Staycation Bliss!

My first week off of school/work and extern in 11 months, and holy moly. Do you think if I ask nicely, I can have another?

Not gonna lie, a little bittersweet. Got a little homesick for my SAHM days, but I know if you just gave me one more day... I'd be itching to get back out there and be a working woman. I just wasn't made to bake cookies. Like really...have you ever had any of my baking? It's terrible.

I need blood and guts and high blood pressure.  Never thought I'd be a little anxious to put on my scrubs. Just kidding, let's be real. Scrubs take the stress out of getting dressed. I LOVE SCRUBS!

Last time I checked, I had a 15 month old and a fresh 3 year old. Somehow over the last 11 months, they got older and I'm not quite sure how that happened but I like it. We traded our sippy cups in for real cups and water bottles and even though we have no fashion sense whatsoever we apparently get ourselves dressed too. We're still peeing our pants and obsessing over Toy Story and hot wheels, and for the love of all that is holy, Ryan is still opening his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... but like I always whisper repeatedly throughout the day to myself... "PICK YOUR BATTLES". Someday the other kids will make fun of them and they will be known as the kid who smells like pee or the messy kid that eats yogurt with his hands and then it will hit them... "Ahh, Mom had a point."

So now that I have a 2 1/2 year old and an almost 4 year old, I've also realized that with that... comes memory. It's a terrible thing. RIP to the days when lying was considered a distraction "parenting" technique. Telling them that we can go to the park tomorrow if you're a good boy doesn't work anymore. Reason # 1, they will mostly likely not be a good boy and then we will be trapped inside the house all day and reason #2, they will remember only the first part of that sentence and ask repeatedly until we've arrived at said destination.

Needless to say, we spent a lot of time at the park this week. Thanks Seattle weather for loving us this week! One thing I never thought I'd say... but I kinda like Tacoma. It's growing on me. So many parks and places to explore, I discover something new every day. For example, I discovered if you leave your car unlocked...people will open it. 

Enjoy my photo dump because I'm too lazy to go through and comment about every single picture and explain what we did. I think they're pretty self explanatory? 

In case you need captions, you can mentally cut & paste this under each picture, 
"THESE KIDS ARE AWESOME AND WE HAD A BLAST."

^^ 4 year old photography. Boys got skillsssss.

I did it!

I suppose I should acknowledge my complete disregard for this blog lately. It only seems fair. Sorry little Blog. I still love you.

Umm....so if you didn't hear....

I graduated!!!
(Don't freak out Mom, the ceremony isn't until July.)

A year ago, when I decided to go to school... I never imagined the ride I was in for. I wanted to do something with my life while I had the time. I thought this would be a perfect time for school. I was bored at home and needed some stimulation. I thought that I could really take my time and do well and not be stressed about it. And then everything changed and suddenly I'm sleeping on my friends couches and getting my own place and now I'm a single Mom and I have rent and bills to pay.

Change, change, change. A year of constant change.

I can honestly say, that I probably would have given up about halfway through if it wasn't for my PIMA fam. These people truly became like family to me. We definitely fought like it ;) and there were definitely times I thought my teacher was ridiculous and that maybe she was extra hard on me, and maybe she was. No, she was. In retrospect, I'm so glad she was because I did it. 

PIMA FAM-- I LOVE YOU GUYS! Congrats to everyone! Thanks for putting up with me :)