My Crazy, Beautiful Life

72 hours can seem so long or like a second flashed by.  For me, 72 hours starting Saturday morning were like a snail going on the Appalachain trail!  Saturday morning Anabeth woke up with a fever between 101 and 102.  I gave her some Ibuprofen and she got better.  I went to church for a thing called "Mix It Up" and then went home and got some lunch.  Anabeth took a nap and her temperature started to go up again slowly and she wasn't herself.  Matt went to the store to get some things for dinner since we weren't going to be able to leave and while he was gone, she tells me she has to throw up.  Well, she ends up getting sick 4 or 5 times Saturday night/early Sunday morning and her temperature creeps back up to over 102.  With her vomiting, I wasn't going to give her any medicine.  When I woke up Sunday, her temperature seemed basically gone and she seemed much better.  I left for church and after class, Matt sends me a message that she g...

I decided to do some reflection on my life.  It's so easy to throw myself a pity party and say that things are so bad, but in reality, I don't know what I'd do if my life were much better.  The thing is, there will always be something to complain about and room for improvement, but a lot of the time, I need improvement and just want to blame others!  On to the positive...       In August 8 years ago, I moved to Richmond, VA and started my first job out of college.  It was a little scary moving somewhere and not having family around because I grew up very close to all of my family and had never been more than 2 hours away from my mom.  I was always adventurous though and was ready to start a new chapter.  Within the first few weeks of starting my new job I met a guy named "Andrew Stevens".  I'm really not sure how someone confuses Matt Andrews with Andrew Stevens, but nonetheless, that's how I was introduced to him.  In my jo...

So my hubby brought to my attention that I haven’t done anything recently with my blog.   I’ve been trying to come up with something light-hearted and not so serious.   As most of you know, I’ve been living as a single parent for most of the past 7 or 8 months.   My child has sort of taken this like a roller coaster ride and still isn’t sure some days what to think.   Mommy enjoyed being the one that only had to be mean on rare occasions and now mommy has to be mean more often.   Mimi has also taken up the responsibility of being “mean” and Anabeth is even more unsure of that.   See, my child truly is a great child…most of the time.   She’s been at her school since January and in that time; they’ve yet to see her bad side.   Most of our friends and family don’t believe she has a bad side because she’s so well behaved in front of others.   While I appreciate that, I wish she would be more like that all the time!   She’s a little genius...