2016 is starting out rough. I've been rather quiet on the blog front. But it's often hard to decide whether I'm oversharing or not. And to be blunt, I just didn't want to.
We started January with the big kid getting sick. Not surprisingly it was his birthday. Have I mentioned that I hate winter birthdays? I feel so bad for my kids.
Then a crazy inlaw of mine wanted us to watch her girls for the night. That was fine. But the constant calling and checking on them was a bit much. The next morning, I got a phone call telling me that my grandma passed away in her sleep. She was my rock. My second mother. The one that may not have been happy with every choice I made, but never threw it in my face either. She was also the one that I called almost every single day. Even if it was to talk for 10 minutes and just say hi. Which I did the day before she died. That was rough. To know that she sounded just fine on the phone not 12 hours before she died. And of course, I had to keep my composure because we were watching my nieces.
Then the guilt trip started from my parents on making it to the funeral. So I got some train tickets, and the boys and I loaded up on a 27 hour each way train to Kansas. While it was great to be "home" for a day, I wish it was under better circumstances.
The trip wasn't great for the little kid however, he ended up with pneumonia. That we're still fighting.
And if all that wasn't bad enough, the birthday party for BOTH boys was the Saturday after we came back. By this time, we were broke beyond words, no presents for them, invitations had already been sent out, and we had homework for a week to catch up on and a science fair project to start and finish.
I'm done with this year already. And it's only the first of February. Luckily, we pulled off an amazing party for $60 and enough people showed up to spoil our kids with lots of great gifts. So here's to a better February.
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