We just got some food

We just got some food and I got a rice pudding for dessert. I started wondering where it originated, so I asked Google "Where did rice pudding come from?

The reply? "Rice pudding's origin is the world" while showing me a picture of Earth.

I feel like I just got sassed. 😂😂😂

OMG. Look at these boys.

OMG. Look at these boys. They're going to be full-on spooning one of these days. 😂😂😂

Update:  The gap is closing!

I'm leaving for job training...

I'm leaving for job training on the morning of Wednesday the 10th.

I thought I'd be staying alone in Cincinnati, but it turns out that there's a super-cool homie who is also relocating and wanted a roommate.  We seem to have a lot in common and to be honest the thought of being totally alone in a strange place wasn't very comforting, so I'm excited to meet her!  We got our apartment locked down today; we'll do all the rest of the fun paperwork on Monday.

I guess I'm going to spend my weekend doing laundry and making lists and packing.  I've been waiting for this for so long, but now it all feels so sudden.  Time is weird.

I'm having feelings about being away from my family (this includes the animals, of course).  It's all complicated... you know - excitement and nervousness and lots of other things all mixed together.  I need to chill down.  I need to make a bunch of lists and just breathe...

But for now, I think I'm going to bed.  Stupid early, yes.  But my brain has been scrambling around for the last few days and now it's tired.

I hope you all are doing well.  ❤

I had this yummy Peach and Green Chile Danish...

I had this yummy Peach and Green Chile Danish for breakfast this morning. I'm so excited about my job training in Cincinnati, but damn if I'm not going to miss our weird and wondrous New Mexican foods.

If Shaun doesn't mail me Biscochitos once a month while I'm gone, know that that is grounds for divorce. 🤷🏻😂

I've been a little quiet on here...

I've been a little quiet on here because me and the kids made an impromptu mad dash to Alabama to see family before I leave for Cincinnati. Before moving here I'd told everyone that I wouldn't be traveling to visit during the holidays and it's been almost a year since I saw my fam so I seized the opportunity. We got back in last night and I am glad to be home.

We flew there and it was only my 3rd flight ever, but I am proud to say that I navigated us through the airports in both Albuquerque and Atlanta. The kids helped by keeping an eye out for signs, but anyway - we did it. We had a packed schedule already planned on arrival and still didn't get to see everyone we would have liked to. It was a little rough having one rental car for the 3 of us, but we did the best we could.

It was pretty strange being in Alabama and not having a place to be - like a home. 😂 A hotel room just doesn't have the same level of comfort that you find in your own home - especially a hotel room that you're sharing with your kids who apparently stay up talking all night, every night. 😂

Overall, I can't say that I've missed Alabama or that I actually enjoyed being back. Loved spending time with my people? Abso-fucking-lutely. I wish I could see all of my friends and family (and see them more often), but without the "having to go back" part. 

Anyway, I'm off to try to get my life together for my move to Cincinnati. I'm leaving in only a week! 😳😬

I hope you all are doing well! ❤️

Love this.

The other day Shaun really had me giggling like crazy at 3 in the morning.

The other day Shaun really had me giggling like crazy at 3 in the morning.

We'd stayed up later than we wanted to and usually when that happens he crashes hard and fast when we go to bed. That night was no exception. But when he crashes that hard he snores. Usually if he snores I shake him a little and he'll adjust his position. I GUESS that's still an accurate description of what he did, but it was so much weirder than usual. 😂😂😂

So I shook him a little. And this time - for whatever reason - he IMMEDIATELY clutched his pillow to his chest and rolled mostly off the bed. 😂😂😂 He ended up with his pillow still clutched to his chest, head popped up facing me, torso on the bed, legs kind of standing / squatting. In my half-asleep mind I was like "What in the hell just happened?! 😂😂😂"

So I was like "Hey, you were snoring. I just needed you to move a little."

He mumbled something unintelligible in return.

Me:  "Hey. You can get back in the bed."

*stares blankly*

"Bud, put your legs back in the bed!"

*continues staring*

So at that point I was like "He's not listening" and I decided to watch him. He eventually nodded off on the pillow he was still clutching while his bottom half stood / squatted at the edge of the bed. I had started to wake up because it was weird and I wanted to see what would happen. 😂😂😂

After a few minutes his head popped up off the pillow suddenly and he was looking towards me again. So I tried again: "Hey, get in the bed." After a long pause he slowly climbed the rest of the way back into the bed and passed back out immediately. The next morning he remembered exactly none of this. 😂😂😂

I have no idea what caused that reaction this time, but it was so goofy. He's calmed down in his sleep a LOT over the years, but I guess he still has a fight or flight response sometimes. He cracks me up. I love his weird self so much. He definitely keeps life interesting - even in our sleep. 😂