So much good!!

First the best news of all, K is coming home tomorrow!!! He has been gone for a month and 1/2 now, and I am SO ready for him to be home! I've missed him SO much. We both went into it not expecting it to be too hard, knowing it was the last time for a while, but for some reason it was really difficult. I think (from my end) because Bug had such a rough go of it for a bit, and for K, he just hated being where he was (especially since he was staying with his slob of a brother, M).

So, K finally managed to get his check ride scheduled, and he was the only one to get it in before the holiday. Thankfully. So he found out the FAA guy doing the ride, and the school told him that he failed everyone the first time around. The pass rate for the check ride in general is only like 20% to begin with. K pretty much didn't care at that point, he just wanted to get it over with and get home. We knew he could do another one once he got here (yes, at more cost to us). So, he had it today and he PASSED!!!! I guess this FAA guy hasn't passed ANYONE in 5 years! So the school then offered him a job, anywhere in the country that they had a school. They basically told him if he could impress this FAA guy, then he really is an amazing pilot.

So, K officially has is CFI/II. The original plan was for him to finish out his IA down there too, but time ran out. So he's gonna come home, we're gonna move, and then we'll figure it out from there. He has a few good options for finishing out the IA soon.

On another good news front, a good friend of mine, H, is being induced tomorrow, and will soon be holding little baby girl P in her arms! Some of you may remember H as my friend who lost her amazing little boy at a tender 31 days old.  Back in March she shared with me that she was expecting again.  We have kept in closer contact since then, and I have seen her a couple of times.  I'm not sure if it's easier for her to see me now that she has another on the way, but it almost seems like it. 

Most recently a few weeks ago we had lunch on my way through T Town for work.  We had a really great conversation, and while I can tell that her son is in her every waking thought, that she is really allowing herself to feel joy with this pregnancy.  I know it's tinged with fear, I know it's going to be a tough 31 days, and then while it may get easier, I'm sure it will remain tough until their little rainbow can verbalize if something is wrong.   We have talked all along about me seeing her soon after the baby is born, and she has agreed to let me stop in the day before Thanksgiving on my way through T Town as we are moving.  I will make a point of seeing her more often than that, and not just when it's 'convenient' for me.  I am so very happy for her, and I absolutely cannot wait to see her and meet her precious little girl!

Tomorrow is my last day at my office here in Indiana.  I am both happy and sad, excited and scared.  I will miss my staff and coworkers here.  I will miss the small office feel (we all got along), I will miss being a part of doing what we did here.  But, I look forward to a million more opportunities at Corporate, I look forward to being a part of all the great new stuff that they are doing in Ohio, and I will enjoy being able to walk into the office of the person that I need help from.  Bittersweet.  I mentioned the LOVE sculpture replica that they got me, so here it is:

Have a great night!!!

The life of a Pilot's wife....

I know, crazy!  Two posts in one day after almost 2 weeks!

So, I called Kev at lunch today and he didn't answer.  So I turned my ringer up to hear it if he called back, and promptly forgot that I did so.

So, 3:00 rolls around and we have a weekly conference call with a lot of departments within my company in regards to expansion efforts.  We have been talking, so we are NOT on mute.  Can you see where this is going?  Suddenly, out of nowhere, my phone rings, loudly, and the sounds of Uncle Kracker singing 'Smile' fill the room.  Kev's ring tone.  I hit mute on the conference phone and hurriedly ignore the call.

Oops.

The entire room erupts into laughter. 

So, the meeting ends and I go listen to my voice mail.

'Man (one of his pet names for me), Um, I did what I wasn't supposed to do.'  He sounds all forlorn, and after our conversation today where he told me first that we were moving to China with no internet or computer and then he said he was going to throw the computer out the window, so I got worried.  I said he wasn't allowed to throw the computer out the window.  Don't get me wrong, his frustrations with this computer are justified.  However. 

Can we all see where my thoughts went?  His laptop just died and we need to buy a new one, please tell me he hasn't killed the desktop too!!!

Focus on the message Mandi.  So I do.  'I answered the phone.'  For a moment I think to myself 'why is that not OK?' Then my mind reminds me that I am a pilots wife.  Answering the phone when you shouldn't means one thing.  He has to work.

'And I have to fly out tonight.'

