Took an Extended not intended break

For those who are still reading and wondering what has happened, there is a lot that has happened. We had hubby's sister move in last November with her dog; she needed help and support we were able  to give just that love and support Tori (not her real name) needed a place she didn't want to live with her parents which I understand completely she's a lovely grown adult. She had come to me and asked in turn I asked my hubby her brother we discussed it, we gave her our office/guest bedroom and the extra bathroom. Like me she had been out of work for a year, recently divorced from her partner. She had lived with a friend who drank all the time, Tori isn't use to that she felt unwanted and overwhelmed.

We took her in gave her what she had been missing for several years love and support from family, C her nephew got to know his aunt while she was living with us. He got to go Christmas shopping with her, we even took her out to dinner a few times; she kept telling us we didn't have to do this for her or her dog we told her this isn't forever it's part of life, one chapter shuts another chapter will open with new beginnings.

As the holidays came and went a whorl wind of activities we had our garage which we used for storage got broken into; Tori had most of her clothes she had along with electronics were stolen. I and hubby weren't happy it was a third time in two years that our garages had been broken into most of what was stolen prior to Tori moving in was recovered, hubby's bike was found across from where we lived thank you C for finding it. We don't have a police station don't know if we will ever get it back because of mismanagement within the police station, we have to rely on the Sacramento sheriff department if we need anything.

We didn't spend Thanksgiving with my in-laws as we usually do, J.J. made sure of that, he refused to let his grandparents invite us over I didn't find out about that until after Thanksgiving I wasn't pleased. C didn't want London broil for Thanksgiving nor did he want shrimp we ended up going out and buying a turkey with all the trimmings, hubby smoked it; which left us negative in the checking account, as many of my friends and family have told me that will be a memory he will never forget.

The following day we took C out pheasant hunting which has turned into a tradition after Thanksgiving is going out and hunt for pheasants, we had a good time. I don't usually have my cell phone on me, this time I did forgot to put on silence, my neighbor called me and asked if I had seen J.J.'s face book post I said no asked if I could call back after the hunt was over? Of course I did call her back told me to look at it  when I got home. J.J posted that we didn't care about him or the fact that we weren't there for Thanksgiving. When it was his choice he didn't want us there to begin with; my mother-in-law was pissed! It's not our fault that he made the choice obviously no one was happy over it.

We finally convinced our landlord for a puppy at this point he didn't care if we got a big one or a little one he was tired of the break-ins as we were, that afternoon hubby found a min pin Chihuahua for $20.00 the next morning I and Tori drove to Stockton to pick her up a tiny little baby fit right in the palm of my hand. We got her all the supplies we needed, thought we would surprise C in a scavenger hunt turned out to be a bad idea. C came home with a migraine headache took one look at her and ran to the bathroom, after a few hours he realized hey I've got a puppy! An early Christmas present.

J.J. was pissed to no end he even posted what the hell is wrong with my life! my brother gets a new puppy and I don't. He went as far as finding pictures of Labs and posted them on his page his girl friends mother asked him where he plans on keeping it a dog like that? J.J. had no reply he did have a dog once we had to get rid of her no one had the time to train her I was working at least 35 to 40 hours a week I had no time for a dog. We ended up giving her to my mom when she was still living, she couldn't handle her my guess is she went to the pound, this time it's different I'm not working applied for jobs received 51 rejections, within the year of applying for employment.

Back in March I went to a career fair, looked at some companies that were looking for employees none hired me, stopped by the California Department of Corrects and Rehabilitation since they had a booth set up, the peace officer asked if I was a U.S. citizen I said yes took one look at me and said we need people like you. I did apply passed my written exam about a month ago, passed my physical fitness test, which I did while suffering from a sinus infection came home vomiting at least it wasn't at the test site other wise I would have been disqualified would have to retake it in 6 months from now.

In the mean time J.J. is in Auburn he signed up for the California Conservation Corps same place where I met my hubby. He's been there since March 17th just around the time I was applying for CDCR, he didn't call me on my birthday, he did call me on Mother's Day I was feeling lousy didn't go to church that morning started to feel really awful by the time Sunday evening my left ear was in full blown pain. Sunday evening I e-mailed my doctor by 10 a.m. Monday morning I called to see why my doctor hadn't replied she too was out sick, the nurse got me a phone appointment he prescribed Amoxicillin with K clav made me feel 10x worse than I was already feeling.

Called the next day got another doctor to prescribe me with Amoxicillin which I'm use to taking four days later I was feeling back to normal, talk about one hell of an allergy season it's 20 times worse than last year no rain, dry grass, and plants that I'm not use to made me feel as if my sinuses were going to explode. C's allergies were bad too, except he had constant nose bleeds one right after another took him in to see his doctor; can't really prescribe anything unless he had an ear infection which surprising enough he didn't have.

I pretty much overwhelmed my readers I'll start on another post of other happenings as soon as I can, I can't believe how great writing makes me feel. I think I've taken a huge weight off my shoulders.