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Lately in the Life of the Guilty Mom

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So in my life lately, soccer season has begun. Bring on all the snotty  nose kids and balls coming at me while I stand and pathetic try to block their shots. For the record, they’re pretty good at getting a goal on me. Especially when there’s 4 or more of them all shooting at once. If I ever hear one remark from any of the parents about what a shitty coach (or assistant rather) I am..I’d tell them to shove a soccer ball up their ass because I didn’t see them stepping up to volunteer. Speaking more on soccer. We have 9?  Yeah I believe 9 kids on our team..we’ve only had 2 days so far so forgive me for not knowing. 9 kids to play 4 on 4 games for a couple of minutes at a time, can get pretty confusing pretty quick when your only subing 1 in at a time because they need to go suck on moms tit. One mom expressed her pissed offness to me last night. Which in all honestly I think is fair. I mean when you only get the same few kids going on I can see why. I also don’t agree with having a child on the team that’s the son or daughter of the coach…atleast not when its clear they are getting special treatment… This was the other concern of the said Mom. “Seems funny she said”. Yeah, actually that is funny. Your kid gets put on and taken off like everybody else. Not when they feel like. At least those are the rules I bet the other teams are playing with. And if we were playing with any other rules, Dude would have it so he was on the entire time. And he’s not. Why? Because it’s not fair! Open up your eyes Parent-Coach. Oh well. Like I said, it was only day 2 yesterday. We only have 7 1/2 weeks left. It should get better. Right? RIGHT?!?!

The other topic of discussion lately is all about camping season. Spring is here and Maylong weekend is fast approaching. We wont be heading out this year. At least we don’t plan to. It’s crazy busy and you have to find a spot on the Thursday prior to get a good camping spot. Damn you Maylongers who camp once a year and that’s when. I’m not really bothered by it actually. Ginger is supposed to not work weekends, so if it goes back to that this summer, we could go any weekend. That’s the beauty of me not working outside of the home. Ginger’s schedule is the only one we need to work around. Also on another note. Don’t those Maylongers know theres a long weekend every month? Maybe they don’t because we don’t call it June long..we do have an August long I do believe though..pretty sure that’s not its technical term…but I have heard it used.

However the fact that it will be crazy busy Maylong weekend is not the only reason we don’t plan on going this year. We have yet to buy a trailer. It’s hard when you have certain criteria you’re trying to meet when purchasing one. You have to look at if you’ll just be using this year and buying another next, or if your buying from a dealership or off Kijiji. Plus when you have a family, bunks are nice to have. And a slide really opens it up…and then we can throw in there I prefer hardwalls…oh and it can’t be too old. This is a big deciding factor for me. We’ve had older campers in the past and don’t get me wrong they do the trick. But for once, I’d like one that I can use everything because it all works, we dont have to fix or repair anything, and I don’t have to fabreeze every 5 minutes because it has that old camper smell that just doesn’t go away.

Picky Picky. I know. But if your spending a pretty penny on something, you better be happy with it.

So we’ve narrowed it down to this. We will not be buying from a dealership, financing is not an option for us. We hate debt. It stresses me right the fk out. Right now we have a mortgage and a truck payment. Everything else is bought outright, and that’s the way we like it. We also hate the idea of paying mostly interest fees when you finance. What a joke. And what they have at dealerships that fits our criteria..is so old and way marked up. So that limits our search A LOT. This leaves us trying to find what were looking for, in the hands of the sellers. literally. Looking this morning, I believe I may have found 3 that could work for us. 1 fits all my criteria. I found a not old trailer, it’s got bunks, queen bed, hardwall, and slide. The crappy end of the stick is it’s a rear bed slide. We like the couch slide for obvious reasons. The other 2 don’t have slides, they’re smaller, and around the same year as the one I mentioned. Which is okay. We’ll settle for no slide. We’ve decided that this will be a this summer camper only, and a slide is no biggy. I’m happy. Not because we’re getting a camper. That was enevitable..we just didn’t know when. Nope that’s not why. Why is because Ginger and I disagree way too much about what to buy when it comes to campers. We didn’t argue this much when deciding what home to buy. I had come to the decision that if we couldn’t stop bickering about it, then him and Dude would go camping in whatever they wanted this year, and me, well I’d go to Vegas. I mean why not for the weekend? It’s probably cheaper than camping anyways. My argument “If we want to go places we only have until November.”

