Oh yeah....

Since the beginning of this year I have been traveling WAY too much. I really love traveling. I do. But time away from the kids gets old, as well as taking time off from work, exhausting all my paid time off, and traveling funds anyway. Wait, I don't think I had any traveling funds to begin with. Oh yeah, debt, that is how that works!!

I went to Moab with friends and rock climbed, then I went to Oregon to train to be a Hypnobabies instructor, then I went to Montana to see a concert, then I went to North Carolina to visit an old friend. Next I went on a camping trip with my kids and family, then to Colorado for a business trip, then I went to Michigan for a wedding, then I went to Colorado for some more concerts and to Moab and Goblin Valley on the way home. Whew! I am tuckered out! Until next month..... he he he. I currently have no trips planned....but that is subject to change without much notice. I really want to take the kids somewhere on a weekend camping trip maybe late september, but have no idea where to go....

Let's see....other things I have been doing are rock climbing (a lot), gardening (not enough, you should see the weeds!) and trying to remember to eat dinner amidst the chaos. I am working on my certification for hypnobabies, should be done in the next two weeks, oh wait, HAS to be done in the next two weeks. I am also beginning the process of changing my name back to Jacob. Beginning another and very SLOW process of trying to pay off debt, I am grateful it is only how much it is....

I am grateful for my kids. Grateful to have a house I love and can afford, and a job I love (most the time) that helps me pay for it, gives me time off to travel and generally works with my schedule so that I can have shifts during day care hours. I am grateful for my health (my cat scan, MRI and ER visits for the year have all turned out to be nothing too serious or requiring any invasive procedures or surgeries). I am grateful for the health insurance I have that has covered my booty for all of that too. I am grateful every time I can pay a bill or buy food for my kids. I am grateful for all the traveling I have done this year and the wonderful and beautiful country we live in. I am super grateful for my digital camera. It kicks butt for a point and shoot. I am also grateful for my family, my sisters and brother and parents....and also my best friends Tina, Marci and Laura....who really help me through everything.

Okay since it sounds like I just won an oscar, I will stop.