Well, maybe I've slacked a little..

So, my first post on the new blog was a while back.  I'm a total slacker, I admit it.
Actually, life has been crazy busy since I started school, about a week after the last post.  I am officially a college student!  I never thought I would have the chance to go back to school, honestly.  Once I graduated high school and turned down a scholarship to play soccer at a junior college (stupid, idiotic, just plain DUMB!), I ended up working two jobs and then having a baby and getting married.  Well, the opportunity presented itself again, and this time I jumped on it!

Besides my own school, I have two of my boys in school.  Oldest is almost done with the 3rd grade and middle is almost done with kindergarten.  Youngest is 18 months old and the new one will be here the first part of September.  Oh, that's right, that's news to you guys, huh?  Well, yep, boy #4.  He was a big surprise, we were done with #3.  There's that life thing happening again.. (Sh)it happens and you deal with it.  So that's what we're doing.. dealing.  I thought that maybe since this one was such a surprise, maybe it would be a girl.  Apparently we don't know how to make those.  Oh well, I'm just destined to be a baseball mom.

Baseball-that's another thing that keeps us running.  Oldest and middle both play, often at the same exact time on the same nights.  That's annoying, but we deal with it.  I get lots of exercise on those nights, walking back and forth to complete opposite sides of the complex trying to see as much of both games as possible.  Like I said, annoying.  Especially while dragging a toddler around.  

So, that's what's going on right now.  Oh, and baby naming.  We can't agree on a boy name.  Happened with the last one too, but when we DID find the right one, we knew right away.  Why does it have to be up to us to give these kids names that they have to live with for the rest of their lives?  Why can't they just choose them themselves when they are like.. four? Before they start school?  Okay, okay.. I know that it's our job to do it for them.  So, that's why I am so picky when it comes to choosing a name.  Guess that's a good thing, right?

Let's go back a ways..

Last time I was heard from in the blogging world, I was a married mommy of 2 great boys, living near Austin TX, and working a full time job.
That was around 3 years ago..

Fast forward to today.. I am a divorced mommy of 3 awesome boys, living back in my small hometown, not employed outside of the house (AKA Domestic Diva!), and fixing to start back to school for the first time in 10 years. Oh yes, and I am happier than I have ever been, sharing my life with my soul mate. (Yes, I do believe in soul mates. And I have always believed he was mine.)

Now, the order in which the above listed things happened may not have been ideal, but it is what it is. Life, that's what it is. Sometimes (sh)it just happens.

Timeline is as follows (approximate, of course):
My (then) husband and I separated.. That was Feb 2010.
I reconnected with an old flame..
I moved back to my hometown..
Divorce was filed 3 months after the separation..
Almost a year later, I was pregnant with baby boy #3..
9 months after that, baby boy #3 was born (insert some drama here that we will uncover later)..
4 months after that, divorce was final. That was March of this year.
I am living my life and enjoying it. Finally.

Yeah. That's how it happened.
Criticize, ridicule, judge, praise, envy, do what you may.
Like I said, it is what it is.
Am I proud of the way things unrolled? Not really.
Would I change a thing? Maybe one or two small things, but nothing big. Otherwise my life would not be what it is now and I wouldn't be who I am.
I believe that the way my life has turned out so far has made me a much stronger person and a much better mother.

Look forward to seeing much more from me again, as I look forward to sharing pieces of my life with you again!