Good Morning! As you're reading this I've already been on the road with my dad for about six hours. We headed south today to pick up my grandparents! I have not seen them, in person, in about ten or twelve years. I was a teenager the last time they visited. I grappled with the decision of going to Mexico for a visit back in 2013, but in the end decided against it. For certain areas, times were rough, and still are today. Not only had there been some things happening towards our family, but also to others whose family were from that same area. Sadly, we all decided to put off the trip. Of course life happens, and we all get busy. The next year, turned into the next, and before we knew it 2016 was knocking at the door. So at the beginning of this year they decided it would be better for them to come here. The paperwork was filed and approved, and we are now on our way to go get them. I'm really excited about this because it will be their first time to meet Emery, and to meet my husband. It will also be the first time that they meet my brother's wife too. I can't wait to have them here! So much to talk about, to show them, and to look forward to by having them here. I'm extremely grateful to be coming along for this trip. The crazy part is that it'll be a 24 hour round trip one. So wish us luck!
On Sunday I'll be going to see one of my favorite rap artists play a show in Dallas. The first time he came around his show was sold out within a few days, and I missed him. When I found out he was going to do a second one I used the little birthday money I had saved up for myself, and bought the tickets. I am so excited about finally getting to have a night out like this. Back in October we were supposed to go see a different artist for my husband's birthday, but as we made our way up there we received a call about a job that would be starting the next day. We weighed the options, and needed the money so we turned back around. It bummed us out because we had everything all planned out for months in advance. The tickets weren't cheap, by my standards, either so it was hard letting them go. All of that said, this should prove to be an interesting weekend with a lot of Redline involved I'm sure. It will be well worth it though. It's been a really long time since I've had a "grown up" night out. I had a conversation with a friend a few days ago about wanting to start having more experiences, and I plan on doing just that. This will go down as my first one.
Today Emery gets out for Thanksgiving break. We don't have much planned, but she's been talking a lot lately about vacations. She talks about Paris, and about New York. She asks about getting to visit Georgia again, and maybe California. But realistically we can't afford to go anywhere. We'll be spending Thanksgiving here at home just like we do every other holiday/break. The reality of our situation is that by the end of a week we have about $50. Maybe $100 if we're really lucky. And recently the company I work for took away our overtime so that has affected us a lot too. It's one of the many reasons why we have been struggling so much. Put in my husband's lack of steady work now that winter is kicking in, and you can see just how tight we get strapped. I want to change this though. I know I've talked about it several times, but going into 2017 I want to have a good plan in place. A way to really move forward in order to start experiencing more. I don't want to work my life away. I want to live, and fucking enjoy it. You know? So that's something that we've been discussing lately, and has been on my mind a lot.
That about covers things for this week. I'm praying that our trip goes smoothly with minimal hiccups. With next week being Thanksgiving, and a time for family I wanted to write a bit about our television habits. We actually have family that comes down, and of course the TV is usually on 24/7. So I wanted to share a bit about the precautions we take, and some shows we enjoy as a family. I hope everyone is having a wonderful November so far. Any plans or goals coming to mind as we start to wind down this year? Can you believe it's already November? Man it feels like the time flew extra fast this year. Until the next post, I hope you have a wonderful day!
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