Ever get the feeling you need a vacation after a vacation? I always feel like that, especially when we make weekend trips back home to see family. Because when we come back into town, none of the housework is done - so now we are trying to catch up on laundry, dishwashing, and all the other stuff we put on hold over the weekend. It seems hard to stay on top of this stuff when I work every other weekend and Chase works crazy hours being on call.
But I wouldn't trade that time with our family for anything. Caedon loves seeing his Grandmas and "Papas" and ALL the other people that stop by to visit/we see out and about. This weekend was soooo packed with activities! Friday I worked in the patient counseling lab at Drake 8a-12p. Then I drove over to Newton to complete the controlled substance inventory required for management transition, which we completed around 4p. Then drove to daycare to pick up Caedon, finished up a bit of packing, and then we all took off for SE
Iowa around 6:00p. This is Caedon's normal supper time, and I figured he would stay awake at least until he had something to eat. Nope! He fell asleep before we even got out of Des Moines! Crazy! And then he slept until Mt. Pleasant, where Chase wanted to stop for Hardees. So Caedon had a hot ham and cheese sandwich and once we got to Chase's parents in Donnellson, he had some of my vanilla shake too!
Grandma and Grandpa Newton were able to see Caedon awake for a couple hours that night. Normally Caedon goes to bed around 9, but since he slept the whole way home I was worried we would be up ALL night!!!! Luckily, he got sleepy around 11p though!
Saturday morning, Caedon played with G&G Newton while Chase and I made a quick visit to Arie's to see her parents new home. So beautiful! Her mom has this awesome piano room and everything is so cozy and big! I can't wait until we can have a nice home :) After Arie's, we went to West Point to sign our taxes and then to the land auction in Donnellson. The land wasn't being auctioned until noon, and we got there around 10:30. It was sooooo freezing cold!! So we walked back to our car and sat there until my dad joined us around 11:00. Then we talked things over with him in the car and went back to the auction at 11:30. Unbelievably, the small little 2 bed/1 bath on 4 acres went for $180,000. Far over what we were willing to pay for that tiny thing! Wow! Pretty much everyone around us was amazed. Then our family friend bid on the land and ended up winning. SOOOO, he is selling us about 10 acres and we will have a spot to build our house! YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! So exciting!
While we build, we need a place to live. So in the afternoon, we had Bette Muerhoff show us a couple cheap houses in Donnellson. They were definitely nothing spectacular (really they need a lot of work to fix them up), but then again we will only be living in it for 1-2 years. We are still thinking on those. I'm kind of thinking of trying to find a place to rent instead. We will see I guess!!
When we got back to Caedon, he napped until 4p. That meant that Chase and I got to relax/sleep for an hour too! YAY!!! Then we headed over to my parents house. Caedon played and played with G&G W and Aunt Meg and Nick. Then my grandparents came over (McLearns) later in the evening to visit. Finally, bedtime. Weirdly, I got a HUGE nosebleed overnight and got blood everywhere on my way to the bathroom. Oops! Then of course I don't like blood so I felt like fainitng. Had to have Chase help me out! Last night I was kind of worried to go to bed again because I didn't want the same thing happening!
Sunday morning we went to church, ate lunch, and then took off back for Des Moines. This time in 2 separate cars because my car finally got its back bumper fixed from vandalism. Once we got up here, Chase did a bunch of notes over at clinic, we unloaded the cars, and played with the boy. I had a huge headache ever since the nosebleed, so I rested on the couch quite a bit. I also started to get nauseated again, so that was fun.
So far today, I have emailed work about Outcomes, talked to the banks about loans, done some laundry, gave Caedon a bath, and read some stories with him. Tomorrow is my first day at Newton as manager.
Will the busy life ever slow down????????????????????????? Love it!!!!
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