My sweet little "bunny", Leena!

I finally got to have Leena this weekend! She's usually in between 4+ households. It has been that way since she was 2, and she's so used to it, she actually rather enjoys the variety.

In order to get to the Daniels home, you can either spend the $25 bucks in gas, and drive teh 80 miles "around" the puget sound water, or pay $14.45 a vehicle, and $6.70 a passenger, and take the ferry. Jeff and I invested in a ferry pass some months ago, and when the rates jumped from $11.45 a fare, to $14.45 a fare in the summer, we've ended up saving alot of money! The ferry ride, one way, is about 56-58 minutes, just barely shy of an hour. Leena was looking forward to taking "the boat" to moms house. I guess if you're 6, and such an outdoorsy girl like she is, it's perfect! Jeff and I made the trek over to Redmond somewhat early on saturday morning, being jeff had to work the next day. We went and picked her up, and took her bowling. Leena aboslutely LOVES bowling, and so does Jeff. Heck- he eve has his own ball! With my center of gravity, and lack of any coordination, I took a raincheck and decided not to play this time around. They put the bumpers up for Leena, and obviously none for Jeff. After about 3 games, our fee that we paid had finally ended. Leena was happy that she beat Jeff on alot of frames, despite how exceedingly good he is at bowling in general.

We then all 3 of us, got in the car and raced to the ferry terminal to catch the next ferry out of downtown Seattle. (Luckily no train or Mariners traffic, WOOHOOO for once! Those both will make you miss your ferry and you're stuck waiting for at least an hour, maybe 3! It's so awful!)She wandered around and watch us pass all the islands we go past when going to our destination; Bremerton. She really enjoyed the ride and talked alot during it. We got home and made dinner, watched a movie, and i started to doze off around 9pm. I'm such a wuss! I remember when I used to stay awake til 5am! I guess those are called past times for a reason.

The one downfall was, we are in a 3 bedroom house, the other 2 rooms are occupied, for now. (long story short was, I was living outside of Seattle, and did not get along with a roommate by any means, Jeff and I got engaged and I coverted over to 'this side' of the water in feb. Jeff had a lease with 2 other people, which is up next month, I've put my foot down and said they had to go come Oct...at least 1, because he's refusing to move again, when we have to in Jan. Doesn't add up.)So we blew up the air mattress for Leena, which she was excited about! It felt like camping to her, so we had her just sleep in our room. Poor thing couldn't sleep for a while. So, Jeff broke out the "Lappy" (nickname for laptop) and they played games together on msn. She then started to fall asleep, and Jeff moved her to her own little campground she had, to the right of us.

Jeff woke up at 530 to go to work, I saw him hug her goodbye and he left for a 24 hour shift. Leena and I were due for an appearance at a wedding on Sunday, for one of my close girlfriends. It was fun, and all of "the girls" were there, which is always nice. We've all been friends since 10th grade, some before hand. A friends mom was saying how she admired us for all still staying in close contact, all of them are Leenas unbiological "aunties", they were in the waiting room when she was born. I can't find the pictures, so I'll have to dig some up, but they're too cute of Leena! All in all, she had a good time with mommy.

We got on the ferry back, and Jeff had called my dad to warn them, (we walked on vs driving this time) that we'd be in downtown Seattle at 7:40pm. So, 7:10 rolls around, and I warm my mom that they needed to leave soon to meet me at the ferry terminal so I don't miss my next ride home. I called my dad and talked to him. A half hour rolls by, Leena were eating a snack on the ferry as we were pulling up to the dock in downtown. I call my dad on his cell phone to see where he is.....he says "well, we are JUST leaving home, we'll be there in a while". WHAT!!?? I was so infuriated, they live about 25 minutes from downtown, so it's not far but if they hit traffic, they were out of luck, and I was doomed to miss my ferry and wait 2 hours for the next one, then in fot the hour ride home, and not even get home until 11pm. Well, Leena picked up on how i was upset. She's so sweet she goes "It's ok mommy, if they're late, that just means you get to stay with me more!" Oh, so true, and so sweet. My dad called about 15 minutes later, He'd actually drove over the speed limit and hauled chicken butt to get to the ferry terminal cause he knows how time consuming it is for us to go back and forth across the water. I stood outside of the ferry terminal and directed them on my cell phone as to where I was. My dad was on a weird street, but I could see him. He got lucky, hit a red light for oncoming traffic and made a heck of a U-turn. As Leena was waiting for him, she gave me a hug and patted my pregnant tummy and goes "I love you mommy, and Landon too". that ook away any ounce of anger or fear of missing a boat, that I had in me at that time. I gave her a hug and a kiss, and my mom ran out of the car, hugged me, and I put Leena in her car seat and off they went.

I miss her! We had fun, she helped me pick out my jewelry for the wedding as well as my dress I was going to wear. I love that little girl! I just wish she was here more often.

Which bring me to my last thing, I'm really contimplating going on a long leave of absence for my job. Ever since I've been put into Nextel Worldwide and Corporate Care, it seems more stressful, maybe because I have alot more riding on the line. A friend sent me a message the other day, not realizing that I work full time and was stunned that I wasn't staying home. That was one thing Leena mentioned, she said she wanted to be here with me all the time, but wanted me to be home when she got home from school. I'd be getting off the same time she got out of school. The original plan was to dock my hours to part time, and when Jeff got home from work, I'd go into my job for a little while, when he watched the kids...But, after what Leena said, I don't think it's worth while. I'm so used to having to "report" to a job, and it's always been something in an area tha I excelled at. We'll see. I'm tired of working, tired of dealing with idiots, and tired of missing out on my little girl grow. I've had to work full time now for about..almost 5 years. It's a way of life, thena gain was supposed to be temporary. And with doctors labelling me high risk, I don't know how much my health is going to cost if I over wear myself. And, it's the last thing I want to do to Landon either. Only time will tell.