Kids can be so cruel....

The story below is so heartbreaking. As a mother of an almost 11 yr. old my heart goes out to this beautiful little boy's parents and family. I am thankful Noah is able to learn in an environment free of peer pressure and bulling. Some might say I'm being over protective, I'm sheltering my kids, or bulling/harrassment are just a part of life,but I completely disagree. That type of behavior is not just a part of life, nor should any individual have to put up with it anywhere. {school,work, etc...} The author Barbara Coloroso has a book out on this subject and recently spoke to Anderson Cooper who was talking about 11 yr. old Jaheem Herrera. She was here just last month speaking to the all the military kids on this subject. ===================>

Weekend drama,hormonal mood swings,baseball,park fun, and weight update in that order...

Friday night we were supposed to go out to dinner with Trent's coworkers, but that all changed after Trent gave me word as I was about to get ready about his discussion with the detailer. The word is " ......deployment up to one year which consist of combat training and 7 months boots on the ground in Afghanistan." I immediately lost my appetite and no longer was in the mood to do anything. Truthfully I cried and to make matters worse it was not a good day for that kind of news because of the onset of my PMDD symptoms. I could handle 6,7,even 8 months of separation, but a whole damn year...that's just asking a frickin' little too much from me!!! LOL Hopefully my mood will improve in two weeks....because I can guarantee life with me during the next two weeks will be a BiATCH! =) I'll try my very best to push all that worrying to the side and maintain my focus on my health, fitness, and exercise routine.

Frankly I think Trent got himself in this situation because of a discussion he had with his specialty leader last summer and because he doesn't tell people that are trying to groom him to be this asset to the Navy that he has never planned on staying in longer than his obligated 21 years.
Ahhh....I can taste the BITTERNESS in my mouth! LOL I guess the one good thing to come out of this deployment is that I get to go home finally after 15 yrs.

Anyways, Noah's baseball season started on Saturday. His team lost their first game =( , but they played well. Noah is a really good first baseman....he did get upset about a call the umpire made while he was at bat. Gabriel got to hang out and play with a few of his pals while we were at the park. Lesley and her friends found a hedgehog while they were taking snapshots by the woods. He looks a little sickly, but it could just be that he was afraid of us. He curled up into a tight little ball and stuck out his little quills.



On the topic of fitness. Here is my current weigh in pic below.

My goal was to weigh in at 121 lbs. this week, but I just missed it. Below are pics of Gabe expressing excitement over eating brisket, rice, and beans. My old middle school friend Larry (who is stationed here) and his wife cooked it.....

YUMMY......

Wordless Wednesday....Girl's night out

Weekend summary....

Friday evening Trent took the boys bowling for a Boy Scout fundraising event. They had a great time as usual. Gabe insisted that he bowl without any help from dad. I tell ya he is growing more independent everyday. Thankfully he still likes to snuggle with me.







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Later that evening, I headed out to O'Rhys Irish Pub to meet up with the gals. Kashia and Viviana are leaving this week and we just had to get together. I don't think I'll ever get used to having to say farewell to friends....such a rite of passage for a military family. Alas as much as we want them to stay they are headed to greener pastures...Germany and Belgium. At the pub we started off our night with some karaoke. The girls and I sang two songs together.....we didn't get booed off the stage so I'm assuming our performace wasn't all that bad ;P The pub closed a little after midnight, but we still wanted to get our groove on so we decided to head out to some Italian clubs. Long story short I was the designated driver and we went to 4 clubs...only one happened to be open that night. LOL I didn't get home until 5 AM and when I walked in the house Trent was waking up for the day. I stayed up almost an hour more and told him about the night and then hit the pillow. Oh and believe me rarely do this...so don't think I'm out in the calle every weekend until the wee hours of the morning sans mi esposo(hubby):P

L-R: Janet,Kashia, Anna, Viviana, & Patricia
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Noah's soccer game was not as exciting as last weeks. The score was 10 to 0. He scored four out of the 10 goals. Trent said the players on the other team seemed to be younger. It was a U11 team just made up of mostly younger players compared to Noah's team. Something great happened after the game....Noah was asked to join the American Soccer Club. It is a soccer team made up of American players that play against Italian teams. Depending on how hard Noah works he could learn and gain so much from the team and coaches. They provide many soccer camps also that are taught by British and Italian soccer players.

I'll try to post some of our family portraits I got this weekend in another post.

Ciao,

Stephanie

Girls night out.....

Tonight my friends Kashia, Evangelina, Sue, Janet, and I went to see the movie Mamma Mia. It was a great movie and by the end of it we were singing along to all of the songs. Afterwards Janet, Sue, and I headed to Applebees for some drinks and a light dinner. We all agreed we need get out more often sans the kiddos. Most of us still have until 2010 here with the exception of Kashia who is moving to Germany in December. I wish she wasn't moving because she is such a joy to know. She is from Poland and makes the BEST beef stew I've ever had. I'm not a big consumer of beef, but let me tell you her cooking is amazing.

I am getting sick....I can feel it in my throat. Hopefully I'll get good sleep tonight.

Ciao