A Fresh Start

It has been ages since I last updated. I believe I last updated in May? Well, whenever it was doesn’t really matter now. I deleted all previous entries so that I can start over again. About six months ago I exported all of my posts and prepared to shut my blog down. When I ended up keeping it instead, I re-uploaded everything only to find that all categories, comments and pictures were gone. I attempted to go through and fix the individual posts, but with over 300 of them it was a lost cause. Because of that I completely lost my blogging mojo. Seeing as to how I am still paying for my domain and hosting, however, I decided to get back into it again. I am surprised that I went as long as I did without blogging! For 6 years I have enjoyed blogging, and for me to go 5 months without posting is unheard of! I am back, though, and I hope I can get back into the habit!

My last post, prior to the “OMG-I-Am-Just-Gonna-Delete-Everything-And-Start-Over” episode, was 5 months ago. So if there is anyone out there who is still subscribed to this nonsense I guess I should let you guys know what all has happened since then.

5 months ago we were still living with Chris’s grandma. In July we finally moved into our own place. It’s not much but it is our own space and it is wonderful to have that again!

I can’t remember if Chris was working yet when I last posted, but if not then I’ll let you guys know that he does have a job now. For a while he was working two jobs but the poor guy was running himself ragged from getting off work at one job and then going straight to work at another one. He was only working the second job once a week, but still. I was glad when he finally quit the second job. On another note, Chris’s disability from the VA finally went through. That has been a big help to us as well!

5 months ago we were still driving the POS Nissan that we bought from my parents when we lived in Louisiana. Well that car died on us almost immediately after we moved into out new place. (Talk about bad luck, huh?) For a while Chris was borrowing his dad’s car when he needed to go to work, but then he saved up enough money to get another car. For the first time since the Focus died on us, I feel as if we have traded up for a car, rather than down. Here is a side by side comparison of the old Nissan and New (to us) Subaru!

5 months ago, Alyssa was still in Kindergarten. Now she is in first grade. We weren’t too sure if she was going to be in first grade this year because she struggled through Kindergarten. But she pulled through at the end of the year and her teacher felt confident letting her move on to the next grade. Now that she is in first grade (at yet another new school! School #4. Ugh.) her teacher has concerns that Alyssa may have ADD. This doesn’t surprise me at all since I have suspected it for a while as well. So, once we have health insurance again, I will be taking Alyssa to the doctor to get her tested for ADD. Is it wrong that I am hoping they confirm that she does in fact have it? It would just explain so much, ya know? Anyways, in addition to the ADD concerns, it seems Alyssa also failed her vision test that the school gave her last week. I found that very odd since she has never failed one before, but it seems to be general consensus that it may be because of the ADD (if she does in fact have it). Either way it seems we have something to deal with. I just hope it is one or the other and not both. And here is a side by side of my baby girl on the last day of Kindergarten and the first day of first grade!

5 months ago, Amber was just embarking on the adventure of potty training. Now… well it’s still an adventure. She’s got peeing in the potty down but refuses to go #2 in it. I am incredibly frustrated by this and have tried every trick in the book to get her to go in the potty. All to no avail. The kid is gonna be 4 in less than a month!!! She could be in preschool right now. All I can do is keep trying and hope that she picks it up soon. If you have any tips, tricks or magic freaking spells that can help me with this, please let me know! I will be eternally grateful! Recent pic of Amber:

 Now that I have caught up on everyone else, I guess I could share what I have been up to these past 5 months… NOTHING. That’s right. I have done nothing important except try to stay sane. Oh, and I got a tattoo:

Got Alyssa's name on my left wrist. Gonna get Amber's name on my right!

 Seriously though, I completely lost interest in everything there for a while. (Isn’t depression AWESOME?!?!) I quit writing, blogging and taking pictures. And I started reading fanfiction. Lots and lots of fanfiction. Yeah.

 Now I am on the path to getting everything back to normal. I am looking into health insurance so that we can get Alyssa tested for ADD and so I can go back on my medications (because it is a freaking miracle that I am not locked in a mental institution right now). We STILL don’t have our furniture (15 months and counting…) but I am really hoping that will be resolved soon, because I really miss our stuff. I am hoping I can pull myself together enough (mentally) to go back to school next fall. Next month is NaNoWriMo and I am planning to do that. I have had an idea in my head since July and I am ready to start working on it. I also have a gym membership at a place right down the road so I can start working out and tanning again!

 I think that’s just about everything for now. I added a menu on the right sidebar with links to different pages that I can be found at, so feel free to add me or follow me or whatever if you use any of those sites!

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