CHP Academy 45/187. One boring day and a failing day..

Wednesday without seeing Brian is not as much fun as Wednesday with seeing Brian.  That being said, it will be less than forty eight hours until Brian is home.  :)  Today was very much like Monday and Tuesday.

• Drop off A and H
• Run 
• Home
• Clean
• M watches a show (today was Bubble Guppies)
• Lunch
• M takes a nap
• Work on baby shower stuff
• Get M up, and go pick up A and H
•  Home for a short while then off to soccer practice
• After soccer practice we met Brian's mom for dinner
• Then home again
• Got the girls ready for bed

That is about it... that was my day.  Not even a small interesting story to tell.  :) Unless you count Hans putting a small dent in the security door.  A dog came and whined at our front door (which I don't blame him for, the kids that own him are a little mean). Hans who was asleep on the couch, jumped up and ran towards the door and...BAM! Now there is a dent in my door.

Brian's day was not boring.  He said it started off good, PT went well, but it went down hill from there.  His group went today for baton certification.  Only three cadets passed, Brian was not one of them.  It just means he has to re-test.  He was told his technique was very good, but on some things he was not aggressive enough.  On most things he can be re-tested by his instructor, but for one thing he needs to wait to be re-tested by the sergeant to return from vacation.  He promises that it is not anything to worry about.  He said he is going to re-test and pass. I am not freaking out...I told him to be more like Hans.  He needs to put a dent in the door!  Or whatever he is hitting. :)  Brian was quick to state that this should not count towards his weekend dessert. 

Tomorrow the Academy is hosting a BBQ for the retirees.  The cadets are supposed to visit and mingle with the retirees, but they are NOT to drink with them.  Apparently, the older men try to get the cadets to drink with them and are very persistent.  The cadets were reminded, many times, that it is a no-no. 

Tomorrow I start my growth group again!  I am excited! Not only will I get to see all the women again, but my BFF is joining!  After group, I have the PHC, and then movie night! Hopefully Brian has a good day!

Blessings,
~Cara

CHP Academy Day 44/187

Once again there was nothing really special about my day.  I did take a three mile walk with M and my BFF.  There is nothing like girl time.  After the walk there was a quick trip to the store then it was home again.  M wanted to watch Veggie-tales again.  Actually she said she wanted to watch the "blue, blue, blue" one (Madame Blueberry) and the "TV Monster" one (Where is God When I am Scared?). It took a minute to figure out what she was talking about, but I got it!  I got some work done on baby shower stuff during nap time, then it was time to go get A and H.  Back at home the girls did their chores including: beds made, room clean, spelling words, and letters practiced.  I got more work around the house done and made dinner.  That was basically my day.  No drama, nice and quiet.

Brian's day was another long one.  Up at 4am and last class out at 8pm.  He did get 100% on his vehicle code test!  So far he is on track to get a home made dessert this weekend!  I told him he gets dessert only when he gets As on his tests.  I know it makes me sound horrible and mean, but if you know Brian, you know that he should get As on everything.  The guy is crazy smart...most of the time.  Plus, I know how to bake, so the threat was taken seriously. :)  Three 100% in a row...I think it is working.  :)

He also started the collision investigation class today.  He said it was just basic information, nothing exciting yet.  In the next few days he should have his ticket writing test, baton certification, and maybe the next EVOC test.  I would be a big ball of stress with all that, but he is calm and just taking care of business.  He said that within the last week, four female cadets have dropped out, two of them today.  The senior class is down to one female cadet, the one who spoke at both orientations that we attended.  I am not worried about Brian quitting.  He is too stubborn. :)

Well tomorrow is Wednesday, and I will not be driving up to see Brian. :( It will just make seeing him on Friday sweeter! :) 

Blessings,
~Cara

CHP Academy Days 41-43/187, Week 7!

