--I had become burnt out on the suburban life as much as Goose. I loved that house we picked out three years ago, knowing it was too big for us but plenty big for family and did it ever serve its purpose. So many fond family moments were gathered up into my heart in that home, but I was burnt out. Goose had become miserable at work and he was in physical pain from the stairs also. We both wanted a better quality of life for us and our children and nothing secured that thought more than taking our jeep trail trip to Colorado. We knew right then we wanted all of us to see the country before we were old, and we couldn't do that if we were living to maintain our house. We wanted to find HOME. --
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Thursday
The one where I cram April-June 1 into one post.
You guys. This post has been a long time coming, and I have my reasons for the delay but it is time to talk about our sudden changes!
During our Colorado trip we kind of made the choice to open up job searching to country wide. The travel bug hit us BAD. I was in a crossroads with my job, which isn't important now in hindsight, but their decision made my decision concrete. Goose was at a crossroads with his job because the company wasn't the same company he signed on with in 2013. We knew the youngest Grill was about to start college and was most likely staying on Oklahoma (she did) and the oldest Grill had a pretty awesome handle on college life and could survive if it happened. Around March Goose was put into a life altering career path. While he had applied at various other jobs with little to no interest, there was still the option of uprooting. He was being looked at a company in Houston in corporate level with quick advancement or a job in Connecticut as a Contract Engineer. Long story short, neither company hired him though he was second place for both, but he had made his decision and we had come to an agreement on how we would live from here on out if something came along.
Monday
Analyze that!
Am I the only one that has absolutely insane crazy dreams? Prolly not. Am I the only one who doesn't want to wake up because I want to know what happens next? Maybe so. A little insight on my dreams:
I was rafting down the Amazon River on a nicely fashioned log paddle boat with some of my friends, you may know some of them. Rick, Darryl, Carol, Maggie, Glen...we were just rafting for a chuckle it seemed. You know, get away from the stress of dealing with zombies. Speaking of zombies, they were lining the riverbank smelling us because some of them *points* hadn't showered in like 3 weeks, and well...when the dead can smell you and turn away, its either because you're covered in zombie slime or you need a shower. Good thing there's that thing called the Amazon River. People were swimming and washing up in the river, which I didn't think was such a great idea. I'd heard things about "magic" and people looking for "the source" and not getting out of there easily. What is this, the island? What's worse, that crazy magic or the zombies? Hmm. Seems like the magic was on break while people were washing their pits so, okay. Man, zombies are relentless. They were following us along the river bank, snarling and well, being gross as usual. They were really starting to pile up. By then everyone else was back on the raft sunbathing, and commenting on this pile up and what a nightmare that's gonna be at the end of the trek when we have to get off the boat. Zombies can't swim, so why not just drop anchor th--wait! Oh look! A waterfall! Ideabulb!!! We should run these zombies to the edge of the waterfall and watch them fall over the edge! Fun times! So we did. We dropped anchor so close to the falls that you could literally look over the edge of the boat and see the 70 foot drop down. Somebody better fashion a bit of railing if we are staying here! And we better hope that anchor stays. Zombies are so dumb. They just piled up until they fell over the edge on both sides. Have a fun trip ya'll! There they were at the base of the waterfall, mangled and broken even worse than before but unless their brains were squished, they were still alive down there. Flopping like fish our of water and floating down the rest of the river, getting attacked by piranhas. Comedy! All the sudden our boat started to slip. We are gonna fall down the waterfall and IF we make it, we are gonna get eaten by zombie heads! Ack..what to do?
Do you ever have a dream you wake from and so desperately want to finish it so you squeeze your eyes shut and will your body to keep thinking "what's next?" and try your hardest to go back to sleep? I do all.the.time.
Not to worry folks, I did in fact fall back asleep. However, I didn't get back to THAT dream....
