Tomorrow is the day!! :D

Tomorrow morning, bright and early. Ceremony starts at 9:35, which means I need to leave the apartment by like 6 so we can get a front row bleacher. Agh, I'm so freakin excited! Probably not going to sleep tonight either. Maybe I'll take another Ambien (and lay in bed and wait for it to kick in lol).

Tomorrow should be the day! :)

So yesterday morning, I got up and checked the FRG website. There was a flight coming in yesterday that SHOULD have been Adam's. But this is the military and they can never do anything right. So of course it wasn't. It was Main Body 3C's flight (which was posted while we were at the homecoming for Main Body 3A...Adam is on MB 3B...If find it sad that the people who run the system that is supposed to protect our country is so disorganized!) Anyway, so I was angry when I saw that and got up first thing yesterday morning to check because Adam's definitely would have to be the next flight in. And to add to my anger this is what I see:

There are no flights scheduled to arrive on Sunday, August 23. The manifest for FLT 603 will be posted after it takes off from Kuwait. Please check back Sunday afternoon.

So this is what my day will consist of today:

Washing our bed comforter
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Wash the rest of our bedding
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Crack down on doing Adam's laundry
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Try to find a place for Adam's laundry since I wont have enough hangers or drawers
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Scrub down my bathroom
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Scrub down the other bathroom
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Pick up the mess Lili has made the last couple of days
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Vacuum
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Dishes
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site
Anything else I find I need to get done before tomorrow
Run to the computer and hit Refresh on the FRG site

I think I've hit refresh on the FRG site 4 times in the last hour I've been out of bed and they say check back in the afternoon. BUT within the last 2 times or so, they've taken down the manifest that arrived yesterday so I'm hoping that means they are working on the new one?? We shall see. But even when it is posted, I still have to keep checking it to make sure times don't change. Ugh I just can't wait. Today is going to be a long day!

Getting Close!

2-3 days!!! Ugh I'm so freakin excited! Signs are made, the apartment is decent (I'm storing a few boxes for our buddy, one of which is a 58" TV -.- He doesn't get back til after Adam does though so we'll just have to deal with it.), now I just need to work on his laundry and do the scrub down of bathrooms and what not the day of/night before he gets home. I've been having crazy insomnia though. For about the past 2 weeks. My classes have started, so the night before my one on-campus class I took a leftover Ambien from when I was prego with Lilian so I wouldn't be a zombie for my first class. Let me tell you, that stuff is a trip if you don't go to sleep right away. I was waiting for the same feeling you get from Nyquil (if you're like me and it knocks you on your ass anyway haha). The one where all of a sudden you can barely keep your eyes open. Apparently Ambien doesn't do that haha. It slowly makes you crash and then if you don't sleep right away, you get hit with weird hallucinations all at once. It was funny, but don't worry, I'm not turning into a pill popper.

So my classes, I have medical terminology that I take online and then some class about customer service in health care...but apparently it wont be so much about customer service skills as it is about finding your personality and trying to understand others'....Anywho, my books, $105. For 2 classes. And they expect students to survive?? They are crazy. Some of mine were even used! Agh. Still no luck on the job thing either and it's starting to get EXTREMELY stressful. We are going to have to start cutting out some expenses that I think we need if I don't find a job soon. December can't come soon enough (that's when I finish up with my CNA!!).

Anyway, back to homecomings. We had our friend Johnnie's yesterday. 300+ guys came home. Courtney and I cried, and neither one of our S/O's were the ones coming home. I can't imagine when they do...I told her we are going to have to skip those travel sized Kleenex packages and go for a whole role of toilet paper. And I buy those HUGE Charmin rolls....lol.

Lili's check up and a hilarious video!

So Lili had her 9 month well baby check up today. Everything is great, they did a hemoglobin test that came back good. No anemia for her. :) Her doctor discovered that not only did just one top tooth come in recently, but so did the one next to it (her top two . ones) AND that 2 more are coming in up there too. But no more for the bottom yet. I just hope this teething thing goes quick!

I have a blog on my myspace dedicated to her check ups, but I'll update on here too for those of you who don't read/use myspace.

Weight: 18lbs 10oz (in the 50th percentile)
Length: 28 3/4 inches (80th percentile...she's got Adam's tall genes, YAY!)
Head: She gave it to me in centimeters (46) which converts to a tad over 18 inches. (95th percentile...my little bobble head!)

Anywho, nothing new yet. Got Lili's shirt made for Adam's homecoming, but I need to tough it up after I wash it. Still need to make the signs and clean but other than that, I think we are good to go. :) I just wish these days would stop dragging on!

Still job hunting. Not going so well. It's really discouraging when you normally don't have ANY trouble finding a job and now it's damn near impossible. Thank you Bush...asshole.

Anyway, so for those of you who haven't seen it, you must watch. This video is freakin hilarious! And if you don't think it is, well you have issues. Roxanne, I suggest emptying your baby-squished bladder first, before you pee yourself. :) Of course, if you haven't seen it yet. :)

Watch video HERE.

Lili and 2 weeks-ish.

2-2.5 weeks left. That's it. Then Adam will be home. And I have a ton of stuff I need to do. Like wash ALL his clothes (civilians AND ACU's he didn't take with him). I have a lot of cleaning to do too. I'm really bad with my mail, I leave it lying EVERYwhere. So needless to say, the place is cluttered. I really wanted to paint in here before he came home, but that didn't and wont happen. I was going paint one wall in every room, then I decided just the bathrooms and now, for the time being, its none. I'm just going to dig out pictures and hang them now, I was waiting til the painting was done. I've also decided to just make a shirt Lilian will wear for him. I really wanted to buy her a super cute, really poofy dress, but the really cute ones were spendy. So when I was at Michael's buying supplies to make welcome home posters, I ended up down the aisle with fabric paints and decorations and I just bought some of that stuff. I'll probably work on it tonight if I get my cleaning done. When it's finished I'll post a picture. I, on the other hand, have NO idea what I'm going to wear. Part of me wants to wear a cute dress and be really sexy for him. BUT my plan is to run and jump and I can't exactly do that in a dress or skirt without risking a flash to the rest of the people, not that many would be paying attention to me. So then its down to either shorts if it's during the day or pants if it's during the night...but what shirt?? I have one that says "I Love My Soldier" with his name on it...but I want something cuter. We'll see I suppose.

So today, Lilian is 9 months old. Time sure has flown, while most complain about that, I'm very thankful. The deployment came and went because of it. Lilian's next check up is on the 10th. We went to a WIC appointment a few weeks ago and they said she was just about 30 inches long already! What's sad is that's seriously half of my height. I'm 60-61 inches, depending how much I stretch and who's measuring me. ;) She's gonna be a tall one.

So I'm a little tore up about my cats. They are DESTROYING my carpet by clawing the shit out of it. I have this spray stuff that's supposed to keep them from scratching but it only works for about a day, and I never actually catch them doing it. I'm already going to have to replace my bedroom window blinds because of them, but I really don't want/can't afford to replace my carpet. So my options are to get rid of them (which really isn't an option) or declaw them (which I've always found cruel and should never be done). Anyone have any suggestions on how to get them to quit?