First day of week seven!  Nothing really super exciting happened today.  M and I went for our run and then played on the play ground.  Then we came home and M watched some Veggie-tales while I cleaned the kitchen.  During nap time I sewed buttons back on to the girl's uniform jumpers. Then I ironed the jumpers so the girls can wear them tomorrow for picture day.  I am pretty excited for picture day tomorrow because as of right now H does not have a stye.  For the last few years H has had a stye for every portrait.  Now watch, tomorrow she will wake up with one.  :)  I got the girls from school, got home, and shoved food into their mouths for an early dinner. (Delicious food- home made Mexican pizza.  You know it is good when M actually eats.)  Then it was off to soccer.  M and H were actually good at practice, not so much at home.  Both H and M got sent to bed early for fighting.  That was my day!

Brian's day was long.  Up at 4 am and his last class was out at 8 pm.  He got 100% on the two test he took on Friday!  He feels like he did well on the vehicle code test he took today.  So things were good today.  Tomorrow will be another long day for him.  Hopefully it will go by fast. :)

Friday evening will be the end of week seven, meaning we will only have 20 weeks left! Small milestones, but they count. :) For now I have some work to do on baby shower stuff!

Blessings,
~Cara 

CHP Academy Day 40/187

So I know I don't usually write on Fridays, but it is day FORTY.  It seems like I should write on day forty.  :)  Today was fun for me.  After dropping off A and H, M and I headed over to Target to spend some birthday money.  I would like to thank those who gave me money or a gift card for my tea kettle, cheap wine glasses (I was down to one), The Office season 8, and Titanic on Blu-ray.  :)  I will now have hours of entertainment along with some beverages.  So thank you!  We also walked through the Halloween section of the store.  Every time one of the things would go off, M would say, not in a very convincing voice: "It not real. It just a toy. Not scary."  :)  After Target, I met up with my BFF at our church where the youth was putting on a yard sale.  I bought the board game Cranium for $2.00!  FYI-  If you are going to donate a board game to a church for a youth yard sale, and have boys living in your house (pretty sure boys had something to do with it); you should probably look into the box. You know, just to make sure there are no drawings of male genitalia on the pads of paper that go with the game.  Because, even if they are very creative, (there was a ninja, one was a cop, one was even a rocket ship in space with "U.S.S.R" on the side) you never know who might be the first to open said box.  Luckily, this time it was the adult and not two little girls under the age of eight.  :)
M was super excited because Auntie A (my BFF) bought her a bracelet that she has been proudly wearing ever since.  She also had a great time of pointing it out to her sisters.

After the yard sale, the three of us stopped by Starbucks for coffee and then a very quick - and for me, free- shopping trip to T.J. Max. By that time it was time to get the girls from school.  So we told Auntie A good-bye, and headed off to the school.  Once we were able to fight our way out of the parking lot, we were headed to the pet store to buy the "your dog is super old" dog food.  Well at least that was the plan, when we got to the pet store the girls noticed the newly opened Halloween store and started begging to go in.  All three girls: "Mommy please! We promise we won't ask you to buy anything!  Please! We just want to look! Mommy PLEASE!"  We were not in the store thirty seconds before all three of them had said the wanted something.  The funniest part was they refused to go to the "scary looking" side of the store. 

After that it was home-again-home-again-jig-a-dee-jig, where we waited for Brian to come home.  YAY Friday!!

Brian had a pretty good day too.  He said PT was hard and included 125 nose-in-the-rings, but the rest of the day was not too bad.  He had two test, which he is pretty sure he did well on.  He spent the last hour of the day just waiting for five.  After the week he had it was nice to have that break.  So Week Six is down!  :)

Blessings,
~Cara

CHP Academy Day 39/187. Movie Night!

Thursday!  Another good day.  I spent the morning steam cleaning the carpet in the living room. Then it was off to the pregnancy center. Then home, dinner, got the girls in bed, then... MOVIE NIGHT!  My best friend came over and we watched October Baby, a beautiful movie.  I highly recommend it, but have the tissues ready.  We are talking tears running down! I love movie night.  There was popcorn, chocolate chip cookies (thanks to the soccer fundraiser), hot tea, and girl talk.  It was like a big giant girly piece of heaven. 