It was a mix of vampire diaries, wizard of Oz, and alien...maybe the show V. I was stuck in the middle of this massive alien ship hovercrafting all over the USA. How did I get there? I don't know! I just did. But, I was like some super secret spy or something (alliteration!) because no one, I mean, NO ONE could see me. Which was pretty awesome because the day-glo madness was happening all around me and I just wanted to watch. This great and powerful whoever...let's just call him Oz...was stealing vampire eggs! I know what you're thinking, I was too. THAT JERK! Okay, and maybe, 'wait a minute, when did vampires start laying eggs? Are we sure they aren't just alligators or something?' I'm watching this guy steal eggs left and right and how the vampires didn't know their eggs were being stolen right out from under them was beyond me. Oz would place these eggs into cutouts into this giant purple milk carton. It was glowing and really kinda pretty so I of course "oooh'd" when I saw it. Once Oz had stolen like 35 eggs, he pressed some button. Oh.My.LANTA. The eggs turned into purple glitter snowflakes and floated about the ships atrium! I clapped and clapped like a fool because it was so cool! But one lonely vampire didn't think it so cool, she was trying to attack the great and powerful and redeem these glitter snowflakes to take back to her people. Big mistake little vamp. The great and powerful has an entire army of womenfolk flopping through the ship (was the floor made of a giant trampoline?) in their neon pink, yellow, green, and orange outfits. They looked like stretchy spandex sarongs, wrapped strategically around their parts but these were not petite women if you catch my drift. They were WARRIORS! Warriors prancing in neon, jumping on trampoline floor, but still! You don't mess with these ladies. They were sent to ATTACK the vampires, and not just by knocking them out with their flopping bosoms. They shot day-glo lasers at the vampires OUT OF THEIR EYES! ALIENS! OMG ALIENS ARE FIGHTING VAMPIRES! The other vampires caught wind of them and came out in full battle mode. Does alien blood smell good? *flails hands* Who will win this epic battle? Venomous blood sucking fangs, or laser eyes and knockout boobs? Well, I don't know the answers because I WOKE UP!
I mean, I really wanted to know who would win. I don't think I've seen that type of movie...aliens fighting vampires? That would be interesting. Is alien blood poison to vampires? Do aliens even really bleed? Why would vampires hatch eggs, what are we chickens?!?
I was rafting down the Amazon River on a nicely fashioned log paddle boat with some of my friends, you may know some of them. Rick, Darryl, Carol, Maggie, Glen...we were just rafting for a chuckle it seemed. You know, get away from the stress of dealing with zombies. Speaking of zombies, they were lining the riverbank smelling us because some of them *points* hadn't showered in like 3 weeks, and well...when the dead can smell you and turn away, its either because you're covered in zombie slime or you need a shower. Good thing there's that thing called the Amazon River. People were swimming and washing up in the river, which I didn't think was such a great idea. I'd heard things about "magic" and people looking for "the source" and not getting out of there easily. What is this, the island? What's worse, that crazy magic or the zombies? Hmm. Seems like the magic was on break while people were washing their pits so, okay. Man, zombies are relentless. They were following us along the river bank, snarling and well, being gross as usual. They were really starting to pile up. By then everyone else was back on the raft sunbathing, and commenting on this pile up and what a nightmare that's gonna be at the end of the trek when we have to get off the boat. Zombies can't swim, so why not just drop anchor th--wait! Oh look! A waterfall! Ideabulb!!! We should run these zombies to the edge of the waterfall and watch them fall over the edge! Fun times! So we did. We dropped anchor so close to the falls that you could literally look over the edge of the boat and see the 70 foot drop down. Somebody better fashion a bit of railing if we are staying here! And we better hope that anchor stays. Zombies are so dumb. They just piled up until they fell over the edge on both sides. Have a fun trip ya'll! There they were at the base of the waterfall, mangled and broken even worse than before but unless their brains were squished, they were still alive down there. Flopping like fish our of water and floating down the rest of the river, getting attacked by piranhas. Comedy! All the sudden our boat started to slip. We are gonna fall down the waterfall and IF we make it, we are gonna get eaten by zombie heads! Ack..what to do?