Oh man, I got him for less than a week!  So I call him back, and luckily it's just for tonight.  He should be back sometime tomorrow.  Which is nice because afterwards I realized that I almost had to cancel going to my girls weekend.  That woulda been a bummer!  I'll fill you in on the Girls Weekend after it happens this weekend.

So, he was awesome.  He had already called daycare and let them know that I would be there around 5ish instead of him picking her up around 3ish.  He took the dog out so that I don't have to worry about it too much.  Oh yeah, and he brought my keys to me at work as I forgot them this morning and therefore had a car key but no house key.  That was why he got called, I just know it.  It's like washing your car to ensure that it rains!  I forgot my keys so he wouldn't be home!

Oh well, I do love my alone time with Bug.  We do a lot of bonding :-)

Hodge Podge

I have been moody for the past two days.  Today is so ugh worthy it's unbelievable.  But for no good reason!  I mean, got some stress going on at work, and Kev is about to leave on Sunday again; probably for 2 weeks.  But I shouldn't be so UGH!!!

So, he's sending me out for a beer after work.  So out I go.  Just for one beer (well, probably a glass of wine) then home to him and Bug and pizza for dinner.  Ahh, that sounds so nice.  Plus he promised me a bath this weekend.

Maybe it's the mix of the stress at work, plus the illness of a long time family friend.  This couple, O and A, have been in my life since before I was born.  They are great people.  O is in her late 60's I think, and A is in his 70's.  Well, A has been sick for a long time, and recently developed an infection in both valves of his heart.  He is in the hospital back in Toledo, and I have been advised that they are just making him comfortable now.  That sucks.  Especially as I don't see how I can make it to see him since Kev flies out on Sunday.  It's a long drive there, and back, especially with a baby that's on a very tight schedule.  :-(  Sad times.

Plus my apartment complex has me furious.  They were SO unprepared for this ice storm that we got it isn't even funny.  They dug the office out, but haven't dug out any of the other sidewalks through out the entire complex!!  People that have shovels are digging themselves out!  Then, they ran out of salt and can't get any more until Tuesday!!!!  The entire walkways are sheets of ice.  I've been lucky and haven't fallen yet, but I did slip on my way out this morning and kept a hold on Bug's carseat, but slipped enough that it hit the ice with a thud and slid into a parked car (that was parked in a no parking zone) before I managed to right myself.  I'm SO pissed.  Especially as yesterday the sun heated the ice up enough that when people walked they were breaking through versus staying on top of the ice.  Which means they could have gone out and shoveled!  PLUS, they closed the office for 2 days - even though 3 of them live in the complex - because the County said not to drive.  But they couldn't walk to work, oh no, mind you, they won't do what they expect the residents to do!!  What do I pay them for?!

I left a message for the manager this morning around 9:30 or so, it's now almost 2:00 and have not received a call back yet.

I emailed the corporate office out of TN.

Oh yeah, and I emailed a news station here.

Turns out, I'm not the only one who did either.  One of my neighbors was able to name off 6 or so people that have fallen a total of 16 times since this storm on their ice filled side walks.  Mind you, my work's sidewalks, daycare, the grocery store, everyone else managed to get theirs taken care of.  UGH.

That's right.  It's my daughters safety at stake here, I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.

So Kev went out and bought sand to put on the sidewalk to gain traction, and I kindly let Corporate know that I would be taking the cost of that sand off of next months rent.  Yep, because I pay them to take care of this, and if they don't and I have to, I'm not paying for it!!!

I think I'm done.  For now.

6 Months

Whoa Nelly!

Bug is getting BIG!  We had her 6 month check up last night, and she is 15 pounds, 12 ounces.  She's in the 40-something percentile.  Then she is 26.5 inches long, in the 75 percentile!  My cutie is growing up so fast!

She has really been loving her feet these last few days, and can't hardly keep her hands off of them.  She gets them close to her mouth, but I haven't caught her with them there yet :-)  She's trying her best though LOL.

Kev is coming home today.  Woo Hoo!  I just got a text from him that he's running to the terminal to catch his flight in just over an hour.  He's got a long layover, so he won't land until a little after 4:00 (the flight is at 10 something).  But, we haven't seen him in 2 weeks, so we are SO excited!  Every evening when we talk to him, Bug steals the phone from me and promptly stares at his picture, then puts it in her mouth.  Ha ha.  It's awfully cute! 

Well, I really gotta pay attention to this conference call I'm on, so off to work I go :-)