crazy

I know it has been a long while since I posted, things have been crazy. They are finally starting to settle down (yeah!). Things started to get crazy when I left on March like 14th to go home early and help with my sister's wedding. I was their for about 2 weeks and time FLEW by. There were never enough hours in the day, we had so much to do. It didn't help that Austin got sick the day before we left so not only was he not used to all the different people, and the new surrounding but he had a CONSTANTLY green runny nose and just wasn't as content as he normally is. All things considered, for as crazy as everything was he did really well, it was just hard on everyone. It also didn't help that 5 days before the wedding mom got sick - ended up with the flu and all sorts of infections. It was hard because there was a lot to do and this totally wiped her out - but on the good side we some how ended up getting all three of us, plus Ashley back home without bringing the germs with us! How that happened I have no idea, it really was a blessing. After the wedding on March 22, Devon, Austin, and I flew home the next day on Easter Sunday. My sister Ashley came with us to spend time with us over her spring break. It was really nice having her here - although I felt bad because we didn't do anything "cool". We just hung out, did laundry, grocery shopping, etc. She stayed with us a week and then went home Saturday afternoon. On Sunday Desirae and her new Husband arrived. They were staying the night with us before leaving for their honeymoon cruise on Monday. Once they left Monday the week was fairly normal. I had a lot of bill to catch up on and a lot of odds and ends that needed to get done. I was back into full swing of tutoring and Devon was supper stressed out because work is starting to pick up but they are in a weird transition - bottom line is that I was tired and burnt out - he was stressed out - it ended up being a long week. To add to the craziness, we are also actively in the process of finding a home to buy. So not only are we looking at houses both online and in person, we have also been meeting with our loan officer several times to get all of our paperwork in order. It doesn't help that they are 1/2 an hour away and every time we meet it's been for a couple of hours - juggling Austin makes it interesting. Almost everything is done now, we don't have to meet with them anymore anytime soon. I have a couple of papers that i need to fax over and our loan approval can go through. We have a couple of houses that we are going to put in offers on but we are still keeping our options open and looking around at others.

With all of that done now, this week seems to be pretty easy. We are back to our normal life and hope that it will stay that way for at least a couple of weeks. We know that in the end of May beginning of June things are going to get crazy again, but we have a little time to breath until then.