working hard or hardly working

I went to bed last night knowing that this morning I was on a tight schedule. I need to get some work done, but I also need to get the last our junk put away so the cleaning girl can come whip the rest of the place into shape (and help scrape off that final layer of dust that I have YET to clean from the endless vacay). Somehow I am finding myself perusing blogs rather than working, which I originally scheduled to be completely finished by noon. Its noon, and I have to stop now so I can clean. and I didn't work nearly enough. and now I'll have to work later. when I didn't want to. *sigh*

Last night Kyle was on one of his eternal phone calls to the cable company to complain about our internet being down. all. day. Suddenly his eyes get wide and he motions for me to come stand by him. I'm pretty confused, but I'm also very obedient. I walk up to him and he points for me to look in the corner. I am still not seeing what he is pointing at when he whispers, "Black widow." EWWWWWWWW! The most giantest, disgustingest, poisonest spider is just chilling butt-side up to show us his lovely red hourglass shape. Of course, I'm freaked and determined that we must kill it. Now. but not me. him. Of course, Kyle just keeps on keepin' on with the cable company. It was my self-appointed job to sit there and stare at the spider to make sure that it didn't plan a stealthy escape and crawl immediately up the stairs where it would ravage my three innocent children - or me - gag. For some reason, I wasn't worried about it biting Kyle. I guess he's just the big, strong, invincible man in our lives. Or it would serve him right.

Finally Kyle finished with the Tele-CRAP-le (Telecable) and whipped out his trusty can of raid, which coincidentally had just finished off a half-dollar-sized distant relative of this spider's yesterday and we proceeded to watch in some kind of sick pleasure as the spider died. Now I am adamant that the whole house needs sprayed but of course we can't do that because I have no way of knowing what the heck chemical they would be spraying and there's no way I'm letting a bug guy, in a country that still uses known carcinogens for pesticide on their crops, spray my entire house with invisible poison. (Yet, I have no problem using Raid for isolated incidents. go figure. risks and benefits, my friends).

Now that it is 12:04, I'm going to have to move on to phase II of this morning - operation clear clutter.

Thanks for being my time-suck, dear blog.

Question:

How was your first full day back in Mexico??

Answer:
Lonely.

Probably not what Kyle was expecting, but I was getting pretty acustomed to having friends and family around ALL the time to keep me and the kids company. I guess I have to start entertaining my kids again - it was sure nice when other people did it for me. :)

I got a lot done today - but not nearly enough. Most of the suitcases and boxes are unpacked but I have a million piles everywhere of things I can't figure out where to place.

We're having pepper-crusted maple salmon for dinner tonight. I even made black beans because I just read an article about how they are one of the seven super foods. Super, eh?

The hospital seemed to go well for Kyle and now we're back to the study grind.

It will be nice when all the semesters get started and our lunches get going again. The kids have another month of summer break - we're going to need to keep busy.

Home Sweet Home

We actually made it. I was worried about this drive because we brought another car back and that meant I had to drive a car the entire way myself. I won't surprise anyone who knows me by admitting that I have never done that before (nor wanted to). I felt like I did pretty well, although the right side of my lower half went completely number for a few hours at the end of both days. I tried sitting on a pillow and that would help for about thirty minutes, then back to tingles and numbness. Its much better to be a passenger and be able to shift position at will.

The kids were AMAZING, especially considering the amount of time we had them buckled into the car. We were on the road for about 14 hours the first day and 13 hours the second. We stopped each day for about an hour to let them play and eat at McDonalds/Burger King - then it was right back into the car. Sully took two very long naps each day and Adeline took a couple herself. It turns out she wasn't feeling well but thankfully it was only this morning that the throw-up hit her. We made it through our first long trip without any throw up at all from her. The secret was putting her in the passenger seat of the truck (no worries- no air bag and she was in her five-point carseat). She had such a good view of the road that she never once complained of being nauseated.

We arrived home last night (Saturday) at about 11:00 local time. I was able to change the sheets on our beds and unload the back of the truck before I practically blacked out in bed. It was all I could do to not kill our restless Sullivan before he finally crashed from exhaustion.

It feels so good to be home. Of course all day today was spent dusting, organizing, vacuuming the rug over and over again, and sucking up about a million spiders and their webs. The downstairs is feeling pretty good but I haven't even begun unpacking the six suitcases or the boxes that came home with us.

I am in heaven having my own bed back (not to metion kitchen, bathroom, couch, remote control, and desk). I didn't even realize what a difference it is to sleep on my comfy bed with my six pillows and my heavy comforter. I'll never leave you again, bed, I promise. (You either, Kyle.) :)

Tomorrow starts Kyle's fourth year of medical school. Wow.

Still Kickin'

I know you thought I was dead but no worries. I always end up taking a break when Kyle is in Arizona with me. Something about the combination of husband and vacation just keeps me from taking pictures, writing anything, and otherwise slowing down. That guy keeps us on the move. In the meantime, I spent a good hour doing that pretty li'l' blog list over there so take some time to admire it. If I messed up and left yours out, will you leave me a comment so I can fix it? It got a little complicated to keep them all straight.

We're heading back to Mexico a week from Thursday. Kyle starts school on the 21st. We cannot believe we're in our last year of medical school. We're only 11 months away from the ridiculously expensive title of "Doctor Hunter."

When we get back home, life and blogging should go back to normal. Until then, I am always checking my friends' and family's blogs in my downtime. Miss you all and love ya!