Sunday...

Well today consisted of shopping. We apparently can spend 2 hours in a store and not find anything. We forget what we were originally shopping for, we find what we're looking for and say we can find it cheaper somewhere else, or we simply just don't find anything we want to buy. This is odd to me because I can ALWAYS find something I don't need. But, today, we just enjoyed being out of the house together. As always we went to breakfast. Stella was awake until we got into the crowded restaurant. The place we love has what we call "crackcakes" because we swear they add some kind of illicit material into their pancakes. Nonetheless, Stella falls asleep amid the hubbub. The owner floats around and says his hellos, notices her fast asleep and says "wow, what a great baby!" I say that I trained her to sleep when it's noisy. Which, I don't "train" her, but she just is used to voices and the noises of the day while she's napping. BEST thing I ever did for all my kids, I think. Everywhere we go, she is comforted by the noise level and can nod off. This is nice... I am just anxious for when she can join us in our meals instead of sleep through them.

She's developing some cradle cap and so I have searched for something other than baby oil as it causes a bunch of bumpiness on her skin which I don't like. Let's hope this stuff I got works.

Let me vent about Medi-CAL for a minute. I am greatful for having this coverage, however, I keep ending up with problems when I pick up prescriptions. Last night, I never had my Rx filled because I just wanted to come home and do my chores. Well, today I drop it off thinking everything is fine. I show up to pick it up and they inform me that I'll need to pay because they show me as having some kind of primary insurance coverage. Uhhh... no. Well, to make matters worse this is why I don't have any birth control as of now. They keep getting things so screwed up. I was informed Medi-CAL doesn't cover Ortho Evra. Uhhh, why?! I have no clue why they wouldn't accept ANY form of birth control. Maybe they WANT a bunch of people to keep plopping out kids to have more people on their health care system. Either way, I'm glad to have some kind of coverage, but if it's not being written properly or they keep messing things up, is it really worth the hassle? I had to leap through hoops for this crap and now I don't seem to be getting what I need. I can't wait to have the divorce final so I can go on Artie's medical coverage. Then I won't have to worry about what doctor I see, how much it will cost, or any of that. I am SO glad he found this job and was lucky enough to land it. He is in such a great place and I see so much for our future.

House hunting is getting a little hard. There is a lot of competition even though the prices are so low here. We're just staying optimistic and taking it slow. We still have some credit issues to repair, but we are glad we can qualify for a reasonable loan when we really get serious. It's also lucky that we have a loan officer/executive in our family... I may have a career in that one day when the market comes back. I feel so blessed and I think I don't express it enough. The problem is I wish I could give back more than I can at this point... but I tell myself I can do that more than just giving money. It's helping out in the community and I really should get to that more often. I plan to volunteer again when Stella is a bit older. Really eye opening... and sad.

I hope all of you enjoy the day tomorrow if you have it off. I know I'll be trying to sleep in (yeah, right!) and catching up on house duties. I feel so much like a super mom... I just wish I had my other two boys here with me.