It’s been pointed out to me that it’s been awhile since my last posting here. So, I guess I’ll try to catch everyone up on things that are going on. Let’s start with Baby Joshua. According to the doctor, Susan and my son-to-be is as healthy as can be and there are no problems to talk about at this time. Susan feels him moving around inside of her all the time. Hopefully, this means he’ll be a better dancer than his uncoordinated father. Now when I put my hand on Susan’s tummy I can feel Joshua moving too. I can also hear his little heartbeat if I lay my head on her belly. It is so awesome!
Susan & I have already begun buying things that Joshua’s going to need when he comes into the world. The crib and dresser we ordered about 2 weeks ago came in on Monday. Susan discovered these really great consignment stores that deal in things just for babies and young kids. We’ve bought a whole bunch of baby clothes for an incredibly low amount of money. We even found a changing table with the pad for only $50. Susan’s also bought a few children’s books to read to Joshua. We’ve begun buying diapers for the baby. There’s 3 or 4 boxs of them so far. Susan & I have our first child birthing class this Sunday night. Her cousin, Daniel, and his wife, Christina, are also pregnant and going to be taking the classes at the same time as us. We’ve started the process of looking at daycares that are on the way to Susan’s work. However, this is something that’s going to take some time. We need to stay within our budget and yet know that our son is in safe and caring hands. I think the whole daycare thing is what scares me the most. I’ve seen way to many horror stories on the news. And the cost is going to put quite the strain on our pocketbook. I know everything will work out just fine. And yet, there’s still so much more to do before Joshua gets here.
In other news. It sounds like my brother-in-law might have found himself an apartment to move into. Congrats, Jeromy. His room at our house is going to be the nursery. It also sounds like we may be losing another housemember too. Janie’s dog, Jack, may end up going with Jeromy or going back to the animal shelter he came from. He’s a bundle of energy and a bit of a handful. When Jack’s let out of his crate, he goes flying through the house, slipping and sliding on the hardwood floors until he reaches the backdoor. He also can’t seem to keep his front paws on the floor. He’s always jumping on people. Still, I hate to see him go, but with a baby on the way, we’re afraid Jack might accidently hurt him. (or lick him to death!) Chansi, on the otherhand, is so calm that she should be fine with Joshua. As long as we keep him out of whipping distance of that tail of hers. That thing stings when it hits you. (OUCH!) And poor, poor Patches. She’ll no longer be the little baby anymore. She’ll have to give up that title. She’ll still think she’s the queen of the house though.
Our neighbor on our west side is being a bit of a pain in the butt. About 3 weeks ago he came over to ask me if we could afford to pay for half of the cost to repair the fenceline between us. I told him that money was tight right now and with the baby on the way I had no idea when I would be able to afford to help fix it. He walked away looking a little bit upset at me. The next day he had someone over doing an estimate on how much the fence would cost to replace. I had went to work and when Susan and her brother came home that day, the neighbor came over and gave them a qoute on how much the fence would cost. What a jerk! We’ve been avoiding him ever since. The fence on that side isn’t even nearly as bad as the fence on our east side. That one almost blew over in the strong winds we had a couple of weeks ago. We’re going to have to fix that one first.
Right now I’m stuck sitting in my truck down in Laredo. I haven’t had to deal with this place in over a month. I really enjoyed that run of luck. But luck has run out and now I’m stuck here waiting for my next load along with at least a dozen or so other drivers who haven’t gone anywhere in awhile. Hopefully, my fleet manager will still pay me 3x layover like he did the last time I got stuck here. Last weekend, my last load of the week got all messed up between the load planners and the company that was shipping the load. My company gave me the delivery date of Monday and was going to have me take the load to the Grand Pairie service center so I could go home for the weekend. However, once I picked up the load the guy who gave me the paperwork told me it was due on Saturday and that the address was different than what I had. So, the phone calling began. I called my company to see what to do. They told me to follow the directions on my qualcomm. I told the shipper this and then he called my company. After his call was complete, my company called me back. They told me to take the load to Grand Prairie and deliver it to the new address on Monday. I told them ok. About 15 minutes later I get a message on my qualcomm telling me to take the load and deliver it to it’s final stop in Fort Smith, AR on Saturday! That had me back on the phone with my company right away. I asked them if they were sure this time, and they said yes. I also told them that if I take this load they’d have to give me Monday off. And they agreed. I ended up not getting home until 10:30am on Sunday. Susan & I both thought for sure that they’d forget about giving me Monday off and end up calling me into work, but they never did. I actually didn’t go back to work until 11pm on Tuesday.
Ok. I think I’ve covered most of the major things that have been going on. I’m sure I’ve missed a thing or two, but oh well. I’ll try to keep up with this little better. Later good peoples!
All in all there isn’t anything I would change. I married a wonderful woman and got a great family out of it.
