Creative Writing Overdrive!

I feel like I have been on creative overload the last few days. I’m just constantly thinking about things and trying to figure out all the logistics. With work I’ve been doing a lot of re-designs of pamphlets and flyers. Personally I’ve been working on the new site and adding ideas to my novel. I’m like on creative writing overdrive!

I know, I know! There are no pictures from my week, but seriously! I tried to remember to get the camera from Court’s house and totally forgot!
However, I did get to go see a movie last night! Rachel Karlovich came over and watched all 4 girls last night so Courtney (and Judah), Christina and I could go see a movie. We saw Definitely Maybe. It’s was definitely maybe not the best movie in the world, but oh well. The worst part was that Judah was so fussy and so Court didn’t really get to enjoy herself. She just had to stand up with him half the movie. Poor sis! 5 week old babies are supposed to sleep through movies, duh! Of course he fell asleep right when the movie was over. Typical!
Also, why do babies always need to eat right when you get your food? That’s so annoying.

I haven’t blogged about our Oscar Party, because I wanted to post pictures. But Mom won for the second year in a row. Oh mom! I have found that now having a child, I never get to see all the Oscar movies because not all of them are out on DVD. I really want to see Atonement still. I did see Michael Clayton, but not There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Men or La Vie En Rose or Elizabeth (but that one was on DVD, I just hadn’t seen it). So I think I came in like 4th or 5th. My big problem was I had never even really heard of No Country for Old Men so I never voted for it and they racked up the wins on Sunday night, so that definitely screwed me. I think Tiff came in second, but I’ll find out and post the top 10.

Also on Sunday, I finally got to see Abby's baby Sophie!! She is beautiful and to me looks so much like Korbin did! We have had sickness all around us, so I wanted to wait a few days to make sure I didn't get sick before I went over and held that precious little girl!
Here I am with Sophie Shull


I just talked to my husband and he is coming home soon!! They leave tomorrow at 6am our time to drive to Frankfurt where they will be leaving the next morning. Good times huh! I can’t wait to see my hubby! Only 2 more days!
Here he is with the team:


I haven’t had a chance this entire time to actually sit down and write more on my novel. Just jotting down ideas here and there. Not good I know. But I have been really focused on the website and being a single mom hasn’t helped in the area of excess time. So it will have to wait I guess. I want to get yesitsnormal.com up and running before I start on it again.
It’s funny because I feel so motivated and like I have something to look forward to outside of the monotony. Add that in the mix to great things and visions being implanted in my husband while he is in Belgium has just instilled me with a lot of hope!

And another thing to be excited about, I’m going to the Alanis and Matchbox 20 concert this Friday! I’m so excited about it!!! Except it’s just like 3 hours after the guys get back in, but it should be so much fun! Court/Nate are going with us. I can’t wait!!! I wonder if Court is going to take Judah? I think Lyric was 5 weeks old the first time I left her for an evening.

Well that is basically it for me! I need to go and pick up the tickets from the guy I’m buying them from today at lunch, so I’m waiting to eat till he lets me know when he can meet me. But it’s already almost 1 and I’m getting soooo hungry! Oh well!
I hope everyone has a GREAT day today!

He's leaving tomorrow...

And man am I going to miss him. Seriously.
I HATE it when he leaves without me.
Part of it is the fact that I wish I was going with him and detest feeling left behind and part of it just has to do with the fact that my life functions so well with him, that when he is gone, there is a gaping hole.

So Jon leaves tomorrow for Brussels and I'm sad.

Absolutely NO laundry was done this weekend, so that means I get to scatter like a mad woman and do a ton of laundry so packing can get done tonight. Oh and my dishwasher is clogged or something. It won't drain. I told Jon that if he did nothing else, to please get that fixed before he left... guess what?? He leaves tomorrow and it is STILL not fixed! So on top of my incredibly dirty house, dirty laundry piled up in the bedroom and bathrooms that haven't been cleaned in weeks... I now have dishes beginning to stack up. Translated into NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN MY HOUSE!
It's best not to see how we are living right now :)

So one more night with my sweetie and then he's gone for almost 2 weeks. I really enjoyed our weekend together though. I don't even regret the extreme nothingness we did all weekend.

I mean seriously. We ate and watched a bunch of movies.
Friday- Olive Garden to go. Watched Invasion and Rescue Dawn. Invasion was great. I really liked it. Rescue Dawn, I didn't even make it through the opening credits before I was asleep. Jon said it was stupid.

Saturday- On the Border for lunch- roasted chicken and french fries for dinner-
Caught up on all Oprah's and Ellen's. Watched Reign of Fire and Sunshine. Both were great (I've seen Reign of Fire a few times) and Sunshine was good, though for some reason I kept getting lost- though it wasn't difficult to follow).

Sunday- ordered pizza mid-afternoon and ate it again for dinner. Watched Coyote Ugly and Good Luck Chuck. Good Luck Chuck is so stupid and crass. Don't recommend it at all.

So here I am, back at Higher Power after a long relaxing weekend...

I feel pretty refreshed! Except I'm covering the phones till Natalie gets here and I HATE covering the phones.

I think that is about it for me!