Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Settling In
Settling into the area and still homeless, I mean. We know where all the Starbucks are, as well as Best Buy, Old Navy, and Target. You know, the important stuff. The most exciting thing we do is go to all of the parks (and there are a lot of them) and drive along the coast at sunset with while drinking our Starbucks. The beach is such fun. It can get very cold all of a sudden. Yesterday, we were playing in the sun for an hour when all of a sudden the fog rolled in at the speed of light, or lack of light. We were in a cloud and freezing, I don't know how the surfers made it out of the water.
We have all the referrals for Evan except physical therapy, so that is the only thing up in the air. It's just a logistical thing. With Tricare it is always a logistical thing. The new OT also does a little PT, so I think we will be fine. It's insane how few pediatric PT's there are around here. I mean, there are so many kids, I don't get it. Anyway, the new OT has a room with wall to wall gymnastics mats and all kinds of swings, so Evan is pretty excited.
John starts school next week and the kids are on a wait list for pre-school. They are very excited for Halloween. Evan has four different things he wants to be (a ghost, an astronaut, spiderman, and Patrick from Spongebob). I think you know what the only thing Amelia wants to be for the past 9 months: Hello Kitty, but specifically ballerina princess Hello Kitty. I am dying to put up Halloween decorations at the new house, 2 more weeks!!
That's it, really. We are thinking about baby names for the new little one, who is moving around as I write. I just cannot believe it's only 21 weeks. What's it going to be like toward the end, yeesh.
We have all the referrals for Evan except physical therapy, so that is the only thing up in the air. It's just a logistical thing. With Tricare it is always a logistical thing. The new OT also does a little PT, so I think we will be fine. It's insane how few pediatric PT's there are around here. I mean, there are so many kids, I don't get it. Anyway, the new OT has a room with wall to wall gymnastics mats and all kinds of swings, so Evan is pretty excited.
John starts school next week and the kids are on a wait list for pre-school. They are very excited for Halloween. Evan has four different things he wants to be (a ghost, an astronaut, spiderman, and Patrick from Spongebob). I think you know what the only thing Amelia wants to be for the past 9 months: Hello Kitty, but specifically ballerina princess Hello Kitty. I am dying to put up Halloween decorations at the new house, 2 more weeks!!
That's it, really. We are thinking about baby names for the new little one, who is moving around as I write. I just cannot believe it's only 21 weeks. What's it going to be like toward the end, yeesh.
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| Sant Cruz boardwalk |
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Home in Monterey
We are home sweet home in Monterey now. Well, we don't have a home sweet home, but it is our "home" non-the-less. Our nice, new house will be ready the first week of October and our decent, temporary apartment will be available in a couple of days, so we are bumming around San Francisco right now. We got a membership to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which we are very excited about. I was amazed, there is even a children's play area. Guess where I'll be in the cloudy, somewhat colder winter? Here are some pics we have so far...
San Francisco Chinatown
Golden Gate Park Carousel
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Moving Sucks
One week until the movers come and we are not prepared. I don't think we will be, I will just open the door and let them pack my piles of junk. These piles of junk keep following us around the country. When I open the boxes at our new house- surprise! There are the piles of junk just as I left them in our old place! I can pull one out and place it on the desk like we never left.
We still have no house to put the piles of junk. We are number 2 for a house on base, but no one is moving. We are going to have to stay in a hotel and take the first mostly non-crappy house we find. I can't think about it too much because I don't want to go nuts.
I am also battling it out with Tricare (military health insurance) to get Evan (and Amelia) into a good pediatrician. They won't do their job and call me back, so I took matters into my own hands and called the Monterey Pediatric Group to beg for a doctor to take Evan. They haven't called me back, yet... This also means that Evan and Amelia will most likely have different doctors. I may just wave the white flag and see the holistic doctor they want me to see.
Monterey is beautiful, sure, but if you have a child with special needs, this is not a location to go for the Navy. It is going to be difficult for me to have to deal with the lack of doctors. I will have to drive all the way to San Jose for the specialists. For John, and us, attending the Naval Postgraduate School is an amazing opportunity, though. How can you pass up a free graduate degree in a prestigious program? We will have an amazing future so I need to suck it up and just do it.
We still have no house to put the piles of junk. We are number 2 for a house on base, but no one is moving. We are going to have to stay in a hotel and take the first mostly non-crappy house we find. I can't think about it too much because I don't want to go nuts.
I am also battling it out with Tricare (military health insurance) to get Evan (and Amelia) into a good pediatrician. They won't do their job and call me back, so I took matters into my own hands and called the Monterey Pediatric Group to beg for a doctor to take Evan. They haven't called me back, yet... This also means that Evan and Amelia will most likely have different doctors. I may just wave the white flag and see the holistic doctor they want me to see.
Monterey is beautiful, sure, but if you have a child with special needs, this is not a location to go for the Navy. It is going to be difficult for me to have to deal with the lack of doctors. I will have to drive all the way to San Jose for the specialists. For John, and us, attending the Naval Postgraduate School is an amazing opportunity, though. How can you pass up a free graduate degree in a prestigious program? We will have an amazing future so I need to suck it up and just do it.
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