Alabama Tracks

A week has come and gone and Lucie hasn’t broken down again.  I can’t say that she is 100% normal as she still seems to hesitate as I get up to 50 mph but for the time being, I’m managing.  We are doing our homework though and I’m trying desperately to not get anxious about it all and just act impulsively.  Should we decide to buy a vehicle, I am looking at a Kia Sedona mini van.  My thought is that a mini van may have the most flexibility in the long run than just buying a regular car.  We’ve got a little time though so we’re aren’t rushing into anything.  Tia did say that our car issues sounded a lot like those that they had with the van last year.  She is supposed to check and find out the part that had to be replaced in hopes of it being the same thing for me.  Any insight is helpful at this point.  I’ll have faith in the car if we can replace the part and fix it.

 My friend Holly has just found out that they are having a boy.  She said that her mom and everyone else had come to the conclusion seeing that she is starting to carrying him like a basketball.  They are in the process of looking for a larger house and are looking in our neighborhood.  I’m excited about it seeing that they’ll be even closer.  Right now they are about a mile away.  Sharing a community park and pool will be nice. 

I’ve had a very boring week at work.  I actually brought a book to read today and when I started to read, I got too sleepy so I had to stop.  I do have one boss in the office today though so I have done somethings for him.  The office seems really empty today and as it gets closer to 4:00 it really is going to clear out with the salaried people leaving for the weekend leaving us hourlies behind. 

I went to the doctor yesterday and heard the heartbeat.  160 beats per minute.  Right on track according to the doctor.  I’ve gained only 5 pounds which indicates to me that the first scale (at my other dr.) I was on is incredibly different from this one and thus the 25 lbs weight gain I thought I had isn’t really so.  He said my bloodwork turned out fine and I’m right on schedule for Jan. 8th.  He said that he was pleased with the heartbeat especially since I had not been sick at all.  Apparently they get concerned for those that don’t get sick as they tend to miscarry more.  As of today,  I’m thinking a girl.  We’ll see.

This weekend we will pull weeds and wash the house.  I might get back to work on some storage issues as well. I’m so not looking forward to it but it is all stuff that needs to be done.  The house has needed some attention for some time now.  The air conditioner seems to be continuing to have trouble keeping up with the heat so we are contemplating how we will fit that into the budget as well.  Last night I had the thought that we might have a duct leaking and that is why the house doesn’t cool down.  It took it 4 hours to move from 78 degrees down to 77 degrees in the evening.  How crazy is that? 

We heard yesterday that his bonus should be calculated by the end of the month and would be payable the next paycheck.  I am trying so hard no to get my hopes up for a large dollar amount because we really have nothing to go from.  Sales have been tremendous this year so I think we ought to expect something good.  We have a list of things that need attention that could spend the entire check plus some but all we can do is wait for now and pray that his boss is generous. 

Well.  I think that pretty much sums up my week.  We’ll see what the weekend holds.

 

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