Couches aren't for jumping

So last night we were at Jon & Kim's playing Phase 10. Well our two girls and their daughter Payton were playing in the living room.

Well Mackenzie was jumping on their couch and Tim stood up in the kitchen to tell her to sit down and she jumped down to land on her knees and when she did she leaned forward and smacked her mouth on a wooden part of the couch. She started screaming and Tim held her for about 15 minutes..he even checked if she was bleeding and she wasn't. So Tim held Mackenzie and we kept playing our game.

Well she ended up crying for about 35 minutes so I asked Tim to let me see her. Well I pulled her top lip up and the entire top of her mouth was covered with blood.

I wiped it off her teeth and I saw that she had knocked her top left tooth back.

So we left and went straight to HEB and bought Tylenol and apple juice, her request. We brought her home, gave her the Tylenol and then I moved her tooth back forward.

She cried and it bled a lot, so I put ice on it. I got the blood out of her mouth and she saw it on a paper towel and to keep her from freaking out I said.. "Did you eat fingernail polish!?" She told me "no..." I said.."well what's that then?" and between cries she told me it was fingernail polish. It was adorable. I had painted her toenails and fingernails red earlier that day, so it was the first thing to pop into my head. lol.

Last night she ended up rolling off her bed twice and smacking her face, which is strange because she NEVER falls off her bed. Poor kiddo doesn't have any luck. Her bed sheet had blood spots all over it this morning when she woke up, so today is laundry day!

Poor baby girl! Her mouth is all swollen and her gums are bruised. :(

I need to pout.

So I need to pout, because things aren't going as we had thought they would.

For some reason...we are broke. Tim is making money..and we don't have a rent to pay but we are still struggling to pay our bills. I had expected to save some money prior to Tim's basic and AIT to be a cushion during the transition from his plumbing job, to his military job. (We are struggling because some how..Tim's $90 credit card bill..is now a $264 bill..even though we haven't touched the card in months and have been making all our payments on time.)

We've been told to expect that first check to come anywhere from 30-60 days after he leaves for basic. Which means that for the month of November and possibly December..we won't have any money to pay our bills.

So what it boils down to is.. it doesn't look like Tim will be able to put in his two weeks come October. I was hoping he could make his last day October 23rd..then be home with us until he leaves November 3rd. It's not looking like it will work out that way because we won't have any money saved up to pay the bills for November if he doesn't work right up until the last day he is here.

I'm pretty upset about this because...well..it sucks. I was really hoping that he'd be able to spend those last two weeks home with the girls. It sucks. It really really really sucks. But hey...I can't complain too much if at all. At least we have money for our bills..there are a lot of people in this country right now that are hurting, so I am thankful that he is still making money, even if it's not as much as we had hoped.

Sorry if this didn't make any sense...my mind tends to wander at night.

(All you military people..if I am wrong about any of this..please correct me and put my mind at ease..or send me into a state of panic)

81 Days

81 days until Tim leaves for basic.

What am I going to do with myself to keep my sanity while he is gone? Stay busy...busy busy busy! I am currently looking for a job at a daycare or YMCA, where I can take the girls with me. I'm well aware that if I work and put my children in daycare I wouldn't make any money and all of it would go to child care costs, hence why I haven't worked in the past. BUT. I won't be working for the money..I will be working to keep the girls and myself busy and our minds off daddy being gone. It's going to be hard, but we can do it.

To the wives of husbands who are deployed, have been deployed or are soon to be deployed..I have such a high respect for you. For the women who are mom and dad while daddy is gone..I have such an extremely high level of respect for you. I am so thankful for each of you, for supporting your husbands while they are away. I will be honest, I was one of those people who took our military for granted. Yes, I was thankful they were doing what they were doing..giving up so many freedoms so we can keep ours..but I didn't fully understand. I still don't..and I won't until I experience it for myself. I just wanted you to know that I am thankful for you and for your husband's/boyfriends/fiance's willingness to serve our country.

So 81 days...81 days until Tim leaves..but that's 81 more days that I get to be with him before our new chapter begins. I love my husband..and couldn't be more proud of him for what he is about to do.