Seething With Jealousy

So yes, the reason why our readers had to suffer through my grammatical and spelling errors was because my proof reader....AKA my husband, Mike, was gone on business to Washington DC. He found out about this trip last minute and, because of this, 2 more plane tickets just would have been too much money.

Needless to say because he was able to go back "Home" before me, I was seething with jealousy. 'I mean, he was going to leave me here in Japan alone?!' Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying Japan but I miss the USA. I miss that feeling of being home. To know where I'm going and to be able to look for a paper clip without spending an hour in a department store before I find it. OK, that's exaggerating but I'm sure you catch my drift. I have a big long list of things that I'm going to do when I get back home. Number one is to go to a good hair stylist. I won't trust my hair to someone who can't understand half of what I am saying or to the folks on base. I just can't do it. I did it before and won't ever again. I am probably going to go home and spend a small fortune on a good haircut. Also going to spend some cash at the outlet stores when I'm home. Oh yes, and my dream... walking into a Target (Insert angels singing here). I can't tell you how tired I am of shopping online. I miss instant gratification! Oh yes and getting some good Mexican food. I do have much much more on this list. Including being able to just say "hello" to someone on the street.

While I was winging it on my own with the little one, my doctor served me with the bad news that I had bronchitis. So, not only was I here all alone but I was housebound and on some pretty strong meds. Holding Josh prisoner and making him bounce off the walls when I all wanted was to take a nap.

It wasn't all bad though. Mike returned with a highly anticipated Ebay purchase. My Maclaren stroller. WOOHOO. Now, as all you men roll your eyes, I will proceed to tell all of the soon-to-be-mothers out there that if there is one thing to splurge on for your child it is the stroller! Unfortunately, I have gone through 4 strollers. All because I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on the one that I REALLY wanted. Believe me girls, that one that you REALLY want and costs maybe $150+ is worth every penny! Or, better yet maybe it's the one that you stare at thinking to yourself, 'how could anyone spend that much on a stroller. That's insane!' Here's my argument. It's quite possibly the one thing that your baby and you will use for the longest and most frequently so splurge. I've bought 2 Gracos and they did not withstand the test of time. Then I bought a Chicco which was a total waste....then I bought a Kidco which lasted a while and was the best out of all the crap I bought over the years. If I just would have bought that expensive one to begin with, it actually would have saved me money over the long run. I think that I'm in agreement with most mothers out there as well.

OK, enough of my rants. Yes, Mike got to go "home" before I did but really because it was for work, he really didn't get to experience much and because he wasn't on his "stomping grounds" he wasn't too familiar with the terrain. Leaving him to walk around and take pictures which, left to his own devices, would be his preference anyhow. He did get some great ones. However, blame it on me and his son that he hasn't posted them yet. Because he was gone for 10 whole days, he is busy making up for that time with us and is slow to get the pictures all processed. I thought it maybe appropriate that I be held responsible therefore I should type out another blog to keep everyone reading. We do enjoy the comments and have labeled ourselves comment whores of sorts.