House Hunting

Brendon and I searched for a few more houses. The one we were looking at just leases the land it sits on, but you buy the house, not the land. If we're going to buy a house, we want it ALL. That sounds odd, but if we are buying a house, we'd like to know the land our house is on is ours. So, with that said, Wendi is helping us find a house we really like. I'd really like to have the house within the Falcon(D-49) school district. I told Brendon we can't be doing it just for us, we need to be looking into schools, since Braden will be doing pre school next year(when he turns 3) and then starting school. The house we've found are in the Widefield district, and I'm not sure how I like it. Some of the houses are pretty ghetto, I guess because they're older, but some aren't too bad. I'll leave a list of them:

House #1
House #2
House #3
House #4
House #5

We really like 4 and 5. # 5 has brand new everything.

On a side note, I'm almost done with my acceptance process with CCU. Just need my mom to fax a copy of my transcript to them, then I get all set up and start in May. I'm still confused about the MyCaa program. I've been told if I had been using it, I can still use it, but I've heard mixed things.

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Exhaustion

I'm so exhausted. I really feel like this is one of the longest weeks ever. I feel so slow to keep up with Braden, as well as missing Brendon. He's a pain in my behind, but I do miss him. So does Braden. I keep thinking about how I made it through the last deployment with less exhaustion, and if I'm this exhausted after almost a week of him being gone, how am I going to make it a whole year? I feel whiny about it, but honestly, I don't know how the deployment is going to do. Brendon and I are in a better place than we were, and it feels great. I really feel like we're being the family we should be. He still has moments, but he's working on it.

I'm going to make a doctor's appointment next week. March will be a time for my yearly appointment, so maybe then I can find out some answers as to why my body is so messed up. I've looked up a few things.... it could possibly be PCOS, I hope not, but it's a possibility. It could be pregnancy, but it was too soon to tell, but we'll see. That's why I'm waiting until next week. I can find out all the answers I need at the doctor. It'll be my first time seeing a gyno here at Fort Carson. I'm a little nervous. 

I talked to Wendi, and we talked about how the deployment goes, how the unit does farewells, homecomings, ect... it's SO different than Fort Campbell. She was shocked at how Campbell did things, and I was shocked at how Hood(now Carson for this unit) does things. Of course, I told her about Brendon not being able to come home like he should have the first night since someone left a weapon in another country.

I'm not sure why, but my comment box had disappeared. It should be back now. I don't know what happened. I'm working on my layout, so it's a little messy right now. Though, I am proud of the blend I made.
This post was all over, I apologize.

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Great Balls of Fire!

I don't even mean that in the sexual sense, either. Ha. Brendon got to come home for the day Saturday. Of course, had to drive in the snow and take him back to work. I won't see him until a week from now. Supposedly, he gets the whole weekend off, but it is the Army we're talking about. When do they ever do things the way it says?

 Yesterday something amazing happened. Braden actually used the bathroom all by himself. Such a proud mama moment for me. I cheered, clapped, and all that. And yes, that's the face that was made in mid pee. Brendon wouldn't wake up since he was exhausted from the training, so I wasn't too terribly upset. I hope when we get to see him again he won't be so dragged out, but I'm sure he will be.I think Braden wants a brother or sister around. He keeps pointing to me and saying baby. And then points at me and says baby, mine. I know he'd made a great big brother. I think we'll try for the next few months, but we'll see how that goes. I don't know, we've been semi trying for a while, and it hasn't worked. I think my weight has something to do with it. So that's why tonight, I started working out. It felt good to get down and work with Bob on the dvd.


I'd also like mother nature to stop being so angry.... and stop making it snow. It's effing freezing here in Colorado and has been snowing for DAYS now.

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Egos are my friends

I'm supposed to be getting a call from back the enrollment counselor from CCU today. He did say Friday... it's Friday isn't it? I'm lost with my days. I get to pick Brendon up at work tonight, most likely late when Braden's asleep. I'll be glad to see him, but having to wake up a 2 year and driving on the icy roads isn't fun. Maybe he can get someone to bring him home, but we'll see. This training is so weird to us. He didn't train this much at Campbell, and being here and not seeing him as much is weird to us. Pretty much until after April, it's constant training it seems like. I won't see him at all in April. May is going to be a slow month since they'll be shipping the stuff off to Afghanistan. I can't believe it's been almost a year since he's been home(March 3rd). And we're talking about another. Yeah, I know, it's the Army, married into it and all that. I was 19 and naive. Brendon was still in basic when we got married, so deployment was not even on my mind. Neither was having a child, but here we are 2 years later. Would I change anything? No. Do I have to like it? Definitely not. I'm just trying to think about how this is going to impact Braden when daddy leaves this summer. I'm pretty much going to have to hog tie him to me, otherwise he's going to chase Brendon onto that bus.


