Normally it's the other way around...

Normally my husband is the one who's up late. Lately I haven't been able to kick this crazy sleep pattern that I'm in. It's 1:15 a.m and I am WIDE AWAKE. I'm thinking about cleaning the downstairs while Colby is asleep.

There is something about being awake when everyone else in the house is asleep that I just don't like. I tend to be the one who's asleep fairly early, but on occasion have been known to stay up late. It's a lonely feeling for me. I do perfectly fine during the day when Colby is out to school, but at night it's so quiet and in my mind everyone I know is sleeping. Sometimes nights are the hardest. I miss my family very much, but haven't broke down. I'm looking forward to being able to see them very soon.

I start my job at the preschool on Monday. I thought for sure tonight I would go to bed around 10 p.m., and here it is going on 1:30 a.m. and I'm contemplating putting the DVDs in alphabetical order. If I continue writing this will be a bigger ramble session then it's turned out to be.

Good Night.

These are a few of my favorite things.

I must say that this is probably my favorite time of the year. It has been raining for a few days here in Washington and this morning when I woke up there was a big rainbow outside my bedroom window. This time of the year is so exciting because all the things I love are rapidly approaching.

September it starts getting cool again and I can wear long sleeve shirts and jeans. October is fantastic because I LOVE decorating and all the festivals that go on and the smells that go along with it: Caramel Apples, Cinnamon, Apple Cider, and Hazelnut. I LOVE fall. Colby informs me that we'll not have a "fall" here in Washington. I'm going to attempt to make it as 'fall' like as possible.

November- MY 25th birthday is coming up and I'm feeling like there might be a 'quarter life' crisis to go along with that. :) I told Colby that might include needing to buy a Mini Cooper. It's also Thanksgiving time- which will be a little sad this year considering we won't get our home cooked family meals. I think we have something planned for Thanksgiving though, we might go to Seattle. It will be our first Thanksgiving alone together and as nice as it would be to be with our families we are a family now so that will be nice.

December- What can I say?! I'm so excited for December because that means we'll be going back home. I'm so excited to see everyone again. I miss everyone SO much! And in January I'm going to Puerto Rico for 10 days! Amazing.

Char-Marie-1. Insurance Company- 0.

Since I was hospitalized in February I have been fighting with the insurance company to pay my medical bills to no avail. I had been calling every day and talking with "Jim" the insurance guy and really feeling like I was losing this major battle. Yesterday I awoke just like every morning and went down stairs to start the round of calls I would have to make that day to see if anything was being done. *Keep in mind this is more than 5 months later and the hospitals wanted their money...

I called my mom and discussed my options, my grandma called and I had another 'vent session', I talked to Colby in tears because I felt like I was at the end of my rope. We had just received another 500.00 bill to be paid upon receipt. One of those. I didn't know what we were going to do. Here I am looking for a new job in a new place, away from family and "Jose" from St. Joseph hospital wants his money, BUT "JIM" from insurance is giving him the finger and I'm trying to run intercept.

Well, I had just sat down to start filling out the complaint form against the insurance company, fully intent on running them into the ground... when Jim called,

JIM: "Hiiiii this is Jim (in a nasal-y voice) and I wanted to let you know that I did receive your fax and wanted to let you know that the claims department decided to pay 100%."

Just like that. Very nonchalant, like this life changing event didn't just take place in his little mind.

ME: "WHAT?! SHUT UP! Are you serious JIM!"

JIM: "Yeah. It should be going through sometime next week."

ME: "I LOVE YOU JIM! MY HUSBAND LOVES YOU JIM!"

JIM: "That's quite alright Ma'am"


That insurance company doesn't know how close that really was....Good job Jim, you saved your company.

Yeeessssssssssssssssssssssss!