I posted this to Facebook today. I have really been struggling with what everyone posts to their Facebook accounts. Most of it is not a true account of themselves and they are portraying an image that they want people to perceive. I do my best to put my true self on Facebook and an adequate image of our family. I mean really who are they trying to fool? They're 589 friends? I have 298 friends. I see most of them or talk to them regularly. I know this because I started a new account and was very picky about who I let on to my new one. I didn't want anyone who was on the new account to be shocked at what they saw. I could post using words I commonly use in conversation, I could mention casually political views, I could use my form of sarcasm and humor and nobody would be offended.

Every morning we wake up at about 5:45 am Garrett rushes out the door to work, there is usually no kiss and just a hurried I love you as he is trying to beat the traffic and is already in work mode. He does make my coffee every single morning and I love him each day more and more for that. This gives me 1 hour and fifteen minutes before I see Jax come downstairs demanding something. I usually smoke and drink my coffee and make lunches. Yes, you see I smoke. Judge if you want...I don't really care, because you see I am honest. I also check Facebook, Instagram and delete any spam crap emails. 7 am comes and I make sure Kenley is up and moving. She either has jogging club or choir depending on the day. I make sure she has some kind of breakfast and has on deodorant (I am really against her being the smelly kid), This leaves me one hour to get myself and Jaxon ready for school. I do his hair every morning, he eats his breakfast, which can range from oatmeal to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and again I don't care...at least he eats. We also take a picture every morning for Garrett's mom who is currently living in Montana, we have only forgotten 1 time! I send it to my parents too, because they are usually out of town at the lake.


I drop him off at school, and I am really "astonished" by all the mom's there that are dragging in strollers clogging up the hallways just to drop off a kid that takes about 3 minutes or less. Carry the baby! Somebody seems to always stop and say how handsome Jaxon is, this is also weird because they don't seem to do their kids hair or much less get it cut. I find this whole situation very odd. But none the less, I bolt and I am on the way to work. I usually call a friend on the way to work. Let's be honest we gossip.

Work is work...right now its a bit frustrating because I am dealing with a lot of claims from Hurricane Harvey and nobody is happy. I can't make them happy so I just get yelled at. I like my new work environment, I am around people and that is awesome! I usually leave between 4:30 and 5 depending. Wednesdays I do carpool for cheer, which is long and annoying. I wish the kids could Uber, but apparently that might be illegal.


Personally I am dealing with a lot of weight gain. They finally figured out it is linked to a medication that I am taking due to some depression I was experiencing 6-8 months ago. We are working on a solution and hopefully it will start coming off with a little hard work. Again, honesty. I struggled with depression and now with my weight. I am very upset about the weight gain, as y'all know I lost over 100 pounds and I have gained about 50 pounds back. It's not good and I have a mighty challenge ahead of me. I haven't been spinning either, because I just couldn't find the time. With Garrett working in the med center his hours are longer due to the traffic. However, he is committed to being home so I can go to spin.

Kenley switched schools this year and is in public school. She begged us to let her switch, she wasn't connecting with the kids at the private school, she begged for 2 years. We finally gave in. She is very happy and has already met a wonderful friend. Spencer, our neighbor, goes with her too now. They ride their bikes to school which is awesome! She seems extremely happy at her new school. She is still doing cheer, she's at Woodlands Elite and is on Delta Force a Senior 4 Coed team. Reese is on the team with her and her other friend Taylor's brother Javen is with her too. The other teammates are mostly in High School, which is kind of scary. We felt comfortable with her being on the team because she at least had two people she knew. Kenley is very mature and tender hearted. She is learning how to navigate through life and friends. She easily forgets to do things she's told, but is so helpful. She is dedicated and loyal and honors her commitments. She will do well in life.


We switched Jaxon to a different preschool. I wasn't happy with the one he attended last year. They didn't have the structure we believe he needs to be successful. He is very happy at his new school and didn't cry on the first day and begs to go each day. He goes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We are looking into a soccer program for him to start in the Spring. He can sometimes be challenging, but I see his maturity sometimes. He says bad words, which I have no idea where he gets from? We are working on that. So far he hasn't used them at school, thank God! He is very independent and wants to do everything himself, Garrett has a hard time letting him exercise these skills. I struggle with him talking so much. He is also very demanding. On the other hand he is extremely loving, he is sweet hearted and very smart. I just love him to pieces.

Garrett is busy. He is just busy and inundated with work. He is building Memorial Herman a new building, I don't know what it is and I don't ask. He is also busy with Cranes. He and his phone have a special relationship. LOL! He is considering the possibility of perusing his masters degree. It could start as early as this spring or next fall. We discussed it and think it is better now than when Jaxon gets older and is involved heavily into a sport. We sometimes struggle with all his work responsibilities, but we work through it. He is a hard worker and we are so thankful for that.

An attribute that Garrett and I have is that we can get ourselves into some "stupid shit". Well, we did it again. We went and adopted a dog last weekend. Bentley died this summer from lung cancer, within 30 days of his diagnosis he was gone. We have missed having a big dog, so we decided it was time. We found a dog, the ladies told us that he had been hit by a car during Hurricane Harvey and was healed, but had a follow up appointment with the surgeon. Fast forward to the follow up appointment...and he wasn't "healed". Turns out he was suppose to be kenneled for 6 weeks after surgery and not running, jumping or playing...which he had done with the kids for the week we had him already. I was in total shock! The ladies we adopted him from had not been honest! He had 2 pins put in his leg and they could come out! Dear Lord! Why did we pick the "hit by a car dog"?
We are trying to keep him chilled out and not running, jumping or playing for the next 2 weeks until his x-rays. Please pray for good results!