Home at last!

Noah was finally released from the hospital this afternoon. Yeah! It has been a long four days. I was suprised they let him go but the doctor said even though his sats are still low since he won't wear a nasal canula there is nothing we can do and he seems to be compinsating ok. We will follow up with the pediatrician in about a week to check his pneumonia and ear infections. I am sooooooooo glad to be home and Noah seems to like being home too. He has started throwing major temper tantrums, full on throwing himself on the ground, but I hope it's just because he dosen't feel good. Abby is very relieved that I am home too, she had a very difficult time with me being gone. She thought I wasn't coming back. But I did and now I am gonna have to work 10x as hard as I was before to make sure these kids know that they are safe and loved.

Random thought: Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

Noah has Pneumonia

It's been a rough week. I am sorry to all who have called and I haven't be available to talk or return anyones calls. All of the sickness from last week has now doubled in size. Noah now has double ear infections and pneumonia, he is in the hospital. Until he can keep his oxygen level up with out supplemental oxygen we will stay here. So I am making the best of it while he is sleeping. It is finals week for me so I will be sitting outside his room doing my homework in a few minutes. The other kids (whom I haven't really seen in a couple of days) are with friends. Abby is really having a hard time, first her dad is gone and now I am not there either. I know it's only for a couple of days (hopefully)but she is really not ok with all of this. Bre said she peed behind the couch yesterday, I don't how much more she or I can take! Anyway as soon as Noah can keep his sats above 95 (I think) we will be able to go home. Since I have missed so much work cause of all his sickness (and will continue to miss work until he is better)I am pretty sure I lost my job (oh sadness, what will I do)did you catch all that sarcasim, but it is ok because I am pretty sure I have another job right here in Queen Creek (Yeah!!!)Oh the gas (money) I will save and time too, but more on that later. Here a few pictures from the hospital.

Picture Time!

A game of kick ball at the the church picnic from a couple of weeks ago.
Face off!
Princess Abby hamin' it up for the camera.
Noah Cheesin' behind his binky

Walgreens!!

An unlikely end to a rather bad day. Who knew after a really bad day with sick kids and just feeling crumy about my life, I would find a pleasent conversation at the end of a very long day at Walgreens. So thank you Walgreens for the medicine to get rid of the pink eye for Noah and the really nice guy ( who also happened to be cute too). Or maybe I should thank the really crappy major chain daycare (Mini skool sucks)for abusing my kids and making us all get sick. Which is what really caused us to go to the ER and then Walgreens. Whatever the case it was really nice to meet someone new even if it was the last time I might see him. Back to the crappy daycare thing, I have been on hiatis from the phone(thats why most of you don't know about the abuse thing). FYI: again let me reiterate Mini-Skool sucks.... The first day the babies were there Abby came home with two marks on her bottom, the second day Noah came home with massive bruises on the insides of his thighs and a stomach virus and pink eye. There will be NO third day! I am now back to square one. Krystal please move out here!! I know my babies would be safe with you and you could make a killing out here(you know I am only half joking). With only two weeks of this semester I am not about to give up! Lord please send me a nanny! Ok I have about 8 hours of homework to do and I have to be out of my house with the babies by 5a.m. and sleep would be nice but probably out of the question tonight. If I don't talk to any of you.... Good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

To much T.V. when I start quoting... LOL

Too Busy!!!

I don't every remember being this busy! I am not doing any more than I ever have but I am tired at the end of the day. I must be old, huh? I know, I know, I have got to get better at updating this thing since I have stopped calling everyone. Any hootieville, just two more weeks and this semester is finished for me the kids have like four weeks. So at least I will get about a month break before my school starts back up for the summer.
Also I seam to have troubles getting videos to post (they show in the preview) but not on the blog. So you are always welcome to click on over to www.myspace.com/Gilreath5 and view all the pictures and videos there. It will be awhile until I can figure this whole thing out. But I have decided to take a HTML class and maybe some web design classes to make mine and yours a pleasent online experience.

As you can see by the above blog, nothing exciting happening in my life. Just keepin' up with school and the kids.

