The REAL Reason I´m Not Around
Posted on June 16, 2009 - Filed Under Kids, Personal, Simple Life | 3 Comments
I realize I haven´t written here in a long while and I have a very good reason for that. Actually, several very good reasons. And being sick isn´t one of them, since the antibiotics kicked in quickly and eliminated the worst of the symptoms. I am still not 100%, but getting there.
I could say that the reason I haven´t written is because my computers have both been acting up and when they aren´t being bratty toddlers, the internet is. I could say that the fact I woke up this morning and found my laptop, the second in less than a month, dead, is the reason I haven´t posted.
But none of that would be completely true.
See, the computer issues WERE the reason I got up and left the whole darn mess behind. It was stressful. I was yelling at the boys and just got tired of it all. So here´s what we´ve been doing for the past few days:
Planting a Container Garden
Painting with Papa
Watching the Boys Play for Hours At Pollo Campero
Having Popcorn Parties and Eating Ice Cream with Dinosaur Sprinkles (thanks again, Suzanne!!)
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I like the one with Irving. It’s a familiar scene for me. He’s thinking, “I never realized I would grow up and find myself still sitting at a table with a couple of kids, playing with paint…”
I haven’t blogged in weeks. I’m getting ready, and settled though, so I hope to catch up
Life gets in the way and we’ve been so busy lately during the move and since landing.
I love the photos you’ve posted here!!! So full of life and family fun.
This is what is most important and you need no words to explain.
Today my former desert-dwelling kids tried to eat rain, and splashed in big puddles. Life is good. I didn’t blog it though. Enjoy those boys!!!
Hello and thank you for your wonderful site. I stumbled across your blog while looking for answers on Yahoo! Answers. I too have husband whom is a Guatemalteco. But he is there in Guatemala, and I am here in the Unites States with our daughter. We met in the U.S and I fell in love with his gentle nature right away. We married after a few years of dating, and I was expecting our first child within two months after our marriage. The one obstacle that we faced, was the fact that hubby was illegal here in the U.S. So we got ourselves an immigration attorney and assumed we could overcome the situation and adjust his status. Well, things did not work out so well and he left back to Guatemala ( this is part of the immigration process to the U.S) and he ended up being banned from the U.S. for ten years due to his illegal entry. It was quite a shock let me tell you! Anyhow, the reason I mentioned all this, is seeing your life and how happy you are in Guatemala makes me think, I am making a big mistake being separated and waiting here in the U.S.? Our family has been separated for one year now. I have visited him often in Guatemala. We have lost so much money in legal fees and trying to fix things that I really had no choice but to stay in the States and try to recover our income. I am a Registered Nurse by trade and have access to many job options here in the U.S. My husband and I decided we would try to immigrate to Canada. We currently have a PR application in process. But, I wonder if we are making the right decision to do this. Waiting to immigrate to Canada ( could take over a year) means I have to stay here in the States and continue working. Canada seems to require a hefty savings account, and this in turn means our family will continue to be separated. I ask myself, why don’t we just decide to live out our lives in Guatemala? Perhaps this is what is meant? My husband would opt to stay there but he is afraid of what our economic situation would turn into. I think it is so great that you and your husband spend so much time with your children. I feel that our daughter has missed out so much on her father already. The man that was her primary caregiver for the first year of her life just seemed to disappear. We just feel so stuck right now. “Lost” in decisions regarding the future.