Brian did have a better day today.  Today, due to some activities that he describes as "super fun, but kind of a blur", he now has a fat lip.  He also said that his nose is a little sore and he has a decent size scratch on his arm.  Sounds like a fun day to me.  He said tomorrow should be pretty "calm".  Nothing too exciting is planned.  We shall see...

Well this post is pretty short...but it is bed time. 

Blessings,
~Cara

CHP Academy Day 38/187.

It is Wednesday and that means in less than forty-eight hours Brian will be home for the weekend!  Today I was not as lucky with dropping off the girls off at school.  Only because A wanted me to ask her teacher if her new headband she got for her birthday was okay to wear to school.  The school has a strict uniform policy, which we are okay with.  She was afraid she would get in trouble for wearing the headband that has a giant silver glittery bow. Super cute!  I tried to tell her it was fine, but she wanted me to ask.  I was right, her teacher said as long as it does not become a distraction it is fine to wear.  Because of that I got stuck right in the middle of the crazy mad rush.

Once I made it out of the craziness, M and I headed off to the park for our run.  The distance of the run was good, but the energy level and the time it took to complete that distance was not great.  After the run M played on the playground until it was time to go.  The rest of the day was spent keeping M entertained and doing odd jobs around the house.

I did drive up to have dinner with Brian.  Poor Brian, he didn't have a good morning.  After doing the normal PT and 100+ lunges (each leg) he got noticed by a staff officer...not a good thing.  Next Wednesday I will not be driving up to have dinner with him next week.  The lunges were followed by a three mile run, more lunges, and then sit ups in the dirt.  He looked so tired!  I did laugh at him after he did an about face when he went up to get our food.  They called out our number, he stood up, did an about face and walked off!  Me: "Did you just do an about face to get our food?" Brian: "No...maybe...this is going into your blog, isn't it?"  Me:" Well, now it is."  :)  Don't worry, even with his bad day he still has his since of humor.  He sent me a text while I was driving home that said I made it back safe. If you are reading this while driving you are violating section (long number) of the vehicle code.  First of all, I did not read the text until I got home.  Second, of course he made it back safe, we had dinner right next to the academy! :)

Tomorrow is my day at the pregnancy center, then MOVIE NIGHT!  Hopefully Brian has a better day tomorrow.  Either way, less than forty eight hours until he is home for the weekend. :)

Blessings,
~Cara

CHP Academy Day 37/187.

Today was another good day.  I got the girls to school on time, early really!  I was able to get out of the parking lot by 8:00, before the mad crazy rush.  Then M and I picked up my best friend and went to my first Mops meeting.  It was a lot of fun! M had a blast!  Then we went to Micheal's to pick up a few things I needed.  M was hungry and wanted Taco Bell. She is a bossy little thing.  So we had taco bell for lunch with my BFF and her hubby.  Then it was home for a little bit before picking up A and H from school.  That was my day! Fun, but not much to write about. :)

Brian's day was exciting! He was surprised to get his name called out to go to EVOC.  He said it was fun!  He got to drive in reverse as fast as he could.  He said the first time he drove through each course he was a little nervous, but he got over that.  He passed the first day!  He also got to write a few tickets.  I don't think I mentioned before how Brian is now when we drive places.  He now plays a game that I call "Why you get a ticket".  It involves him telling me what he noticed and the code that goes with that violation.  It also involves him pointing out expired tags, him saying how long they have been expired and how soon the vehicle could be towed.  (FYI, there are a lot of expired tags in our area.)  It is actually kind of interesting and I am impressed with the amount of knowledge he can just spew out.  I am sure he is "playing the game" to reinforce what he has learned, and not to show off! Maybe to show off just a little bit. :)

Tomorrow Brian has liberty, so I will be driving up to have dinner with him.  Other than that, tomorrow should be a pretty quiet.  I hope I didn't just jinx it.  For now, I have a few craft projects that need my attention.  :)

Blessings,
~Cara