So far, so good.

Shawn left a few hours ago, yes, they left very late.

Superchic reacted exactly as expected. “Bye, Daddy!!! I don’t want to give you a hug, I’m playing. I know you’re going to be gone a long time. Ok, fine I’ll give you a hug and kiss, now put me down, ok.” Then off she ran to play with her friends.

Rapunzel reacted exactly as expected too. She gave Shawn his hug and kiss climbed out of the truck, ran in the house, into the sewing room, closed the door, buried herself under fifty gazillion blankets and cried. Her biggest problem is that she “hasn’t been without Daddy for her whole life, except when -she- was a baby, and she doesn’t really remember that.”

Of course this meant that I followed her into the house and had to hold it together while she tried to calm down. Other than a few little leakers while we were talking I held it together pretty well. She knows that I’m going to miss him to, and that he’s going to miss us just as much. It made her smile when I told her that he started tearing up while looking at the photos I sent with him.

SuperChic and I sat on the couch to watch Air Buddies and share a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked. I fell asleep. On top of everything else it’s that time again and it’s really knocking me for a loop this time round.

Yeck!!!!

Shawn is still here.

Tom’s load was supposed to be split yesterday, but the other driver didn’t show up because his truck broke down. So now Tom is due in the City of Industry tomorrow morning to deliver and then picks up a new load in Southgate before he gets Shawn. It looks like we may be making a trip into Fontana to drop him off.

The worst part about it is that both girls stayed home from school today to see him off and now they have to be at school when he leaves because I’m a mean mommy and won’t let them miss two days of school in a row.

As much as I don’t want him to go it sucks that he’s here. It makes things a lot harder to deal with when you are all worked up for them to leave and then they don’t. It just draws out the sadness a little longer.

I think I might go to bed now. Get a little more cuddle time before tomorrow morning comes.

Things have been a little hectic around here lately. So I’ll just give you a quick run through of what’s happened.

1. We are finally completely out of the apartment. Now I just have to repack and get rid of as much stuff as possible. Though I did throw out two bookcases, my couch, and the entertainment center.

2. Since that is all done, I can work on getting Shawn ready to go. I have lots and lots and lots and lots of laundry to do.

3. The girls go back to school tomorrow after a week off.

4. Shawn’s Grandpa had another clot in his leg. So we (Sue, Shawn, and I) played chauffeur all week. He also forgot to renew his license in December. He took the written test on Friday and passed.

5. We trapped Meeko’s brother Teddy in the house completely by accident. But we are keeping him in until he gets his shots and to socialize him.

6. I feel like I have gained a lot of weight, because I have been eating sporadically and badly, but as Shawn so lovingly put it, my boobs now stick out farther than my belly. So I may have actually lost a few pounds in all this extra stressed out activity. If I actually remember to weigh myself I’ll let you know the results.

7. Rapunzel signed up to sing in a special children’s choir during the Easter service at our church. She’s very excited. She’s also learning John 3:14 – 21 or more if she can. She should be able to do a lot more. I think she already knows 14-19 from last year.

8. SuperChic doesn’t want to learn her verse. We are trying and I’m sure there will be lots of bribing down this particular road.

I guess that’s all for now, if I remember anything important I’ll be sure to let you know.

Well things have progressed a little in the last week. We have more of our stuff in the garage, and more stuff at the pink house to get out.

It is slow going and having a rainy day doesn’t help things much. But eventually we’ll get everything out. Hopefully it will be soon or I’ll be moving it myself. Which I can do if I have to.

I don’t know how long we’ll be living in the garage. It’ll probably be for at least a few months though. Shawn leaves next week for Nebraska.

His departure date has been moved up from Friday to Wednesday. The girls and I aren’t to excited about him leaving, and for that fact neither is he. But the sooner he leaves the sooner he comes back, right? Rapunzel cries every time he gets a call about leaving. SuperChic doesn’t really understand what is happening. Though once he actually leaves on the truck and isn’t back before bedtime, she’ll get it.

The job hunt is still on. I never heard back from Citi-Bank. The next application is going in at our local Ace Hardware. I don’t know if they’re hiring, I also don’t care. They aren’t open past 7pm, they are within 2-miles of Ladybug’s, and part-time shouldn’t be to hard to get. They also have a cashier who is very pregnant. Hopefully that’ll mean an opening, even if it is only for a few months.

I am also going down to the local welfare office again. This time I am only applying for food stamps and Medi-Cal. By not asking for cash assistance I don’t have to work 32 hours a week, or go through their GAIN program for 32 hours a week, or jump through the 50 bazillion other little hoops they want me to jump through. It is also only temporary but right now we need the help. I can even tell them that I’m homeless, because technically we are. I’m not going to though, it won’t make a difference as far as the benefits go.

So now onto the next subject. Clearance stuff. I bought:

1. 6 pairs of dress up gloves – $1.50 – were $1 each
2. 2 books for BB – $.50 – were $1 each
3. 1 pack of six mini-pens – $.50 – was $1
4. 2 yoga mats – $1.24 – were $2.50 each
5. 6 pairs of mittens – $1.11 – were $1.49 for each 2-pack
6. 1 broken clear pitcher – $.25 (returned) Yes, I returned it and got my 27 cents back. – was $1
7. 1 not broken green pitcher – $1.00 (different purchase) -original price

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So, counting the green pitcher (but not the clear one) I spent, $5.85 before tax. All of it, except the mittens was out of Target’s $1 section. And seeing that we are forever loosing my mittens and gloves because little people like to use them too, can always use more pens and dress up gloves, BB needs books for her upcoming trip, and what’s better than lift the flap books with a message, now SuperChic has a pitcher she can pour without it being too heavy for her, and I have no reason other than my own laziness not to start using the Pilates dvd I bought before we moved back to California. The dvd actually works, my mom is proof.

But here was my favorite purchase. Galoshes, rain boots, whatever you call them. No more wet feet for me.

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