Been Awhile

Hey there,
well, a lot has happened since I last posted....we left last Friday to go to Mb to pick up Bailey, and I wish I could say it was an uneventful trip but alas that would be too much to ask...everything was good till we hit Brandon for gas and heard a sound that made me look and see if I still had all 4 tires on the Jeep....we broke a cv joint....and continued to drive all the way to Winkler where we were able to limp into Southland Honda where a friend of mine works and they were able to squeeze us in and replace the front axle...gah! They gave us a courtesy car so that we were able to make it to Altona and watch Baileys final game with his team...a 3-0 win. They had the Jeep up and running by 11 Sat which was great, would give us time to get back to Altona, pack up Bay and head home....hahahahahahaha, again too much to ask....by Plum Coulee...pleh, we had no steering, by the 201, we had less steering than that, no heat oh and the Jeep was overheating.....so we limped into West Park Motors where I have couple friends working there and they told me a bearing went in one of my fan pullys....well they had me going in less than an hour....all said and done....$500 more than we had budgeted for the trip....geez....but 4 hours later than we wanted to we were back on the road after a few hugs and kisses from all the girls and we headed home...I think Bay was already complaining about the long drive by Carman lol it was around 2 a.m. when we got home, Bay was a little wired and dying to play PS3 so we ended up unpacking his stuff from the Jeep and getting to bed around 4. Sunday was a get familiar with the house day for Bay, Sam had to work.

Monday we were off to his new school...he was pumped for it, until we left the house and then the anxiety kicked in. When we got to school the teacher arrived at the office with not one, not two but THREE girls to meet and greet Bailey....they pretty much rushed him into class and that was not a good thing, he wanted a tour and to take things slow, so we backed out, found the principal and got a tour of the school. That was about all he could handle and we called it a day. I had taken the day off in preparation that this would happen. Tuesday came and he had himself so wound up he spent most of it in the bathroom. Oh and before I forget, there was another girl from the other grade 6 class that had seen Bay and asked if he was in her class and was verbally disappointed that it was a no.....pretty good first day lol....all in all the teachers were nice, the kids were great but for Bay it was like his head was spinning....Wed was a no choice day, he had to go, we walked to school and talked a lot, got to the office and the librarian took him in slow, got him set up in the library and by the time lunch came my boy was back, the energy, the smile, the chattering on and on. With all he went through I keep reminding him that he could have stayed in Altona for the rest of the school year but he insists no way it was already long enough that we had been apart and I fully agree. His week was short as they have early dismissal on thursdays and no school this friday but he's met a couple friends and it's starting to feel like home....even if we're 3/4's short...it's not perfect but we'll take what we can get...

We are headed to Grand Forks in 2 weeks for his final tourney with his team, and with the Jeep breakdown it's gonna be tough but I really wanna do this for him, then we should be pretty low key for awhile, Bay is entered into a 3 on 3 hockey league in my rink from April 18 to June 19 and he's looking forward to that as well....Sam and I are adjusting to life on our own with our little family and work and limited budgets and there's the odd speed bump but we're enjoying the family time, wishing it was bigger but loving every minute of it....

I'm off to go listen to him yap some more lol....

see ya when I see ya