The House Addition

Oh the house!  This addition has been exhausting and stressful in every way!  Brian had to run all the low voltage wires which took weeks.  He is making our house a smart home but it's been a lot of work.  I am busy just trying to survive with everything packed, only a gross kitchen sink, and two young kids in school.  It's a miracle the kids go to school and activities in the correct outfits.

This past week, I hit bottom for the house.  They have been doing drywall for weeks.  It took over a week and half to mud and tape the drywall.  That showed no progress and I am done with this process.  I know it will look great when it's done but I really don't want to hear that now.  I just want it done.

The kids are doing well all and all but it's hard.  Sydney has no room at all.  Austin decided he doesn't want to go in his room because it's so gross.  None of us have a place of our own.  The kids and I are living in the camper. Sydney fell out of a bunk bed a week ago and she won't sleep there anymore.  So we share a small bed in the camper.  Austin sleeps in the bunk.  Brian stays in the house due to working late and limited room in the camper.  We are all cranky for lack of quality sleep we are getting.

We are eating poorly.  I have learned Giant Eagle has a good prepared food section.  We eat hot dogs at home too.  Other than that we eat a lot of Pizza Hut, Wendy's, McDonalds.  Austin even ate a salad at Wendy's recently just to eat something different.  I can't wait to cook in my new kitchen!

The house is so gross.  Even today, Brian said it feels like we need new everything.  It's so true.  For the most part, I don't even clean anymore because it's pointless.  Brian's mom came up for the weekend to help us it was so bad.  We ripped out carpet in hallways and playroom.  They planted grass.  I packed up our bedroom.  We had Sydney's mattresses in there, her dressers, and a bunch of junk.  We are hoping to move into our bedroom soon.

Brian also developed a staph infection in his knee.  It was terrible.  He could not walk and had streaking up his leg.  It's been about a week now and he's finally doing better but it's still there.  It was difficult because our house is terrible and Brian couldn't do anything.  Luckily he is doing better.  We leave for Disney at the end of the week.

Right now, I am doing better since new things are starting to come into our home.  The pieces are starting to come back together.  There is so much work to do but hopefully in the next few weeks it will come together.  I am finally starting to be excited.

Start of School

So this is it, Sydney is now in Kindergarten.  As much as I enjoyed last year with her home, I know she is ready for kindergarten and is going to do great things!  Austin was excited to be in first grade.  He has a great class with lots of his friends.

On the first day they were so excited.  The school had a blessing and clap in the first day of school.  Sydney got to release a balloon since she was new to the school.  We dropped Austin off at his class first.  We got a quick hug and off he went.  It's amazing how much things change in a year.  There was no hesitation.   For Sydney we went into the room with her.  Brian got a few pictures.  Sydney was sad when it was time for us to go.  Brian stayed a bit longer and then we left.  I don't think she actually cried but was sad.  However her first day was great!

 Austin also had a great first day.  He was very talkative after school.  His class does uses money as a reward system.  He can collect money and then decide on how he wants to use it.  One option is to read to kindergartners.  That has his attention right now.

I hope this is a great school year.  It's off to a good start.  Austin is in soccer and flag football.  He loves flag football!  Sydney is also in soccer and starts dance soon.  She can't wait for dance to start!

Our house is still a mess.  They have been working on installation and drywall.  This project has been a very long one.  Brian has ran a lot of low voltage wires so he's been busy with that.  Plus he put in installation between bedrooms.  Austin and Sydney enjoyed helping him with the installation.  The drywall progress is driving me crazy and it's not even sanding time yet.  We want bedroom back so bad.  Hopefully just a few more weeks.  I can't wait for our house to be done.  We have a lot of work still to do.  All and all the kids are handling it well.  But I know it's hard for them.  It's fun and exciting but exhausting.  And all of us, will be very happy to have our normal house back.