One thing that I LOVE about working from home is the freedom and flexibility it offers. I can get up and go and do whatever whenever I need to and this is one of those instances. If I had a laptop I’d be even more free than I am right now.

But anyways…

I haven’t hid the fact that I’ve been going through a lot lately and I still am. Things are going so/so. I was doing really good. Making lots of progress. Moving forward. Getting my head on straight. Feeling better…even finding joy in life once again. But I’ve had a minor set-back. I’m trying to do my best to keep my chin up, grin and bear it and work through it but it’s a lot harder than I expected it to be (I found something out Saturday night that I totally WASN’T expecting and it threw me for a loop big time!). As silly as it sounds for a 33 year old independent woman to say - I just can’t be alone right now. I don’t expect that to make sense but for my own mental sanity I just can’t be by myself.

Being a WAHM gives Me the Freedom & Flexibility I Need:

That brings me to my point of this post and back to the freedom and flexibility of working from home. Yesterday I was having a serious emotional breakdown. Worse than I’ve had in a long time and I called my best friend and told her look I can’t be myself right now I’m worried about me (doesn’t that sound kind of funny?) can Caleb and I stay with you guys for the week? She called her hubby & called me back and was like yep not a problem when ya coming…I was like right now. She was like ok great can you watch K for me this week. I was like yep no problem. It makes more sense to leave her here with Caleb and I than to send her to daycare the rest of the week anyways.

On the Road Again:

We had just gotten back from traveling to Shanty Creek over the weekend then I ended up being in Traverese City late late Sunday night with my sister. And now I was looking at being on the road yet again!

I packed up Caleb, myself and my computer (yes my WHOLE computer - I NEED a laptop so BAD!!! I did have one for a couple week’s but it had Vista and it was having major issues so it got sent back) and we took off on a 3 1/2 hour trip. It wasn’t exactly the brightest thing I’ve done considering my car honestly isn’t up for a trip like that but I had to get out of my apartment!

The trip wasn’t too bad other than it was almost 90 degrees outside and my car has no air conditioning! Do you know what it’s like driving down an express way at 75 miles an hour with the windows down? It’s loud and I mean LOUD. My ears hurt by the time we got here. And we won’t talk about how my bad my car shakes unless I kept it right around 75 and with no cruise control (it has it it just doesn’t work…lol) to set my foot didn’t exactly do a very good job of keeping the pedal at the proper speed.

Getting Lost was NOT My Fault:

Oh and don’t ask about if I got here without getting lost. LOL Let’s just say I got a tad bit lost. No need to go into details about my inability to follow directions awesome map reading abilities or direction following awareness. Actually I have to try & redeem myself here and say that I was following directions it just so happened that the main exit to a major highway I needed was closed and the detour wasn’t marked as well as it should have been! So it’s not technically my fault I ended up lost and in a not so nice neighborhood.

Oh No not Another Problem:

Anyways…we survived the trip even after getting lost. It was an interesting trip down to say the least! I was hot, sweaty, crabby and crying. Caleb had been crying too - he was freaked out when we got lost! But after a few minutes of sitting and calming down I was ok…until B’s husband couldn’t get my computer running. It should of been as simple as setting it up and hooking to their internet but no of course not! The poor guy worked on figuring it out from a little after 9pm until midnight! Something on my computer was blocking their internet and he was trying everything (good thing he knows about this kind of stuff!). Finally he was like ok this is the last time I’m trying and if it doesn’t work this time I’m sorry I don’t know what to tell ya.

So for awhile I sat there freaking out about the fact that I was going to have to turn around and drive 3 1/2 hours back home! But that last time he tried something it worked and I’m up and running I’m all set up and just got done going through my to do list for the day, prioritizing what needs to be done first and I’ll work for awhile and then take a break to go swimming in their pool.

One Week will now be Two Weeks! Woo Hoo!

A one week trip that almost ended quicker than it was supposed to has now turned into a two week trip. B’s daycare lady for K is going on vacation next week and B doesn’t have a babysitter so I offered to stay an extra week and watch K for her. It’s a win/win situation - I don’t have to go back home, I can stay and enjoy the city that I miss so much, I get to hang out and soak up the sun and enjoy their pool while Caleb and K hang out. I think I definitely got the better end of the deal and of course spending 2 weeks with my best friend is just what I need

It’s going to be really hard to go back home once my time here is up. I’ve been wanting to move down this way for several years now so being here just makes me long for it even more!

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