Adjusting

Everyone has been asking me how I am adjusting. I keep thinking I am doing fine, but then realize that I'm not. I haven't posted anything recently because we haven't done anything blog worthy. We've done nothing more than discover Netflix and go to drs. appointments. We all are at each others throats most the day. We miss instant access to our friends.  And I especially miss taking a shower without everyone else wanting to either get in with me, or get into the bathtub. WHY do they insist on taking a bath every time I take a shower? I just want to take a quick 5 min. shower and not have it drawn out into 40 minutes of bath time + fighting + water spilled everywhere + getting everyone dried + dressed + piles of towels.... just 5 minutes of me by myself would be nice! I realize now that I would usually shower when the girls were playing with the neighbors.

We've only gone to one park since we've been here. It was a lot of fun, but it took nearly 2 weeks of planning to get friends to go with us. I miss the simplicity of Mtn. House where all our friends lived close and we could do whatever whenever we wanted; and someone always seemed to go with us. It's too hot to play outside anyways. The girls don't want to go out there because we get eaten alive by mosquitos or chased down by wasps each time.  Carmen has had two bee stings in the last two months!

Carmen has also made several comments about how she doesn't have any friends.  She had drawn two pictures, one a fairy who was crying and another a caterpillar with a frowny face. I asked her both time why they were sad and she said it was because they didn't have anyone to play with. It just breaks my heart! She is really struggling with primary at church. She doesn't want to go!

And to top it all off, Sams STINKS and Costco RULES!

I could go on, but I won't. This is just a bunch of ramblings of a tired mom who feels like she is at the end of her rope. Adjusting is taking some time for us...