At times I forget that I live in the mountains now. You wouldn't think I would since I get to see beautiful mountains around me all the time. But it seems to be the weather that more takes me by surprise. It has already snowed a few times this year - the first before halloween. Not a big now - mostly just flurries. But already it's more snow than I'd see in SC.
Last night they were having a Christmas tree lighting at our town park and we decided to go. We didn't take into the account that it didn't get any warmer than 44 degress yesterday, so even at 5:30 at night, it was freaking cold out there! We made it to the tree, listened to a few carols, drank some nasty watered down hot chocolate, and then Sean was crying, screaming, and cold. We had misplaced his gloves and his little hands were so cold they hurt. So, by 6:15 we were home.
I had to go last night to have a second sleep study done. I had one about 3 weeks ago and they determined that I have mild sleep apnea. So, I went to sleep with the mask last night. It is so odd for them to dress you up like a suicide bomber and watch you sleep - record it even. The first mask didn't work out too well. Everytime I moved in the bed, it would blow air into my eye. So, we did another mask, and it worked much much better. I'm guessing I'll be getting a machine soon?
We got a letter in the mail last week that our annual apartment inspection would be on the 8th. I don't have a problem with them doing inspections, but they should not call it an annual inspection if it's going to happen more than once a year. They came out in July, and now they're coming out again. We had some really bad stains on our carpet that I knew my little carpet cleaner wouldn't get out, so I decided to suck it up and pay stanley steamer to come out and clean it. It is AMAZING how clean the carpet is now!!!! I went ahead and did the premium carpet cleaning where they did the protect and deodorizor, and they'll come out and clean again in 6 months. Oh, and let's not forget the nifty mat and bottle of spot remover they threw in. Honestly, the guy was a super nice guy, he even went upstairs and cleaned a spot that was in my bedroom at no additional charge.
Sean is getting pretty good at telling on himself these days. I picked him up from daycare the other day and he told me that he had been in timeout. When I asked why he said he hit tay-tay (his girlfriend). The teacher that was there didn't know anything about it, so the next morning I asked his normal teacher and she said yes, that he had and that he said sorry and hugged her as soon as he did it, so he didn't get time out. (As an added note - in NC they technically cannot do time out until a child is 3...so it is re-direction or something like that...)
He is also good at getting things out of the refridgerator - like the candy I had stashed for christmas. And Juice. And just wait -if there is any pepper in there, he can smell it from a mile away (pepper = dr. pepper)
We talked about going to plumtree nc to get our christmas tree - but I'm not sure if we will or not. I want to, but then at the same time, that's a long way to go - to bring a tree home on a stratus!
Work is going well, things are picking up and will be very busy over the next few months, but that's ok - better busy than bored.
I'm gonna go check on lunch...and wait for the hour to pass so I can tell the boys they can come downstairs.
Beach
5 years ago
