Real Life

So I wanted to take a moment to talk about other things going on in my life besides this crazy pregnancy. I will start off with the tough part of things going on. Back in April, Friday the 13th of all days, I lost my older brother Jason. Now I'm one of those people that are superstitious about Friday the 13th. Something bad always happens on that day. I was so excited because I thought I had made it through the day. Around 10:30pm my phone rings. I see it's my mom calling. My first thought is that my sisters husband had passed because he has a lot of health issues going on right now. So I answer the phone and my mom seems relieved that she finally got a hold of someone. She tells me my brother died. I'm completely in shock. My mom tells me she can't get a hold of my other brother and sister, so i tel her I will try my hardest to get a hold of them. I ended up having to call my nephew's wife to tell her what was going on so she could have my nephew call his mom(my sister) to let her know what was going on. I wasn't able to talk with my other brother until the next morning. We were told my brother passed from just a massive heart attack. Jason lived in a group home due to health issues that my mom could no longer keep up with. My mother had Jason cremated and has him at home with her. He luckily had enough money in his account to cover the cost and all. Originally I didn't want to go see him one last time, but I changed my mind. I'm glad I did too. The guys at the funeral parlor did an amazing job with him. He looked peaceful and like he was sleeping. We didn't really have a service so to speak for him. After he was cremated, the group home did a memorial service for him that we attended. We had lunch afterwards. It was all really nice. When I learned that Jason had passed, a lot of guilt crossed through my mind. I hadn't seen him since Kayla was like 3 or 4. She is now 9. You can't always think that someone will always be there for you to visit, so it's best to keep them close and visit as often as you can.

A couple of days after Jason's memorial service at his group home, we got hit with more bad news that I've pretty much kept to myself because I hate people worrying over me. I want to let everyone know we are doing fine still as of right now. Please don't make a big fuss. Joey lost his job. He hasn't worked in a month. He's had interviews. He goes for another on Tuesday. Temp agencies aren't even doing good right now with sending people out. I'm hoping Tuesday he will get the job. It is another temp agency. They said they would send him out by Friday so we shall see. I know a lot of places say that just to get you in. I won't lie, it had been nice having him home while the girls were still in school so he could help me out with that. That was all he really helped with though. I've still kept to my cleaning schedule and cleaning the house and kids by myself. Does it annoy me? Yes. Does it stress me out? Completely!!!! If you're home, you need to help me out. I guess you could say he's gone into a depression. That's not an excuse in my book though. He stays up half the night and sleeps half the day away. I'm beyond sick of it at this point. I've done more than enough yelling and can't do much more without raising my blood pressure and causing harm to Brianna. Like I said though, we're still fine. We'll be okay. Don't fuss over me please.

Now we move onto good stuff. My girls finished their school year the week of May 21st-May 24th. They both got certificates at their ceremonies. Emma will be moving on to full day Pre-K while Kayla will be moving on to the 4th grade!!! They have both grown so much over the school year!

These are their last day pics. Kayla technically skipped her last day. She just didn't wanna go. They had field day on their last day. The day before they cleaned out their desks, so all her stuff was brought home. I didn't mind too much. I was a little mad that I bought her a field day shirt and then she decided not to go. Oh well. What can ya do? Next year Kayla goes back on August 13th!!! I swear it's earlier and earlier every year. I'm not sure when pre-k starts up. Probably late August.

So that's been our lives so far the past few months. I hope things can look up this month. A new baby and hopefully a new job for Joey. And less stress for this mama!!!