june!

i can't believe it is june already! where has time gone? life has been alright around here. Brandon is still waiting on the union... they are interviewing this month and/ or next, orientation is in august and the new classes start in september. So hopefully he will be working in september! which is perfect for us, he will be making 17.65 starting out... in sept they are supposed to be getting a raise.. he might be making over 18 at that point... then in 3 months he will be getting another raise... :) we are going to be looking for a house to rent this coming fall. late summer into early fall i will start "actively" looking. i've been browsing online and looking around when i drive across town to go to my sisters or my moms. i'm getting excited for him but i'm anxious at the same time. he is so tired of being a jiffy lube. he has been working 36-38 hours a week and the last 4 months hes raised the numbers at the store. that store is now making more money than they have in the past years! he was supposed to get a raise and we still havent seen that. the store has bonused the last 4 months and we still haven't seen that either. they- jiffy owners- claim they sent them, but they were wrong so they sent them back... i call BS but there is nothing i can do. there is a rumor spreading among the managers that brandon is "being removed" from the business... not sure where is started or how but he just laughs. brandon was told by walt, his manager now, that a few people were talking about it at the meeting last week. they both laughed it off. walt thinks it was his old manager from falcon. she hates that she can no longer blame her misdoings on bran. her store hasn't hit numbers since brandon left. makes me laugh more than anything.
i was rather bumbed in april when i learned that you can only get fed funding for summer classes if you are a full time student all year. since i wasn't a student i could take classes but i'd end up paying full for them and we cant afford that right now. so i will wait a little longer till we can afford it and i have the time to do so. kinda sucks cuz i miss the classes and labs. i've been trying ot make time to teach myself a few things but i haven't found much time.
Braden is walking really well. he has learned he can open the kitchen cabinets and loves to bring me everything he can carry! he has also learned to climb! he loves getting on the couch and running back and forth... this kid might just kill me doing this! he has NO FEAR!! of course i dont want him to fall and break anything i would feel horrible! he enjoys his freedom cruising around the house. the sun has finally started shining again so we can spend a little more time outside. the apartments have opened the pool for the season so we will start going down there and getting him used to the water and teach him to swim. brandon is really looking forward to camping this summer some time. we are supposed to go to wyoming to meet up with an old friend of brandon's and camp for a few nights. that should be rather fun... however it is a 6 hour drive and i'm not sure how bean will do on a ride that long. i told bran we need to plan on stopping every hour or two so bean can get out and move around. i know i hate sitting that long and i have a feeling braden will also.
brandon's dad and step mom will be out this summer sometime to see the boys. Brandon is looking forward to this as well. he hasnt seen most of his family since we were out there from thanksgiving so it should be a good week while they are here. we plan on going ot the mining museum and a few other things that they want to do. not sure when they will be here but it will be nice for brandon to be with family.
i've been doing well. Braden wears me out most days. i have little time to get everything around the house done. when it feels like i got something done braden gets up and plays and the rooms are messy again. i'm looking forward to when he learns to clean up after himself. he helps now if you ask him to and show him how. but he looses interest rather quickly. i dont blame him at 15 months i would also. he learns so much everyday its amazing to watch. it truely is crazy how quickly they grow and how much they can learn in such a short amount of time.