November is when the little munchkin will be here..and then you know what that means. We we never be kidless for the following approximately 12 following months.

We announced the little munchkin finally. Sent out wedding postponing postcards last week, that say were postponing because there’s been a bump in the runway. Its cute.. my awesome girl here in town at a local print shop made them for me. She’s so awesome. She went a little artsy on me, and designed an airplane on a runways going on a brides baby bump. I’ve already had 4 people tell me how awesome they are. Ginger even liked them when he seen them, and that’s always a good sign!

Well now that I’ve got you all caught up on my life, its time for me to get off the laptop and go live it some more. It’s spa day today, and time to get my piggys all prettied up!

Good news to go around

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Well the Easter weekend is now behind us..well just about. It’s suppose to be Easter Monday today, but this morning is also April Fool’s Day..So do we just skip Easter and Move into April Fools? Around here we are. Except we’re skipping the whole April Fool’s aswell. 4-year-old boys can wait to learn of a day where its okay to play pranks on their mothers.

So the weekend that was much-anticipated has come and gone, and let me tell you, it went much better than expected! You know the weekend where we were telling the in-laws. Well turns out Papa in-law said he could tell something was different right away, before we even said anything. I asked if I looked fatter. He was nice about it. He said no. I feel fatter. It’s only been 7 weeks and I’ve already gained 3 lbs. Sheesh. He said it was the first day I’ve worn a hoodie around them..makes me wonder how I must normally look totally undressed…especially in the winter with no hoodies. Then Mom in-law said he had a dream I was pregnant, only a few days ago. Weird how people “know” before you tell them. So anyways they were of course good about being grandparents again, but that’s not the part I was worried about anyways. I was worried about telling them there may be some change of plans wedding trip wise. They were actually good about that too. So far most people have taken our news really well. So hopefully it goes well with everyone. I think the in-laws are a little bit happy we’re considering changing the destination wedding, to a here wedding…that is..if quotes for another time, aren’t sky rocketed ridiculous prices that we’re not comfortable asking our guests to pay..or for those booked..agree to pay even more originally planned.

On top of sharing our good news this weekend, I’m now on day 2 of feeling pretty good. Pretty good after a little over a week of feeling like shit. Damn you morning sickness. And Its more like all day sickness. Must have been a man who came up with that term..but even if that’s true, why the hell hasn’t that term be changed to something more appropriately accurate over all these years?! Rant over. On top of those good news, I also have great news. Pregnant -I told you so- friend had her baby early this morning. Easter Monday and April Fool’s day baby. Weighing in at exactly 7 lbs of beautiful bundles of flowers and unicorns and all things sweet. Shes gorgeous. Sadly I was supposed to be there for the birth, but after getting home yesterday evening and having and early night, we missed it. I’m sure I’ll get to see her another time any who. Once now not pregnant friend has got her energy back, and Baby Pink is awake for at least half the day would probably be a better time I think. Now not pregnant friend would probably agree.

Well here’s my update on the last little bit of life, expect me back more if I’m feeling this way every day! I bet you’d be as happy as me! Next post remind me to tell you about mother in-law sending my rugrat for a swim in the water hole this weekend. And by sending him for a swim I mean pushing, and by watering hole, I mean ice fishing hole. But more on that next time.

Hold the stick!

