Why am I so busy?

Holy cow, why am I so busy?

Is it because if I stop I will start missing my husband more than I can handle? Is it because I spent so much time with Toby before he left I have months of errands and organizing to do?

Or is it because I finally am going to do all the things I have said for years I am going to do. I am going to get on the kids schedules for their regular checkups at the doctor and not when I finally remember it has been 8 months since we have been in. I have literally finished so many projects in the last couple weeks.

Scrapbooking is one the is going to take the side. I would love to work on it right now, and I am starting a group to come over monthly. I just get so wrapped up in looking at all the pictures that I don't concentrate on the task. Until I am ready, or have nothing else to do..I will work on the rest of my errands.

I put out a pile of trash this morning that was so big the garbage man was griping. I gutted the whole house and besides it blowing away from the side of the house and me bringing it in until garbage day, it is nice to have everthing trash out!!

Now to just give the neighbors some old chairs I got along the way and don't want. I need to figure out the video camera to make dvds for Toby, but that will be another day also. We have gymnastics tonight and judo tomorrow and then the weekend is filled with waiting families activities.

I think a large part is because I have decided to start serving down here more. And wow are there alot of people in need.(another post for another day)

I am finally finding happiness along the way, maybe because of my upcoming birthday. If only I would be so productive when Toby is around.

So because of my busy life I let stuff fall short. I have started taking myself to the gym everyday, but had to chop my hair off in return. Its ok thought because I have lost 25 pds so my face is skinny enough for it to look cute.

I have more to add, but it is getting pushed to the end of my to do's because the girls are waking up.

Dentist

So I wanted to get on top of things with the kids and made a dentist appt for all of them yesterday at 12. By one o'clock we had not been called back, I knew there was going to be problems. Yes, I understand with 3 kids it is going to take me a little while. By 2 they had been called back, but not seen. By 3, I started getting mad. I guess that is how alot of dentists are here in el paso. Alot of hispanics here that are low income, so it was some kind of clinic. I got the info on the place from my insurance. They never said anything about the wait time.

4 hours later and nothing to show for it, but a bag of popcorn they gave the kids and some new toothbrushes..I was so mad. The kids missed a whole bunch of school they shouldn't have.

They told me when we come back (which we are not) that to fill the cavities plan on 5 hours per kid. What? The place was crap and then I didn't get my errands done, so I was more crabby.

Anyway, talked to Toby yesterday and he is pretty down. Cut off like in basic. He did get to go to Church, so that was good, but by the time our conversation started we heard "you have 3 minutes remaining". Oh well.. guess I will wait til the weekend to hopefully hear his voice agian. Internet is not going to be what we thought, so we will make the most of it.

My kids are so good. After sitting at the dentist we had a meeting with the spouses from our unit. The kids sat for me for another hour. Wow, just amazing you know.

Life is good..I am beat, but life is good. lost another 3 pds, so I now have 25 pds to lose. Yeah!!