the bad and the good

Another week has passed and it was a busy one. I will try to back track to fill you on some of the main happenings.

Jeremy left on Wednesday for his only trip of the week. Chloe slept 6 hours (!!!!) the night Jeremy was gone, so I am already thinking how awesome the day is going to be. Well on our daily walk with Bailey (our dog) we came across a raccoon sitting in the middle of the path. It just sat there and starred us down. I don't know anything about raccoons but it made me feel uneasy that it wasn't moving even when Bailey was barking at it. So I turn around to take another path. They had the sprinklers on which happen to water the path more then the grass. I couldn't go around with the stroller so we turn back hoping the crazy raccoon is gone. He is, so we happily go along are walk. All of a sudden about 5 ft in front of us is the raccoon. Again he doesn't move he just stares at us. I'm thinking better to turn around then share our story of the attack of the crazy raccoon on the news. Sprinklers still on. So much for the morning walk. Not too bad of a start just kinda weird. (Jeremy took bailey for a walk the next morning and saw the raccoon falling over, so we think he was dying.) So we go back home and I am putting the stroller in the garage when the fire alarm in our house goes off. It is an incredibly loud piercing noise. I call ADT to find out why our fire alarm is going off when there is no fire. The ADT lady is trying to explain to me how to unplug the main box to our alarm, which is so conveniently placed in a closet right under the siren that is going off. She is not the friendliest lady as she explains the outlet I am supposed to be looking for may or may not have a grey, white, or red cord that starts at the main box in the closet. That does not exactly help me so much, so finally I disconnect the battery and flip our circuit breakers one by one to find the outlet. After all that is said and done she has no idea what is wrong and needs to send a tech out. Which will cost me $110 for the first half hour and $60 after that. Are you kidding me!? I am not sure how they get away with that. Thankfully we have a neighbor friend that installs ADT so he stopped by and took a look at it. The whole system was just freaking out. So he just replaced the main part (I don't know technical language) for free. So I guess it could have been worse. The alarm noise, the dumb lady on the phone, and Chloe screaming in the background of it all was a bit much for me. I probably shouldn't ask but what else can go wrong on the days Jeremy is flying. I guess I am 1 (good day) for 2 (bad). This week Jeremy has 3 trips and I am praying I end the week 4 for 2. That is it for the bad stuff.



Now the good stuff. My mom couldn't keep away from Chloe so she flew out on Saturday and spent the weekend with us. We did a lot of shopping for Chloe. She did some baby sitting for us while Jeremy and I went out alone on Saturday and took Bailey swimming at a city pool that they open up for dogs at the end of the season and then when we went to our small group on Sunday night. It was weird to not have her with me but nice for Jeremy and I. That is all. It sure felt crazier then it sounds. And thanks mom for all your help!