drama is the exact representation of what happened a few months ago.  The place we ended up going rocked and ill be posting my review of our stay and visit to a really fun park next week.

My husband has a fancy way of dropping hints if he wants to go somewhere.  Who am I kidding??  They are not hints at all….Here’s how it goes;

Me: (on a random Wednesday, figuring out how much we have spent and how many days are left until payday)… hubs comes home from work, we hang out, do dinner, have a beer and we are in bed

Hubs: We should go somewhere this weekend.

Me: like where?

Hubs: I duno somewhere to camp and maybe see some stuff

Me: (grabs my phone) ok like how far do you want to go?

Hubs: It doesn’t matter like 5, 6, 7, 8 hours would be good

Me: researching all the things 5,6,7,8 hours away

Hubs: goodnight babe, love you

Me: love you too……

Me: up for the next hour researching.  Finally get to bed, a kid comes in… up for the next hour researching…. Finally get to bed, put the kid either on the floor or his room….up for the next hour researching….finally get to bed, the alarm clock goes off…

Me: Spends ALLLLLL day Thursday researching, doing price comparisons, comparing drive times, thinking about what ill need on the grocery pick up for this trip.

Me: sends text to hubs at work….Hey did you figure out where you wanna go yet?

Hubs:  I am at full capacity, putting out fires, taking shots to the face, I can’t think about this weekend

Me: Ok!  Hope its better.  Love you

Hubs: love you too

-Hubs gets home from work, we do the nighttime routine and we are back In bed for the night

Me:  STILL RESEARCHING…. I duno babes I think it’s going to cost ____ and the drive one way will be about this______ and the places to stay are booking fast

Hubs: Ok ill do some research

Me: ok!

-I get good sleep knowing he’s got it

Me: (Friday am)  sends text to hubby at work…..hey, did you find a place yet?

Hubs: no swamped, shit is stoooopid

Me:…..Starts to re-research all day looongggggg

-hubs comes home from work

Me: Hey I found a place to stay, got the route figured out and I found something to do on the way home.

Hubs: ok ill check it out

Hubs:  how much is it?

Me: $$$

Hubs:………………….yea I was thinking something less than that, maybe well just go another time to somewhere else

Me:…(irritated initially but quickly rationalizes with him because it was too expensive)…so when do you want to go?

Hubs: I duno well figure it out

Me: (in bed almost asleep)

Hubs:  Look, I found the perfect place, the traveling time isn’t too bad and I found a fun thing to do

Me:…….when?

Hubs: this weekend?  Tomorrow?

Me:…..(grabs my phone, looks up all the things, figures out the time we leave, makes the grocery pick up list, makes a check list on my phone, realize that I need to clean the house and my car, figure out what we are doing with the dog and wonder how I will do 15 loads of laundry before tomorrow am?)

Me: gets up to do a load of laundry

Me: wonders if I should just stay awake and pack

Hubs: SNORING!!!

Me: finally convinces myself that it will be ok and we will leave when I say we can and I drift off to sleep.

*The next day is chaotic but, it all comes together and we head off into the sun.

Is this ringing any bells people???

I love our life, its chaotic and busy and stressful at times and straight crazy town but, its perfect for us!  Your life may be similar to mine or the COMPLETE opposite but, the great news is, its your life and it is perfect for you and where you are in your journey.  You woke up today and God loves you so very much! See you next post.

Love,

Ce