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Well good morning Tuesday! After I rolled off the blog yesterday, Monday wasn’t anything short of exciting. Scratch that. I meant overwhelming. As you probably wouldn’t know yet. We (Ginger and I) are getting married in approximately exactly 9 months. Yay right? -wait for it- In the DOMINICAN!!! Paarrttaaay!  Double Yay! We can’t wait. Everything is booked, I have my dress, date is picked, and invitations are sent. Already received 2 RSVPs (one was a no, but hey who’s counting). Including Ginger, myself, and Dude, there is about 40 family members and friends who have put their deposit down to spend our special day, and week, with us in Punta Cana. Nothing could be more perfect! Until yesterday. It all changes. I can’t even tell you why I did it, what gravitated me towards Shoppers, but I went in. And I only went for one specific item.  It must be serious when a woman slightly addicted to shopping, and unconsciously makes it a goal to spend more than $100 in any given store in which sells merchandise only buys ONE ITEM!

A pack of gum.

Just kidding. A pregnancy test.  So go home, pee on it, don’t wait 3 minutes, and look at it. Now before I tell you the results. Ginger and I have been trying for baby number 2 for the last 9 months. (what is it with 9 months everywhere?) We somewhat stopped in January…and kind of gave up…for the simple fact we have a destination wedding coming up. And if were being honest I secretly thought Ginger wasn’t working… Rude I know. But you can never never never blame yourself. Woman rule number 1) you are always right. Woman rule number 2) It is never your fault. Soo anyways… we had stopped trying. And then BAM! Two lines. Instantly. And after 3 minutes, they were the proudest damn two pink lines you ever did see. Finally a positive! Oh wait. Oh fk! Wedding is in 9  months. Babies take 9 months! Do I cry? I can’t cry we wanted this. Ok I’ll hyperventilate. Holy fk it’s for real. Oh shit my finger tips are tingling. Oh fk this anxiety can’t be good for the…the.. omfg the baby! Call Ginger. No Can’t call Ginger he’s working. Call Mom. No can’t tell mom, have to wait until person and Dads home from work. Oh no I’m going to get fat. My dress isn’t going to fit. Now I’m sobbing a bit. definitely feeling sorry for myself. Fk my mother in-law was right. Bitch. So was preggo friend. Double bitch. Fk. Fk. Fk. Fksakes for mother in-law and preggo friends for being right. I hate that mother in-law gets to say I told you so. I hate preggo friend gets to say I told you so even more. Fk shit. Fk. Shit. Fk. Email travel agent.

Subject: Uh oh..

Hey so I have a bitter sweet situation on my hands… Looks like I might be pregnant….What are mine and my guests options? Please tell me we have some. …ahhhh worst timing ever!!

Her response.

Oooh that is bitter sweet! Didn’t Ginger’s mom think that was going to happen and I said don’t do it?? lol jk…

Gee wizzz I’m super glad I was so predictable people.

Call bestfriend. No answer. Waaahh. Time to go get Dude from school. Sob about dress. Almost get in accident. Pull it together woman. It’s not the end of the world. Buuuutttt it isssss the end of the wooorrrrllddd! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!  Ok. So deep breath. Pull it together. You only have 9 months as Dude being your only child, and 4 hours to think of a cute way to tell Ginger hes going to be a dad again.

Get home, start planning. Looking up ways on the google. Then what. He pulls up. He’s home. 2 hours early. What?! Shit. scrap that idea. Ok. Just tell him. Showed him the stick. His response.

“Pee on another one in a few days then come talk to me”

Uhm what? Is this a joke? Are you being serious right now? Oh gawd now I really want to cry. Not a funny joke Ginger. Talk about your baby mama drama!

And with all this going on, I completely forgot about meeting a stranger at a gas station that I later realized doesn’t exist in my town, to drop off an item, she “bought” from me off of Facebook. I’m such a tool. Perfect example of how self centered people (me) can be. First world problems. Today I’m cool, and collected, and 2nd day of the next 9 months. Which I’m sure will be crazy with my life problems…which to anyone else wouldn’t be problems..I mean I still get a wedding, and a baby. I think I need to suck it all the fk up and deal.