Thank god for snow days! Yesterday was a lovely frigid day with millions of tiny frozen rain drops pelting the earth causing school officials to cancel our day-yay!!!! Living in Texas this really doesn't happen often so I felt it was important for me to take advantage of this extra time and, well....hang out with my kids. To top it off it was also my baby's 3rd birthday! What a gift no daycare just a day with Mom, Dad and big sister hanging out, watching movies and making a cake.
I did manage to clear out several shelves in my bathroom linen closet while the kids napped yesterday afternoon. I would seriously like to know how we accumulated an entire trash bag FULL of expired lotions, old make-up, cough drops, and other miscellaneous junk. We have only lived here for 4 years and I KNOW I didn't move that much crap with us last time, so where did it all come from?? Oh, and did I mention I now have to find proper disposal for a shopping bag full of expired medications? I found the iron pills left over from after the baby was born as well as a full bottle of pills the doctor had prescribed for a headache that wouldn't go away while I had been pregnant (and yes the baby is three now- so you can see how often I clear out my medicine cabinet). How did we get so many bottles of pills? Are the pain relievers and Pepto-Bismo breeding in there? What kind of twisted medication would they produce? I am really very curious to know how normal civilians keep their closets clean when they don't have the threat of an impending move forcing them to clean-out at least once every few years. Dear God... What will I do when he retires and I can actually live in a house for 10 or 20 years? Will the closets be bursting from the pressure of Motrin bottles and dietary supplements? I can see the headlines now... Family killed, crushed by falling Colace!

Hi. I think I had better warn you that I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I am not a writer, or a journalist. I do not play one on TV and I haven't even spent the night in a Holiday Inn anytime in the past few months.... so what am I doing? Well, quite possibly I am venting. Or maybe I can claim to be 'organizing my thoughts' while posting it all for the world to see. You see, I am one of the millions of military spouses in this country who is simply trying to raise my children, while working full time, oh... and randomly moving about the country in response to the military's needs. I love my husband, and I enjoy the adventure moving somewhere new can bring... but that doesn't mean moving is enjoyable or easy for me. The fact that I have lived in 6 states and am moving to #7 in a few months may sound like I should have it all together and I should already know just where to start. But the fact of the matter is; I don't. Sure I know I have to paint and clear out the house we are in so we can list it with the Realtors in a few weeks, but knowing that and getting it done are two different things. I also know I need to contact a realtor in our new state to help find a rental, but which one is trustworthy? Which one will gouge us for all of our housing allowance? We have to choose a town, a school district, and possibly a house all sight unseen. I have to try to find a job while living 2,000 miles from my future employer... and pray that I fall into a job that I will be happy in. hmmm- yup, that sounds easy doesn't it? So while I try to accomplish all of these things I feel the need to vent, er... 'organize my thoughts' , but most of my friends are locals and do not understand the military lifestyle. My military friends are just as busy and crazed as I am right now, and my husband has the stress of inspections, job changes and deployments and doesn't need added stress from my ven...er, 'organizing thoughts'. So... here I am world, venting anonymously to you. Don't say I didn't warn you!