Life's little lessons.. Virginia..and more.....

Some days you just go through... very mundane day to day routine.. then there are others that just give you a wake up call or remind you of why you were created, why you are alive, and what your purpose is here or to just simply be grateful for what you have..period. My reasoning is to just be grateful!
You know sometimes it is really nice to have those reminders to somewhat bring you back to the simple non-materialistic ways of life.. something I think some of us all get caught up with from time to time... Over the summer I had a dream.. dream of moving back to the great capitol our United States... You know I went back to Northern Virginia not to long ago and it was wonderful. I got to see some old friends, family, beautiful scenery, the high life that includes nice cars and gorgeous homes... and then really had to really regroup after that trip... I would give everything to be back near the big city, near family, near friends, near the best schools in the country, BUT we would sacrifice.. I would probably have to go to work.. what is work outside of the home?????... living far away from Ricardo's job, and I am sure more. I am sure there is more adjustments that would be made, and we would adjust accordigly, BUT it is become a fact the the kids have adjusted well here and do NOT want to move.. As crazy as it sounds we have the opportunity to move back to Ohio where they absolutely LOVE but they do not want to be in a 2-A school.. LOL.. It is soo much more excitement to be in a school that is all about sports and winning.. something they can relate to and want to be associated with...
Marc and Justin will do everything they can to stay here until they graduate.. Its a tough battle for me because we have the perfect opportunity to move next year.. and could land some great orders.. BUT instead we have children! that do not want to move! that we are doing everything in our power to stay in the great state of Texas!.. even if it comes down to Ricardo taking a one yr assignment alone.. just to stay here... I hope they realize how much we love them!! If it were up to me alone we would pack up and move tomorrow.. Hey why not!! I am living vicariously through friends right now that are stationed in Hawaii, London, Berlin, and more... Another SAHM friend of mine are trying to visit our friends but so far we can manage to meet up once a year for our annual cruise meetup.. Our first meetup is this December! woo-hoo!!
Ok so getting to the reason of my actual posting.. I was in Walmart today around lunchtime buying items for our barbecue.. and witnessed the cashier manager going to talk to each cashier about different sales they had... Anyway when she got to my cashier she told her-- You know I am not trying to be snappy but I have been working my butt off here, then going to BAMC and spending 10hours there, then coming back to work... She must have had an accident in her family.. Not good.. But I felt for her and wanted to tell here but I was at a loss for words...
Next week though it is time for CHANGE!!!!! Since I am soo fortunate to have the TIME to give back that is what I must do.. while I am striving to get my degree on the side... My goal is 2-3 days a week volunteering, and 1-2 days school work.. I think that is a great start! Meals on wheels.. here I come! Then one other juvenile detention center which takes in kids who are actually remorseful-- still looking for that one~~ kids these days seem to think they can avoid the system... After doing my research I think there is no such group available!

Almost to forgot to add this blog.. one I check daily and for a good reasoning why it is such a great feeling to be alive each and every day!! It is alot of time to go back to when their crash happened.. but oh it is soooooo worth it!! That is a love story that is worth a book!!

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Summer is almost over... and the way we spent out time..

Only 3 more days until the boys go back to school.. It has been a real laid back summer so to speak.. No big summer trips as we have done in the past. I will say I have this feeling of letdown as you all know we usually take a nice family summer trip every year. This year it just seemed we had too many conflicts with Justin and Marc and their sports. I did not miss out on traveling that is for sure. I'll make sure that we get in one family trip outside of Texas next summer. After all we only have one more official summer until Marc graduates! Holy crap! Speaking of that.. The summer Marc graduates we are taking a cruise more than likely out of Puerto Rico with some old friends. Yes, this has already been confirmed!!! The wives are planning this. Of course family and other friends are invited. So mark your calendars for June 2011 if you want to attend a super awesome celebration!
Marc got his license so you know he was always out and about. His summer days were filled with hanging out with his buddies, baseball and more baseball, little bit of work, and of course cruising in his new ride. He is just loving his new mustang and even though he only has to pay for gas he has starting asking us for gas money.. Go figure! When we weren't so willing to fork over $$ for that he decided he should work a little more. Is it too much to ask to at least pay for gas?! The beauty of him finallly driving is running errands, taking his brothers places such as the movies, picking up from practice, you name it...
Justin has kept us going with his sports. He played for the rec league of Cibolo which ran into summer for their all stars.. He made the Cibolo Owls select baseball team, which is brand new. He has some really awesome coaches. While I can say this is not his true sport, I think is well-rounded athlete so the areas he is lacking he will pick up in no time.. He is now a freshman, meaning I have two boys in high school now.. Damn! He is playing football right now which has kept him super busy these last few weeks. I feel like I always said he is overlooked for his size, because he sure has the talent. This boys lives and breathes football! He says over and over again he will have a career in something sports related, and I have no doubt about that. Personally I can see in something with sports advertising/marketing. Maybe even a sports agent/lawyer. We will see in time what the future holds for him.
Ricky.. My little baby.. He has has the most laid back summer of all.. staying up late into the night.. sleeping until nearly lunch time. He and I went to Six Flags quite a bit early into the summer. We also went to the movies quite a bit, one of my favorites being G-Force. He has surely been anticipating the arrival of little Henry, Ricardo's sister Ameli's son. I have somewhat let him down by not letting him get the chance to meet him.. He will soon though.. I promised him! On this note Ricardo needs to start seriously traveling more so I can take advantage of those miles!~
Reasons why I am not looking forward to school are more due to ME.. This should be my final year in school.... After all I have perfected how to make going to college a career.. I should be in the phase of being able to double up on my classes so I can graduate next November.. I have run into backlog of funding issues.. The joys of playing the waiting game! The postive note is that I can finally use the GI Bill $$ and not have to take out any more student loans. I am feeling the push to hurry up and get a job. The family fails to realize that I am feeling a true protest coming on for when I actually do graduate... I will not be able to give the daily rides to school, the rides from school, the homeade meals made promptly by 5pm.. the rides up to school for items that were forgotten then need to be delivered asap or it will be a deducted grade, special lunches,the list is endless... Yeah you can say I feel soo under-appreciated and some days ready to forget my kids and get to work!!
Who would have ever thought I would be a stay at home mother. Not me!
Well Ricky and I were sure hoping things would pan out for finally getting to adopt our little girl. Things were just not meant to be and I don't really want to go into detail. I am still torn up about it but like I said... maybe it just wasn't meant to be... The good thing is my sister found out she is having a girl so I can spoil her, along with Steven's little girl and then send them back home.. That's about it for the update. I'll add pics this afternoon..