aaaaaaaaaaaaaand she's back!

whoops. guess i should have remembered i had a blog before i just disappeared. as you can imagine, life in the abyss of home daycare gets a bit hectic. luckily, we're going to speed through (and possibly tarantino this) and sum up

pulled my head out of my, well, you know, and closed the home daycare. turns out having my home invaded by two foot tall minions for a whopping $2.95/hr (total after all taxes and expenses...yeah, that's $2.95. not per child. total) isn't all it's cracked up to be. miss my minions, but that clocktower barney with the water baloons and uzi wasn't too far off. so, i'm a stay at home mom. and if you think that's not enough work, YOU stay home with the diva- you'll be begging me to take over within a day!!!

so, the other half and i are still here in lovely southern alabama florida. british petroleum is my new friend...now i don't have to make up excuses why i won't go to the beach. of course, in about six months when the housing market here reflects their influence i'm gonna hate them, but at the moment, i'm going with the flow (HA! i'm so punny!)

the diva starts school in 10 days. kindergarten. dear mrs diva's teacher- if you're reading this, run! on one hand, i'm counting the hours till she starts, on the other hand, kind of wondering where time went. pretty sure i blinked and she's 5. since i'm not partial to her learning all about anal sex from the "sexting" fifth graders on the bus, she'll be riding in the car with me to and from school, where she can learn all about it from me (kidding!!!). i'll be looking for a job here during school hours, but thanks to who is momentarily OUT OF MY TOP 8 british petroleum, so is everyone else that worked in the tourist industry so we'll just see how that goes.

tarantino moment: got tired of all the medical bullsh** complications of being overweight thanks to the WONDERFUL VA (veterans administration, though not too far off from our virginian medicine men) dr that put me on medication that got me from a gorgeous 145 to 192 overnight, i got banded. lap banded, that is. it's been 7 months and i'm down roughly 55 lbs. on one hand, i can now shop in regular stores for regular sizes, on the other hand, i now have madonna bat wings arms and i my stomach looks like a deflated pilates ball. on the other hand (i'm a mom, i have a lot of hands!), i'm a cheap date bc i eat roughly the amount an 18 month old does, and get drunk about as quickly as one would, too.

back to the present: just got done with a three week vacay to phoenix, then three weeks with miley jr (who is back in tampa), then 5 days with stephanie from elsewhere and her family...and these events overlapped. still going strong in my mommy's group or as m6/4 (mom of 4 under six) called us, the milfs.

that's it for now, because, you guessed it, the diva needs me.

ttfn and let's see if i actually return in the next few months!