What's In A Name?

So it occurs to me today that I am falling down on the job, as it has been six whole days since the world knew what I did last. I meant to blog sooner, I really did, but you know how busy one can get with, dates, church, my school, kids school, and that pesky job of mine. So I put that all aside and now I make time for you... uh and the whole wide world. This past Saturday me and the kids went to a picnic for the church(link below post) and I don't think the kids have had so much fun in a long time. Bre has really been liking her youth group called Fire Escape and I can't tell you how happy it makes me that she likes her youth group. If I can only get Nate involved with something so good. I feel better and more energetic these days maybe even optimistic! In fact I was so energetic the other day I googled my name. OK really I was looking to see if this blog came up but it doesn't unless you put the 5 on the end of my name. However I did find lots of weird stuff. So I am assuming if you have the same last name that you are relatives of some sort. So I am pretty pleased that the Gilreath name does not bring me to much shame(lol) unless you count that one murderer. But in my name's defence it was only one out of 40 pages of google search(that's when I got tired of looking and went to bed). Yes I do realize that this was only a shallow search and the roots of my family are deeper than this. However this way took less work and was definitely interesting. The homocidal Gilreath murdered his wife (named Linda) hey that's my mom's name, and her father. Well luckily my mom Linda is still alive but her father is dead but I am pretty sure he was not murdered. OH and there is a town named after me and a street(Gilreath Mill Road)too. Apparently the Gilreath's are not to bad off over in the south and southeast. There are even some really smart Gilreath's besides me there are some medical malpractice lawyers in Tenessee, quit a few doctors of different sorts spread mostly over the south (but don't use the Gilreath dentist they have got some bad reviews it seams as though Dr. Gilreath has a heavy hand), several singers, an olympic medalist for hammer throw named Erin Gilreath (Erin is my middle name, maybe I should try my hand at hammer throwing), a black basketball star (if we are really related the who's the throwback me or him?)So it looks like, if you judge one by there name, I am running neck and neck with average. At least there is far worse out there on the basis of name like Bush, Lewinsky, or Hitler. Speaking of people who break the rules here is one little cute escapee...

Love Is NEVER Enough!

You know you should always learn from your mistakes. Which is why I have now come to the conculsion that Love is Never Enough! As in my soon to be exhusbands' lack of respect for self and others TRUMPED the fact that he loved us or that we loved him more than he was ever loved in his life. Well at least at one point we did (love each other). Anyway I have decided to be on the look out for a man that is not as romantically interesting as he is rational, dignified,and supportive. Of course looks will count (cause we all know what a shallow person I am) but after I get past the looks, and I will get past them, there will be more intense screenings and background checks if you know what I mean. Maybe some interviews with the ex's to find out the real truth or at least weed out some of the truth. Also I will screen the family for any immediate freaks and psycho's (I mean mentally challenged). I am not sure that I am kidding about any of this either. I feel pretty burned by the bull shit that he has pulled. I deffinately want to be more carefull anyway. This was a lesson not to be forgot! As things improve around here, and they are improving, I know I won't be so bitter about throwing my love away on someone who couldn't handle it. But until then I am pissed off. Who the hell is he to not take any responsibility for this fucking mess and leave me to clean it up. What the hell am I supposed to tell the kids? Your daddy is an egocentric, short tempered, abusive man, that is not responsible for himself so he can't be responible to you either. As much as I might want to there is not a chance in hell I would ever say that. Sides that explaining that to a 3 year old (the one that expresses her sadness the most) would be like explaining how babies are really made. It is just to much for her to comprehend. I don't know that I can bring myself to say anything nice either. I am glad the two that are biologically his are to young and probably won't remember any of this or him in a couple of years maybe even less, if I play my cards right. However I think the older two might have some issues to deal with. Bre is totally glad he is gone but Nate is not taking it so well. Nate is pretty sad about all of this even though he was the one that took the brunt of my ex's anger. But I am confident that he will come to realize that this is what's best for everyone, especially him. We are all survivors but now it is time that we all find our happiness.