So much has been going on I don’t even know where to start. Work from Thursday on was okay. Doing the same things over and over again (like filing–bleh) but at least I’ve learned how to take payments without help and I’m getting better and better at closing at the end of the day. The “box” would have come out perfectly today had there not been a discrepancy that wasn’t at all my, or Emma or Eliza’s, doing.

Aunt Nora and I ate lunch together Thursday and Friday. We did a “mall run”, which is something Aunt Nora likes to do often, and then ate back at the office. I got 4 pretty necklaces to go with my outfits on Friday, 3 of which were on sale at JC Penny.

Mary, Noelia and Jorge got here Friday and we all got together that night and talked. Tia Alicia, Amelia, and Aurora stopped by also.

I went to work on Saturday. It went by surprisingly fast. An hour went by where the girls (Emma and Eliza) were giving me a mini makeover and another hour where a lady had her daughter dancing for us like Shakira. We meet some interesting people there LOL.

I met Mario for lunch after work. We ate at Taco Bell and then stopped at H-E-B for something important. He drove back to work, gave me a kiss and told me to call him as soon as I found out. I got home and took that special something and this was the result:

Yep. I’m preggers :). You can barely tell in the picture that the second window’s a plus sign, and at first I thought, “Nah, I’m not pregnant”, but the pamphlet said it didn’t matter how light the plus sign is as long as it’s there. Mario and I’d been trying since the end of March following the ovulation cycle tracker Mrs. C-R. taught me, and well, it seems to have worked :). I was so thrilled, and scared at the same time as I just started working and I knew, just knew there were going to be a few rotten apples in the bunch who had to put in their unwanted 2 cents. I won’t lie, I was shitting bricks when I started having the symptoms that I was pregnant (sore boobs, nausea, hungry every 2 hours, etc.)–I don’t know how I’m going to do it to get insurance since my job doesn’t offer it. I was going to apply at another job, much closer to home even, but I get out too late and basically can’t do anything, not even go to the doctor since they close at 5:30 and it takes me 30 minutes to get to the doctor’s office. When I started having a nervous breakdown on Friday night during my shower, Mario’s the one who reassured me that everything would be fine, and he had this goofy grin on his face and said, “Get a test tomorrow, I want to find out.”

Later on that night he hugged me and said, “It might be baby time!” I don’t know if he was really that excited or if he was just trying to make me feel better, but if it was the latter, it worked. I can’t express how much he means to me.

So yeah, I’m pregnant! I still can’t believe it! I really want to be thrilled about this pregnancy so I’m hoping God will lead me to do what I need to do. I’ve got so many things running through my head right now I can’t even enjoy being pregnant. Then there’s those people who think I care what their opinion is saying things like, “You should have waited!” I think my husband and I are adult enough to plan our own lives, thankyouverymuch, and yes, I may be having this insurance dilemma, but I assure you I’ll figure it out. I always do. I’m even keeping this hidden from my collegues for now. Not until I figure out what I’m going to do.

Oh, and Eenan had his awards ceremony at school today and he got a trophy for perfect attendance all year and a medal for A & B honor roll. I’m so thrilled for him :). He’s adorable 🙂

Jaylen’s busy learning his alphabet and is just thrilled about his new brother or sister. Both of them were so happy when I told them on Saturday. They’re both wishing for their sister :).

It’s 7, so I gotta get on the ball and figure out what I’m making for dinner. There’s leftover lasagna from the dinner I made for the whole family yesterday (yes, even more stress, but Mario helped me so everything came out alright) but nah, I’ll make something else.

Man, I feel like I’m getting hot flashes .

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Hamburger Helper is surely to become my best friend. I like not having to actually think of what to make for dinner–just tossing everything from a box into a pan (with water, milk, and cooked beef of course). That’s why I have like .5 seconds to actually update.

Wow, this American Idol finale is pretty darn cool. I love the songs they’ve been singing and they’ve had some big stars singing. All the contestants that got voted off sang so nicely. I love how Katherine and Taylor sing–I wonder who’s going to win??

Anyway, I’m learning more and more at work–thank God I can say that and not that I’m a total failure. I was already giving up on myself yesterday since I got kind of nervous thinking they were expecting me to do everything by the 3rd day. I was also starting to feel like I was intruding and being a pest to Emma and Eliza, but Eliza assured me today that I’m doing great and they’re not tired of me LOL. When I got home yesterday John told me his car’s messing up again and Mom told me they found a lump in her breast according to her mammogram. Her doctor says he’s not too worried about it. I’m praying that it’s nothing bad, too.

I already have a meeting to go to next Wednesday at 9a.m. I was nervous since I thought I was going to have to go on my own all the way to Edinburg, but Mr. Y. asked Eliza if she’d accompany me and she said yes, yay!

We found out during a conversation we were having that we’re both 24 and we both graduated a year early and then had our babies. Aww. I sort of figured she was around my age. It’s pretty cool to have things in common.

Work seems to fly by–when I’m busy. There was a span of about 30 minutes where I really wasn’t doing anything and time felt like it just slivered like molasses. But yeah, once lunch gets there it’s all cake after that. I went to eat lunch with Aunt Nora and her friend (that also works there) today. We ate at Lotus–love that place :). I had fun listening to Aunt Nora and Lisa talk and make jokes. I didn’t feel awkward at all :).

I closed the “book” again today. I’m getting the hang of it, even though I had a few questions here and there. I’m so glad that Emma and Eliza are so patient–I think I would have yelled at me to be quiet by now LOL. But I have to give myself some credit, too. I think I’m doing pretty good.

OH MY GOSH, TAYLOR WONNNN!! That’s so cool. I think both of them will have good careers, though. Now that I look at him closely, Taylor’s kind of handsome with that salt-n-pepper hair, heh. My God, they’re going to set him on fire with all those pyrotechnics!

Anyway, I went to the mall to get John’s gift from Mom after work (it’s his 19th birthday!), so I got home late and am barely eating dinner. I didn’t even get to offer my father-in-law food since he’s already in bed. He eats really early. Getting home late kind of messed up my routine…funny how after only two days I already developed a routine. Get up at 6a.m., leave to work, get there at 7:45, work, lunch is from around 11-1p.m., work, get out of work at 5:30 (they like to leave right on time, yay!), get home around 6, relax and spend time with the kids for about an hour. Start making dinner at 7 and get the boys in the shower, get the boys out around 7:30, eat at 8p.m., iron at 8:30, get the kids in bed and take a shower around 9, get out around 9:15 (I’ve learned how to take quick showers!), spend time with Mario and then go to bed at around 10:30-10:45.

So that means that I’m behind schedule. Goody! Time to rush. Mario’s barely getting home so I’m probably not going to spend that much time with him. I can’t wait till my day off on Monday.

I love this! I already get an extra day off. AND I get paid EVERY Tuesday!

Okay, now I’m really going to iron, I swear.

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