Cardboard Cuts, Putt-Putt Golf, and Sewing Mishaps

Hey everyone!

So, there isn't that much to update on, but since I have a little time, I wanted to at least keep everyone in the loop of what's going on, before I don't have the time to!

As I've mentioned before, we're getting the house painted, and it's being done by some really creepy sexist men. I'm not sure why, but both my mom and I got red flags with these men. The good news is that, for the most part, I'm not really dealing with them. They would much rather talk with Mike, and that's fine with me. Even if I am standing about ten feet away from them, they still want me to "fetch" Mike. There was a day that Mike wasn't home yet, and they were ready to leave. I had the money to pay them for their work for the day, but when I explained that Mike wasn't home yet, and wasn't sure when he'd be home, they were ready to leave without pay, because Mike usually does it. So when I handed them their money, they seemed quite shocked! I told Mike about it, and told him that I wonder if they think Mike doesn't trust me with that kind of money or something. We laughed about it, but it's just the way they are...

The house is pretty much done with painting, but they still need to work on the deck. I'm not sure when or how, especially if it rains, as it has been threatening to do the last few days, but I'm hoping they can finish it and move on...away from here!

We had our second lawn treatment done in the backyard, and I can see some more green than usual. I guess it's working!

When we met with our realtor a few weeks ago, he told us that we'd have a "coming soon" sign placed in our yard within that week. Mike called the realtor yesterday and explained that we still didn't have a sign, and was following up with a few other things. It turns out that the guy who was supposed to place the sign in our yard, placed it in a different yard somewhere in our neighborhood. Mike and I joked about how some poor couple walked outside of their house, only to see this sign, and wondering what was going on. Needless to say, we did get the sign later in the afternoon yesterday. So, it's up and now we can get the interest in the "coming soon" aspects of the house.

One of the things that the realtor told us to do, was to buy some sort of fabric to cover our bed. It's simply to cover the sheets and pillows. He wanted a darker, neutral tone to do this. So Mike and I headed to Jo-Ann's fabrics, found something pretty quickly and, here's the best part, we didn't have to wait to have someone cut the fabric! There was no line at all, which is very rare for that place! They tried to get us to sign up for emails or newsletters, but after explaining that we were moving to an area that had no Jo-Ann's, she finally gave up.

Thursday was a really bad day for Mike. I felt really bad for him. He's just not getting the support from MHS, as if that was any surprise, but they are doing their typical double standards crap where they are allowing someone else who is leaving to run out their PTO, but won't let Mike do the same thing. I told Mike to bring it up, to get an attitude about it, but he says that he's tired of fighting them. I don't blame him. It's pretty obvious that they don't want him there. It's sad to see good people get treated so horribly, and the people who kill the patients are getting special treatment and then promoted. It's sickening, and it makes me very happy to be getting away from such a crooked organization.

So, Thursday, Mike had his doctor's appointment, a simple checkup, and was explaining the situation to our primary. She was not happy that these things were happening, but said that she thinks that the change will be so good for us in the long run. We both agreed with this! We know that as long as we are together, because we are so good for one another and compliment each other so well, that we're going to be perfectly fine. Mike was explaining to me that he may need some space to just be alone and calm down from this horrid day, and I understood. I told him that he could spend his time downstairs playing his game if he wanted to. I didn't mind.

I made sure to keep busy on Thursday, and made a point to get as much accomplished as possible. I installed a new smoke detector, and when it worked, after replacing the battery they gave me, I was happy that it was one less thing for Mike to do. I also spent a long time that day packing up things for Mike to take up on his first trip to Craig, and repacking some things that I put into boxes that wouldn't have worked out in the end. I still have a lot of packing to do yet, but it's coming along nicely.

Yesterday, I spent my afternoon with my mom, helping her watch Willow. She even allowed me to use her sewing machine to sew up the material that Mike and I bought at Jo-Ann's. I did have a little slip up, and ended up sewing the fabric to itself, causing a big bunch. My mom helped untangle it, as I continued to sew the long amounts of fabric. So now that it is finished, we basically have a new duvet cover for our bed!

Willow was watching me eat some cherries and grapes. She practically demanded to have some, but then it turns out that she doesn't like them after all...like we didn't already know that she wouldn't? She likes my stash of Runts though...

I was able to see Mike for about an hour before heading out again, yesterday, for girls' night. We met and ate at Fazoli's, which I haven't been to in over ten years, and it was okay. It's certainly not the best food, as mine went cold within five minutes. Blech! I was pretty hungry though, so I made sure to eat it. The bread sticks were good though! My friend's daughter was playing around with another friend of mine who I was sitting next to, by trying to throw Parmesan cheese at her...my drink caught most of it. Yum...Wild berry Parmesan flavored tea! *shivers*

After dinner, we headed to a miniature golf course and were playing just for fun, and not for score. It was really a fun time. We finished just in time before it started to sprinkle. It was packed at the miniature golf course! There were so many people there, and it finally dawned on me that school was out. I'm still not used to that, as I was in the 4th grade when I had my summer break from school. Since then, I often worked through my summer breaks. Mike was surprised when I texted him when we were done, asking him if he wanted me to bring him some dinner, but he had leftovers. When I got home, I was feeling a little ill, but after getting some water in me, I was much better! I think that my body didn't like the Wild berry Parmesan flavored tea...

Mike has a massage tonight, and I hope that he enjoys it! He's been having some uncomfortableness in his back, so I'm hoping they can work him out. When he gets home from that, he's going to grill a steak up, and I'll be making a stir-fry of zucchini and asparagus. I'm so looking forward to it! I still need to make some granola bars here soon!

Tomorrow, I will most likely be heading over to a friend's house to have her husband look at my mountain bike and see if he can fix it. If he can fix it, or at least tell me what I need to do to get it fixed, then I'll be joining the girls for a bike ride every Saturday morning!

It's going to be a crazy week, as Mike has his oral surgery on Tuesday, we have the garage sale that weekend, and a games night that Friday.

Next Friday is Mike and my turn to host a games night. Since our house is so packed with boxes, and most of our kitchen stuff is sparse, we're going to host it at my best friend's house instead, and just grab a few Papa Murphy's pizzas. Mike wasn't sure at the beginning if he'd be up for going, since it's his last working day at Memorial, but he also wants to see our friends before he's gone.

And during the times in between all of this, I'll be packing and organizing things for garage sale and moving!

I think that pretty much sums everything up. I can't think of much else that is going on...at least, not right now.

Until next time!