I was also thinking of cooking some chicken tacos tonight for dinner. Sounds good. I did my work for the week, minus four discussion post replies, but that won't even take more than 20 minutes to do tonight when Braden goes down for the night. I feel stupid though. We aren't writing a whole paper, not yet. We were only required to write the title page, outline, and a reference/works cited page. But what's to cite? There isn't any content to cite. I noticed I wasn't the only one having that problem, and confused. It was asked to the professor, and he said ask the TA. So she went to the TA discussion area and asked, and she hasn't replied, and the professor did. Um, you couldn't answer this before? He said to quote our textbook, but for what? We didn't quote or use anything out of it. It's just a psychology text, not a writing text. It's not due until Monday, and I'm pretty much done minus the resource page, I'm waiting for a reply from the TA.

I just read this article, and it's pretty messed up. :(

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Hiking

I have to say it was a workout. We headed up to North Cheyenne Canyon to take a walk/hike. Nothing strenuous. It was a little rough since it was cold, as expected. I had a BLAST, and so did Braden. I am going to consider that my exercise for the day! I shall weigh myself tomorrow and see what happens.

Thank God, Brendon has a 4 day this weekend. He's going to the field for over a week on Tuesday. March should be a calmer month, and then April, he's off to Fort Polk for JRTC.

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She's A Maaaaaniac.

A lot of drama has gone on with my mom lately, and I'm not sure if I feel comfortable talking about ALL of it. Whatever the case, it's done and over with, but I am left with a feeling on betrayal from my mom. I just don't understand it at all.

I started my second class with Ashford University. I'm thrilled. I know I passed my first class, but my grade isn't posted since some students haven't even turned in their final paper. I made a 99 on my paper, so I know that pushed my grade up from what it was. Go me. I have to read chapter 1 and 2 today so I can do my first discussion for the week, but with the drama, I feel lazy. I know I will get it done. Brendon is shockingly getting off work at 2 something, which means I have to go get him. He's still on the driving suspension I applied to him a while ago. We are going car hunting today and hope we can get something, and if we can tomorrow we will put down a payment for it.

We are actually thinking of using the VA Loan to buy a 3 bedroom house here. We will be here for a few years and we love it here. I don't plan on moving home for the deployment or visit as often, the drive from Colorado to Georgia really sucks. My friend Wendi, is a realtor, and she wants to help us. We found a house that is decent and under $100,000. I say that's a awesome catch. We are stuck between two of them. though. This and this one. Same neighborhood. I've seen them in person. Now, this won't happen for a while since we're waiting for the deployment orders to drop and that case we will use that to get out of the apartment lease. Why pay $700+ for a 2 bedroom apartment when you get pay that much towards owning a home? I do love our apartment complex, don't get me wrong. This isn't going to be happening for a few more months, so I think we're okay right now.

Little one is up from his nap, he's less than thrilled. Off I go.

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Winter Weather

Well, Brendon is in the field until Thursday afternoon sometime. Lamesauce. I'm going to have to work around Braden's sleeping schedule to get school work done, and working out. His naps are scarce and starting to become non existent! What's a mom to do?

Next week is my last week of my first class, and I got my new textbooks yesterday. There's 3 for my next class. It's a PSY 202... Adult Development and Life Assessment. I'm excited, but at the same time, I need to be in the ball to pass my final. I'm sure I can do it.

We decided to get Braden a big big boy bed. He hates his toddler bed. I think he's so used to sleeping in a bigger bed when we co-slept. So we'll see how he does in his new bed. Brendon also promised to get me a new camera when the taxes come back, and I'm learning towards the Canon PowerShot A2000 (silver) or Canon PowerShot SX200 (black). I miss my Nikon, but this will be as close as we can get, I suppose until reenlistment time. Then we can get me a DSLR camera. Maybe a Canon Rebel.  Unsure.

It's supposed to snow for the first time since we got back from Georgia for Christmas. 3 - 5 inches expected, but we'll see how it goes.

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