Chronicles of a Kappes PCS: Day 3

Today was a fairly mellow. We have a lot done and without a truck to put our stuff in, we are at a point where we just do little random things.. Nothing major besides loading the truck and cleaning.

With all the boxes everywhere, I feel very restricted in the house with the kids. There is no room. And it was 100 degrees outside so taking them to a park wasn't happening.

A local movie theater, Landing 4, has .50 cent kid shows on certain days. I thought it was the perfect time to see if Nate could handle watching a whole movie in the theater without spending $20 on tickets and an ounce of popcorn. I could swing .50 cents easy. They were playing Home this week. It was SO cute! I think I liked it more than Nate. If you are stationed at Fort Leavenworth or are close, I would definitely recommend kid movie days. Even regular movie prices weren't outrageous.

After the movie, we all went to our favorite discount store, Morefield's. It has the most random stuff. Food, baby items, clothes, housewares, etc. I like to go there for cheap snacks or to see if they have any good baby items on sale. My deal of the century is baby food pouches that were 10 for $1. In a normal store pouches are around $1.20-$1.75 EACH. I bought 60 for $6!!! They are good brands, too, such as, Earth's Best and Happy Baby. SCORE!

As far as actually PCS stuff, Jason did what needed to be done. Weighing my car was on top of the priority list. Since we are moving ourselves, you have to weigh your car completely empty, then weigh it with everything packed inside. Same goes with the moving truck. The weigh station gives you a ticket and that is how they determine your weight and can pay you based on the weight difference. He also deep cleaned the large trash cans, took a car load of donations, packed a few boxes, cleaned the basement, and moved the washer and dryer upstairs.

For dinner, we tried to eat the rest of the remaining food. We have had our meals planned so it wasn't horrible. Chicken wraps. We did flip a laundry basket over to make a table for us though. Classy stuff right here.

Bath time was hectic. Morgan slipped and got scared because water went in her eyes. Then, as she stood up again, she slipped and hit her chin on the side on the bathtub. Good times. Nate has an infected blister on his thumb and was screaming because it was stinging him. So he didn't want to take a bath and get it wet. Also good times.

It's now not even 7pm and both kids are asleep. This whole heat and moving is exhausting. I'm exhausted too. I'm taking the night off. Tomorrow will be busy enough.

Yesterday.

I swear I am like an old lady. My life is so different from 10 years ago; it is not even funny. Not that I'm complaining. Getting my party days out of the way when I did was perfect. I had a blast. Now I am "older" and just...different.

As I sit here, wide awake at 7am because my kids are awake, I am drinking coffee, blogging, and watching cartoons. Besides blogging in the morning, coffee and cartoons are basically a daily morning routine. Coffee and cartoons, I mean, really, it is pretty awesome. It would be slightly higher on the awesome meter if it was later...say 8am and after, but I really can't complain. Both kids wake up in good moods 95% of the time.

I do feel tired this morning though. Yesterday was a very long day, hence the no blog post of the day, so I am going to do 2 today. Wanna know what I did yesterday? You should because my life is extremely glamorous and I know you'll be super jealous.

Up for the day at 6am. Morgan is up, nursing, and hanging out. Then Nate wakes up around 6:45. We get breakfast going. It was a school day for Nate, so it's a fast breakfast and I just have coffee. Nate and Morgan make huge messes. Get kids dressed for the day.

Drop off Nate at school at 8am. He is doing SO much better at school!! That might be my post for tonight. Morgan and I go to Target, Home Depot, Dollar Tree, and Five Below. Then head back to pick up Nate at 11.

Pick up Nate. Another good day, but he busted his lip riding a scooter during outside time. No biggie. I'll take minor injury over him being an asshole any day. We get home and he eats a snack. He ALWAYS asks for fruit snacks, but I make him eat something healthy before any treats. But most likely, he gets fruit snacks after. Especially if he had a good day at school.

Then we play at home. He plays. Morgan, Nate, and I all play together. Around 1, Morgan goes down for a nap and Nate can watch a show or 2. School days he gets to watch his show after school. Non-school days, he can watch in the morning, like today.

During Morgan's nap and Nate watching cartoons, I try to get some chores around the house done. Dishes, laundry, sweep, bathrooms, organize, etc. Yesterday, however, I decided I wanted to rearrange the house a little. Military housing we are in is not the best so I am trying to make this place feel like home. It's been a challenge. Anyways, I moved a few things around.

Morgan wakes up from her nap, cartoons get shut off, and we play more. Most days if the weather is decent I take the kids outside. It's finally getting warmer so outside playtime will happen more. Which Nate needs. Because...all the energy.

Jason gets home around 4. We discuss our days. I order Chinese and the boys go pick it up. I had a small group of girls over to celebrate our friend having a baby in 1 week!! Six awesome ladies eating Chinese, drinking wine, eating cookies (The Little Monster Bakery), and chatting. Super fun!

How amazingly cute are these!!?

Everyone left around 10. P-M! I'm usually in bed by then. Ladies left, I cleaned up, then Jason and I looked at potential houses until midnight. Then Morgan woke up. I nursed her, then to bed at 1am. She woke up again at 4am, then up for the day at 5:45am. Nate up at 6am.

So here I am, blogging in the morning eating left over Chinese because I couldn't look at a computer any longer after looking and ranking over 20 houses. House hunting is exhausting and Jason is even doing the majority of the work.

Today we are going to hang at home all day. Try to relax. the next 2 weeks are crazy hectic. We have 3 sets of visitors, Jason's promotion ceremony, more house hunting, my birthday(not that I do anything crazy), and just life. It's going to busy and fun, chaotic at times, but full of love, family, and friends.