Chuckles and a B

MiniMachine is 18 months old today, I feel older by the day......

The hair is going away, guys, next week........no longer long, and maybe a different color........

MrSerious, Machine.........I got a phone!

I got a B on my first history paper for the semester, nice booster to the confidence. Go me.....

Chuckles.........Machine will appreciate this.......small jokes with certain people, no matter what the circumstances are, always make me chuckle. And it's a domino effect, the more jokes, the more chuckles, out to total uncontrollable laughter.......

Eunuch, I miss you too dear, sent you some postcards, hope you like them.....

Littleport

We found a house, YAY!!!!!! In the village of Littleport, which is the birthplace of the father of the name Harley, in Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Neat, huh? It's brand new, 4 bedrooms, nice kitchen, a 1 car garage with a driveway, a backyard(garden, as they call it here). We won't move in for a couple weeks, but that's ok, I'm just glad we found somewhere to live. Now all I have to do is wait for our stuff to get here. I can't wait to have my own things finally. This living-on-borrowed-stuff is annoying to me.

School is going relatively well. Having to rely on the library and the community center for internet access is a bit trying, but I am managing as well as I can. I had to order a new charger for my laptop, as the one that came with it finally took a poo on me. Ugh.......

School

So my books that got packed by the movers and had to be reordered came in, and I am currently attempting to keep up with homework. YAY. Can't get a rental car until Tuesday, so I can't take back the shoes that I bought MiniMachine, as only 1 came in the box. Fabulous.

Register Scout for school Tuesday, and he is extrememly reluctant to go. Figures. That whole teen angst thing is kicking in full force it appears.

I am hoping to get a cell phone this week, will update, of course.

Homework calls......

Jolly Olde England

We made it. Jet lagged, but we are here. All 5 of us, in one piece. I'll post more when I hve more time. Just wanted to check in for the moment.

Medical Mystery

You know, the sheer ineptitude of the medical records folks at my clinic confounds me. I went in last week, Monday-Tuesday-ish to request my records. I go back today to get them, and miraculously they have no record of my having ever been a patient there. WTF?!?!?!? Last week they were there, this week I'm non-exsistent. Fucking retards.

So Ziggy rented a Ford Edge for our trek to the airport with more baggage than a celebrity. And it's a good thing that his truck isn't here, because he wants one of those Edge's now. Good grief! I hope that he doesn't decide to get another vehicle any time soon. I'd like to pay off some of the things we already have!!!

Apparently the cats have made themselves quite at home at my Gamaw's house. Fat chance she'll let me have them back now. That woman is the Cat Whisperer, I swear.

Now for a child antecdote. I'm at the local Greasy Spoon(Waffle House, and for those who've ever experienced Waffle House food while sober, you know why it's called the Greasy Spoon) and MiniZiggy proclaims that he has to go potty (Good on LilMan for telling Mommy). So I herd him and MiniMachine to the bathroom. Now, getting a 3 year old to pee on command is work enough. Keeping his 18 month old sister out of the way is just more than I can handle at one time. So MiniZiggy is peeing on/in the potty(hey, he went, I'm glad of that alone), and I'm holding him up, as it was a tall potty. MiniMachine is hovering at my side, like always(these kids are WAY too interested in each other's waste production). Suddenly a little hand slips into the stream, and I start screaming at MiniMachine to stop what she's doing. Well, I yelled a little too loud, freaking her out. At which point, she puts the wet hand into her mouth. Yea.......see, I TOLD you these two are WAY too interested in each other's waste production! MiniZiggy has to be present for every diaper change, and requires knowledge of the status of his sister's bowel movements. Like color, severity, etc. WEIRD..........

Movers and packers

So, after much wrangling, the movers showed up Friday. Did an admirable job of packing up everything in sight. To include my textbooks that I need for classes that are currently happening. Yea, I wasn't thrilled with that. Ziggy managed to rescue most of them, but was unable to locate two of them that I currently need. But, I reordered them(ugh) and they should meet me when I make it to the UK. Hopefully.

The movers come back on Monday, to finish up the loose ends of the things that they didn't take. After that, it's just the clean up of the house, and the waiting game until the flight on Wednesday afternoon.

So, will I miss anything out of Virginia? Hmmm........my friends I have made here, Chan, Eunuch. I'll miss the ability to drive 300 miles and see my grandmother whenever I want. My house, cause well, I love my house. Many thanks to Eunuch for being our writing hand when it comes to the closing! I will miss the crazy folks that I hashed with here. Yes, I will find another group, but the Fort Eustis kennel is my home hash. But as for anything else here? No, not really. I won't miss the idiot drivers, the insane traffic, nor the insane taxes. Breathe and you get taxed in Virginia. It's outrageous. Anyways...

On to the next big thing........On-On

Too good to be true

I had a feeling that things with moving our household goods was going far too smoothly. Ziggy calls this morning and asks if the movers have come yet for our express shipment. The answer was no. Military movers are generally pretty early, as moving tends to be a long process of packing and toting boxes. So I call over to the folks that set up the move, and I ask a few questions. Come to find out, the move was never officially set up. At this point, I am close to fuming. I call Ziggy and tell him what I was told, and he takes off to try to fix it, as he is the servicemember and can accomplish more than I can. Within an hour, everything is fixed. YAY!!!!

My resolution

Ok, I know I'm little over a month late for 'New Year's' resolutions, but I'm determined to lose some weight this year, and look nice in clothes that fit. I am going to my best friends' wedding, and I'd like to look nice in a dress rather than fat and dumpy, and worst of all, pregnant.