Prologue

Well my life was turned upside down in the last two weeks. Zack had a lot of fun at Camp and Taryn and I had a good time Monday of that week going to the LA Zoo. Tuesday was uneventful at work just another day the leads and boss having closed door meetings made us think things might be changing but nothing prepared me for Wednesday morning when I was called into HR's office and told that I was being laid off. Shocked and upset I cleaned out my stuff and was sent home in a cab. The rest of the week went by in a blur.
It has now been over a week and Zack came home from Camp happy and tired. I am starting to get into the swing of this unemployed thing. I check the paper everyday and have sent out a few resumes. I signed up for unemployment and have been getting things done around the house. I still am not sleeping well but I like to look at this as the time before I start the next better chapter in my life.

Keeping my fingers crossed I will update as things move along.

Good Day

So have you ever had one of those days were you are just happy. You just can't stop smiling. I decided that I wanted to go to Columbus for my Birthday this year, My mom is going to help me with the cost of the flights, and I will get to see a bunch of friends I miss. So there is that to be excited about, And then to make it even better one of the girls here at work gave me a bracelet that she thought I would like, no reason, and I do like it. Just having a good day

Another month

Well this time I have at least a little excuse.
Let see last week I was sick not just cold or even flu but serious Aliens taking up residence in my stomach and trying to rip there way out. I went to the Doctor and though I didn't get a definitive answer E-coli was mentioned since it was a bacterial infection. Big Horse pills and a week off work later all is back to normal.
Taryn finished up her Freshman year of High School last week, she is now a Sophomore and enjoying her summer to laze about doing pretty much nothing. Today she meet me at work for lunch and is now exploring the Library here Downtown. 8 Floors should keep her busy for a few hours till I get off work.
Zack has one more week of school though they have not been doing to much this past month since they finished the CST tests. We went to his last awards night for this year and he got Principals Honor Roll which means he has a 3.5-4.0. Hey happy mom we just have to keep it going and work on the boy issues and he will be great.

Other than that not much is going on same old crap at my work, nothing exciting at home.

A Month

Wow it has almost been a month since I wrote last, to catch you up we went on our Scout camping trip and even though our best camping buddies didn't end up going we had a great time. We were sung to sleep by the coyotes, saw snakes, goats, lizards and a crazy woodpecker that kept attacking his reflection in car mirrors. We also got to watch some older boys at a Camporee can't wait until Zack can go to one of those looked like lots of fun. To top it all off we all got to shoot both archery and BB guns. I smoked all the kids on the BB Gun range. Don't mess with me.

Other than that we have been doing home stuff, Spring cleaning ( backhoe required for Zack's room), hanging out and lots of reading. Work has been slow but until today the weather has been ok.

Tomorrow Zack graduates from JR to SR Webelos in Cub scouts and a friend of our is coming to watch the festivities.

A Camping we will go

It's Monday but already I am planning for Friday. This isn't the usual ugh Monday wish it was Friday planning. This is leaving for a camping trip gotta make lists and find things and pack things planning. Twice a year we go camping as a family with Zack's Cub Scout Pack, not a long trip just Friday through Sunday but this IS our family vacation, this is all we get so we really get into it. I am actually getting a little bummed out since next year will be Zack's last year in Scouts and that means only a few more trips. This time we are going to Firestone Boy Scout reservation somewhere inland. I am not sure what there will be to do there but it doesn't really matter we always have a good time anyway. So this week we have lots to do before shove off Friday. Zack and I are building Camp chairs for a badge and for fun so we have to finish those tonight so they are ready to take with us this weekend. I also have stuff to do around the house since I won't be around next weekend, and on top of that we have the usual stuff like Cub Scout meeting Thursday night, gotta get food for the snakes since they are out ( boy I wish there was a pet store closer to our house) And work and school and everything else that life throws at you. But I really just wish boring work would be over so that I could get to everything else.

Friends and rants

So today one of the guys here at work was talking about going to Vegas, since it isn't to far people around here do weekend trips all the time I guess. Well I mentioned that I had never been there and they were like you have to go. The only problem with that is that that is a place I would want to go with friends and well I just don't have any of those at least here in the area. Heck Heather I think you are the only person who reads this blog so your it my only friend. This year I told Taryn that for Mother's day I wanted a match.com membership. So sad I have no life I need to go online to find people. I was thinking of trying an experiment and just stop talking at work just to see how long until someone actually noticed. Wow this is depressing rambling please don't read any more. I should just stop writing all together but I have an hour left of work and absolutely nothing to do and I am a bit depressed about my life and wishing I was back in Columbus now that the weathers not to bad. Fair weather Friend as far as C-bus goes but there you have it my rant for today.

Seige Weapons and other Cub Scout stuff

The next few weeks are my busy ones of the month. We have a den meeting tonight where the boys will be working with another parent on their science badge. I almost hope that they skim through it so we can cancel the second meeting this month, then again I know they will do a half ass job of it anyway and I saw some really cool Myth Buster experiments that we could do at home to cover this badge. Next week we will have our Pack meeting which is always rather loud and long. It is fun cause we get to see some friends but otherwise uneventful. And the week after that is our second monthly den meeting if we need it. And the day after that is our Spring camping trip which I am really looking forward to. There are only a half dozen family that usually come but we have all kind of bonded over it and have a great time where ever we go. This trip we go to Firestone which is a boyscout camp, we haven't been there before so it should be interesting.
Next big thing for us at least is the June meetings that I am in charge of. The First meeting will be the building and learning meeting, as part of our Craftsman Badge and Engineering Badge we will be building a Catapult. **insert evil laugh here*** the Second meeting will be all about fun. We will be launching our catapult and having our end of year party. Hopefully the boys will have a great time.