Where has the time gone....

It's been a while. I know, I say that all the time. It's been a big month.

Wheat graduated. I'm so proud of him. He received three scholarships at graduation. The most of any senior. I'm allowed to brag. His college campus is exactly three miles from my house. I can't wait for him to be up here. I know I won't see him a lot, but it will be great to know that I can if I want to. I did get his scrapbooks done. I better start on Jordy's....

Jordy is graduated from 8th grade today. He's officially in high school. He's ready for his shot at football in the fall and there is a good chance he might see some varsity playing time. As a freshman, that would be impressive - especially since his older brother didn't get to play varsity his freshman year!

Work is work. I'm just plugging along, trying to be happy all the time. It's tough, but I'm getting through. I guess we'll see what happens when I get my review in a few weeks. The new guy that has the job that I wanted starts next week. Stay tuned.

I've been getting "the" question lately. It goes in phases. I don't get it for a while and then all of a sudden I'm getting it all the time. The question, "Do you have kids?" or a variation of the question, "Why don't you have kids?" I have a standard answer which is partly the truth. I tell people that I love to be Super Aunt Ginny and spoil my nephews and niece (and sister for that matter) and I wouldn't be able to do this if I had kids. I also say that I have Sydney and that's about all that my dh and I can handle. Both the truth but not the whole truth. I'm really not up to talking about it. In fact, I don't think I ever have really. I am lucky that I'm okay with spending my golden years with my dh - we do have a lot of fun together. I'm lucky to have my nephews and niece but I couldn't help thinking when I was doing Wheat's scrapbook that I'll never do one for my own child. I think I'm okay with that - at least I keep telling myself that.

I'll be okay - I just get this way now and then. But we all have days like this...right? I'm babysitting my friend's 3 year old tonight for a few hours. It will either hurt or help :-)

Travels..

I will be traveling for work tomorrow and Friday. I'm heading to the great state of MN for 2 fun filled days of driving and work. I think I'll probably be on the road longer than I will be working. It will be nice to get out of the office for a while.

Wheat's senior celebration was last Sunday. It was a nice service and the senior video was really good. I was ready to cry, but I did a pretty good job of holding it together. I just can't believe he is graduating in less than two weeks. I'm still working on his scrapbook, but I'm sure I'll have it done it time. I really need to have it done by next Wednesday because I found out that my bf from Denver - The Flackster - is coming to graduation. I'm super excited. I saw her in December when I went out there and I saw her a month ago in KC and how I get to see her again. It will be a good time.

I told one of my co-workers that I had this blog. I didn't tell her where she could find it. She told me I should write that I had a "victory" with one of the stores after the manager told me I was doing a good job. (Funny thing - my phone just rang and it was the manager I was talking about - goocher!). He is one of the managers I will be vising in MN. He doesn't tell me I'm going a good job very often.

Back to graduation....the only thing that makes me really sad is to know that I will never know what it's like to have a child graduating. I'm super close to my nephews and niece, but I'll never have one of my own and know that feeling, the feeling that my sister has. Speaking of sisters, someone last night told me that some experts say that the oldest child is the most successful. Who are these "experts" and what does "successful" mean? I think my sister is WAY more successful that I am and she's younger. Most people think that she's the oldest - that probably has to do with the 4 kids.

Until next time...

Random...

Missy had an entry on her blog about the cards she received on her birthday. I'm a greeting card person. I love to send cards to my friends. I can spend hours picking out cards and I usually do. I always seem to find the perfect card for my friends. I may not talk to some of my friends every day, but when I find the perfect card and send it to them, it lets them know that I'm thinking about them and hopefully puts a smile on their faces.

I'm super behind on my nephew's scrapbook for graduation. He's graduating two weeks from Sunday. I better get going on it...guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend. The senior celebration is on Sunday. The seniors will gather at a church and they will show the senior video which I've heard will cause a major bawl fest. I guess I better remember to bring the tissues.

I'm celebrating my three year anniversary at my job. Three years ago I started here. The president of the company just told me congrats. He also joked that he couldn't believe they have kept me this long. With all of the trials and set backs I've had the last few months, it was nice to get his congrats.

There was an article in the daily paper about blogging. About how some family members don't like reading about what other family members write. One lady lost her job because she complained about work. I'm pretty careful not to use the name of my company and I usually try and not use family names. I do use friends names sometimes, but since only 2 people even know I write this and my friend in Denver doesn't ever read it, I'm not too worried. There's nothing that I write here that I wouldn't tell Missy if I talked to her every day. I don't know if anyone else reads this. I don't know that my life is that exciting, all I know is that it helps me to write this and it's my way of sharing my life and thoughts with Missy :-)

I'm feeling a little under par today. It started yesterday. I had a mini anxiety attack at work the other day and it really freaked me out. I haven't had one in quite a while. I don't know why, but now I'm nervous that I'm going to have another one. I was invited to meet Francine and some of her co-works for cocktails after work, but I'm just going to go home and relax. Maybe after graduation and my PEO convention, things will get back to normal.

We should be getting our tax gig in a couple weeks. I would like to use some of the money to buy a Wii. I know it's not a practical purchase, but I think the DH and I would have fun with it. He doesn't know if we should get one because every time we make a big purchase, something happens. In December we bought a flat screen TV and then the next week Sydney got sick. I don't know, we'll see what happens.

I'll keep you posted!