First Day of school 2013.....and the break down!

Boys started school so far so good. Teachers are amazing Praise God! Boys are quite the celebrities due to their lunch boxes this year. They have R2D2 and it makes that beep boop beep noise. Their Grandma Lupe fell in love & had to buy them. Funny thing is I feel in love with it at Disney World but was not spending 26.99 per lunch box....insane! Good Ol Target had them for $13... What a value! So their first week was fantastic my first week not so fantastic. I realized I have all the  classes needed to apply for nursing. But my GPA needs work. Only option is to take more classes to bring that bad boy up & try my best on the Hesi exam. Then fill out that application and give it all to God. Cause this I know, I WILL get a degree this I can promise you. But before I had this clear thinking I broke down crying. Just the thought of another summer & year of school before I can apply to nursing. I made myself sick all day. My nerves shot, baby running a low grade temperature and I have homework that at the moment looked like blurry lines instead of words. Nick and my cousin made me see the light & told me not to give up. Nick told me I was allowing the devil to get the best of me. I was not giving it to God. Thankful for a Godly husband. So after a shower, nap and curling up in the fetal position all is good. YES! I'm this crazy. It's tough being a mom to 3 kids and going to school not to mention my professor this semester has a serious accent, don't get me started on that!!

Summer 2013.....I survived, barely.

Summer was well.....an adventure. Right before school was out Pops & I set out on the scariest of adventures. What's  that you ask? Well we tossed all our $$ into starting our own business. I type this while sitting in a cardboard box. I'm kidding but seriously praying I don't end up there :/.  Let me start in The beginning... Summer Day one ( seriously, not gonna timeline it day by day): Day after school lets out we whisk off to Disney World for 4 days courtesy of Wish Connection, nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with learning disabilities, Thank You Wish Connection by AT&T!! We love it, boys are loving Star Wars week. Well our flight gets delayed several times, a woman puts her life in danger by making a nasty remark about Baby A crying on the plane. I put her in check real quick! It was almost midnight, flight change due to no fault of our own so my baby was tired, kids were tired, I was losing it then Miss. Most likely has no kids, no responsibility besides herself, sleep in, can have wine at all hours, knows what a hot meal  tastes like sits there grumping?? Oh Hell NO! Better believe I put her in check! Don't fly coach on bargain airlines then Miss. Priss!! Fly First class or get to your destination by Burro!! Choice Is Yours!! But don't sit next to an exhausted mom who is coming home to reality that there's been no income cause business hasn't taken off & start running your mouth. Your lucky I let you keep your teeth. Ok on to the next thing. Our return home we hit the ground running, homeschooling the boys, making them do daily readings, teaching them a second language of Spanish and working...a lot! Work meant putting on our work shirts stuffing all 3 kids in the truck & going dealership to dealership giving our sales pitch. Want to feel like gum under a shoe?? Try convincing used car managers to give you a chance, yup gum under shoes. Not all were bad some were pretty nice. We also baptized Baby A, stress,hit the water park a few times ( Another shout out to AT&Ts Wish Connection!!), stress,cousins came to visit,stress,Grandma & Grandpa came to visit,stress cause they are leaving,  aunt Lori came to visit,stress, 4 teeth jumped out of Baby As gums, stress,birthday sleep over with tons of little boys,stress, Trip to Six Flags, stress, boys homeschooling & readings became sleep, video game, too much TV and frozen pizza feasts and I just gave up. But never gave up on prayer. He's the only reason I'm slightly sane. Oh did I mention our vans dying & I'm way too poor to fix it? And I'm returning to night classes since having baby A and am scared to death? My nerves are pretty shot too. Of all things for my baby sister & I to inherit, my grandmas severe anxiety & depression. Why couldn't we have inherited her beautiful teeth, gorgeous smile, knock out shape & sass for wearing heels??? Ok baby sister can rock some mile high heels. Anyway with all that's hit us God blesses me with a new morning everyday & a fabulous husband by my side every night. Parents who love & support us & remind us through prayer all is possible. There you go I survived Summer 2013....barely. Now bring on the school year! I have a fighting match with this exam our crazy state insists on torturing our kids with called STAAR. I've got my gloves on, I'm ready.