Roughnecks Fall in Love

Roughnecks don’t fall in love, but that pretty face got my heart messed up…

Don’t know where we’re goin’, but girl I’m all in

Looks like roughnecks they fall in love

~Seth Anthony

Adam and I had yet another conversation, about getting him a new truck, before I get my new car. He was trying to talk himself into waiting another year or so, but I have plenty of reasons to argue why that’s not the best choice. For one, I will need a new car, within the next year or two. So, would he rather buy his truck now, and mine then, or have to buy TWO new vehicles at the same time? Secondly, we’re dumping a shitload of money into this truck of his, as it is. If I wanted to be selfish, I’d tell him to keep his truck, so I could go get my new Lexus now! Shoot, I was already gonna be getting my new SUV, in the next few months! I’m the one insisting I’d rather wait, and go find him something new! I did a great job, not raising my voice, or getting too sassy, as I argued these points to Adam. He relented. He looked at me and said, “you’re right.” I believe he may finally be talked into going shopping for a new pickup truck, for himself! For anyone who’s ever known my husband, this man is not one to be told what to do. I’ve learned to persuade him, using skills I’ve picked up over these years I’ve been with him. Despite that, there’s never any guarantee that even my best strategic moves will actually sway him. This one has been a challenge, for sure. At the very least, I’m confident he sees my side of this, and I think he might even agree with me now.

Yesterday was busy as heck. Jackie came over, and helped me shampoo my carpets. We cleaned up the basement, and worked on a craft project for Mikayla’s graduation party, too. I also had a weird reaction, to a few mosquito bites I’d gotten, on my ankle. It swelled up all down my leg and into my foot. It was bright red, and very hot to the touch. Similar to having a bad infection would’ve looked and felt. I also was queasy, and just “off”, all day long. I limped, every step I took, because it hurt like crazy. It was all because of some rare condition called “skeeter syndrome”?! My body’s immune system overreacted, to the bites, and caused all this trouble for me. Because I do have an autoimmune disease, I’m aware my own immune system is pretty much in hyper drive, at all times. I imagine that played a part in this reaction. Our pest company came by here, yesterday afternoon. They sprayed down our yard real good, and put out a couple of “mosquito traps” on each end of our backyard. It did seem to make a difference, already. Today, my ankle is both looking and feeling much better. At some point, during the night, Adam had moved around in bed, and his leg brushed up against mine. It woke me straight up out of a dead sleep! So, I’m pleasantly surprised to be feeling this much better, now.

We’re in a severe thunderstorm warning, right now. I’m hoping this passes by, quickly. I’m definitely not in the mood for scary weather.

Mj had her school award ceremony, yesterday evening. She won an award for being on the honor roll, all year long. She also won an award for her excellence in choir. ❤️

Jackie, Wyatt, and I swam in the pool, for awhile. She took a couple of silly pictures, of me and Wyatt.

I’m working on some laundry, and plan to get some deep cleaning work done. I’ve got baseboards, walls, and outdoor furniture to scrub. The kids had just a half day of school, so we’re planning to do our annual water balloon fight, weather permitting. I’ve got the balloons all ready to go, for later this afternoon. It’s thundering, and awful dark out. We’ve never had bad weather, on their last day of school before! I just realized that. We’ve never missed our water balloon fight. I sure hope we can still do it.