Do you ever have a dream you wake from and so desperately want to finish it so you squeeze your eyes shut and will your body to keep thinking "what's next?" and try your hardest to go back to sleep? I do all.the.time.
Not to worry folks, I did in fact fall back asleep. However, I didn't get back to THAT dream....
It was a mix of vampire diaries, wizard of Oz, and alien...maybe the show V. I was stuck in the middle of this massive alien ship hovercrafting all over the USA. How did I get there? I don't know! I just did. But, I was like some super secret spy or something (alliteration!) because no one, I mean, NO ONE could see me. Which was pretty awesome because the day-glo madness was happening all around me and I just wanted to watch. This great and powerful whoever...let's just call him Oz...was stealing vampire eggs! I know what you're thinking, I was too. THAT JERK! Okay, and maybe, 'wait a minute, when did vampires start laying eggs? Are we sure they aren't just alligators or something?' I'm watching this guy steal eggs left and right and how the vampires didn't know their eggs were being stolen right out from under them was beyond me. Oz would place these eggs into cutouts into this giant purple milk carton. It was glowing and really kinda pretty so I of course "oooh'd" when I saw it. Once Oz had stolen like 35 eggs, he pressed some button. Oh.My.LANTA. The eggs turned into purple glitter snowflakes and floated about the ships atrium! I clapped and clapped like a fool because it was so cool! But one lonely vampire didn't think it so cool, she was trying to attack the great and powerful and redeem these glitter snowflakes to take back to her people. Big mistake little vamp. The great and powerful has an entire army of womenfolk flopping through the ship (was the floor made of a giant trampoline?) in their neon pink, yellow, green, and orange outfits. They looked like stretchy spandex sarongs, wrapped strategically around their parts but these were not petite women if you catch my drift. They were WARRIORS! Warriors prancing in neon, jumping on trampoline floor, but still! You don't mess with these ladies. They were sent to ATTACK the vampires, and not just by knocking them out with their flopping bosoms. They shot day-glo lasers at the vampires OUT OF THEIR EYES! ALIENS! OMG ALIENS ARE FIGHTING VAMPIRES! The other vampires caught wind of them and came out in full battle mode. Does alien blood smell good? *flails hands* Who will win this epic battle? Venomous blood sucking fangs, or laser eyes and knockout boobs? Well, I don't know the answers because I WOKE UP!
I mean, I really wanted to know who would win. I don't think I've seen that type of movie...aliens fighting vampires? That would be interesting. Is alien blood poison to vampires? Do aliens even really bleed? Why would vampires hatch eggs, what are we chickens?!?
Wednesday
I've fallen for the basement. No, really.
It was a cold Chicago night, 1976 the year of America's bi-centennial. My mom was in a great deal of pain and I was chargin' through! Wait...what? Ok ok ok...name that T.V. show clip then. I guess I need a better intro.
It was a bright sunny February post-birthday and also happy Friday to me! Us kids were having a swell time doing various kid things. Mostly dancing and playing dress up (they were, I liked my clothes) and begging for candy. I was fixing lunch and got a knock on the door to find a PRESENT for ME! Oooo! It really was my birthday week! I opened the box to find the most glorious surprise from that sneaky Goose! The very thing I am typing on at this moment. A CHROMEBOOK! If you don't know what it is, I suggest you do a google search and figure it out. Or here, I will help. Click here for Chromebook awesomeness. I will wait.
It was a bright sunny February post-birthday and also happy Friday to me! Us kids were having a swell time doing various kid things. Mostly dancing and playing dress up (they were, I liked my clothes) and begging for candy. I was fixing lunch and got a knock on the door to find a PRESENT for ME! Oooo! It really was my birthday week! I opened the box to find the most glorious surprise from that sneaky Goose! The very thing I am typing on at this moment. A CHROMEBOOK! If you don't know what it is, I suggest you do a google search and figure it out. Or here, I will help. Click here for Chromebook awesomeness. I will wait.
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