day 8 of the hostage crisis...

no wonder i have so many grey hairs. i've never spent this much time with both kids!

rob has been gone for 8 days and last night at bedtime they just about made me cry. cade was screaming at me from the crib (screaming as in nasty, mean-sounding, demanding screams). reese refused to stay in bed. she had her nightlight taken away and almost lost her 2 stuffed animals that she chose for bed. she had 3 drinks, 2 potty trips, 4 songs, and almost a spanking. when i saw her come out of the bedroom that 6th time i almost broke down. i just needed some mommy-time dammit!

she finally crashed and it was only 8:40. good thing i started the process early. i told her that she was taking a nap today b/c i was tired of the attitude. i don't know if that will change her behavior but at least i'll get a break in the middle of the day.

i haven't heard from rob since sunday, but he's been a busy boy. we got a package delivered from nhl.com...i opened it up and there was ANOTHER damn coat that rob bought. i think this is the 5th one since september. this one is for the philly team...not sure what they are, they flyers? he buys these coats and then he doesn't wear them. he bought a satin raiders one off ebay that is older (maybe antique in the sports world?) but does he wear it? no. the man doesn't realize that we DON'T HAVE THE ROOM to just buy crap that we don't use. if he wanted to invest less $$$, then we could afford a bigger home to store his crap. but in the meantime, i wish he'd STOP BUYING CRAP. arg.

i'm thinking about emailing him this: "hi honey! the mailman tried to deliver a package for you from NHL.com but i refused to accept it. i knew that since you were out of the country, there was no way he could have purchased anything online and it must have been a mistake." it'd be a lie. i opened it 3 minutes after the mailman brought it up :)

oh and he's also been busy at the atm. the day before he left he withdrew $120 for travel money. then at the aiport, he withdrew another $100 at a foreign atm (ack! more $$$ down the drain). he'll be in the netherlands for 10 days, what does he need $220 for??? he better stay away from those amsterdam prostitutes! just kidding. although he is a sailor, i hope he values his marriage vows more than that.

the good news is that he should be home on tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank god. i don't know how i'm going to handle this for 4 months. my parents invited me out to iowa and i'm thinking about taking them up on it. my dad would fly out, help me close up the house & pack, and then we'd all drive (the cat & dog, too...my parents invited them too! wow!) out to iowa, then my dad would help me drive back after the visit, and then fly home. sounds like a good plan, and i think we could drive it in one stretch, we wouldn't have to do a hotel room one night like we did when we went to iowa for xmas.

if i did go out to iowa, it would be for most of april. b/c of spring break & good friday, reese has almost a month off of school. but i'd be worried that i'd feel way too trapped in iowa. i could always visit family when i'm bored though. however, my parents only have dialup. is it sad that that is the downside to this plan? and the fact that my parents house is NOT childproofed. most of it is ok, but they have this wine rack in the living room, full of bottles that i would hate to see cade try to climb. oh, and the fact that they only have satellite on the downstairs tv. the other tvs are antenna and pbs is the only kid-friendly station. i'd have to bring lots of vhs videos with me :) or else put them out in the van to watch a dvd while i take a shower.

but it would break up the time and the kids would have fun. we'd just be sitting around here anyway. maybe i'll check it out. the only thing i'd worry about would be prenatal care. during april i'll be 19-22 weeks...nothing much happens there except for the big ultrasound. my worry would be if this turns into a high risk pregnancy for some unknown reason.

anyway, plenty of time to research and plan. heck, i haven't even scheduled my first doc appt at the ob/gyn yet. oops! :)