I'm exhausted

I think all of the school and everything with the boys is starting to catch up with me. I'm SOO tired. On top of the every day stuff we have going on, I'm also having my lovely time of the month, which just makes everything so much worse.

I have my first test tomorrow and I haven't studied at ALL for it (I've read the chapters we were supposed to read, and I've been to all the classes so I've gotten all of the lectures, so at least I have that.) But I need to study and I just can't make myself for anything. I have a headache, I'm tired, and I don't want to study (would you?? The class my test is in is "Educational Phsychology")!!!! Ugg! No, it's really not that bad of a class, and the prof is awesome, I'm just so tired.

Oh, and I started back up on my Boot Camp this morning. Matt texted me yesterday to ask if I wanted to go to the Virgin Islands in November (all expenses paid) and of course I said yes! I'll miss a whole week of school, so I need to start planning that out with the profs soon, but still! It'll be AWESOME!!!! But now I REALLY need to get to loosing the weight I've been hanging on to.

Okay. Now I really do need to finish helping Daylon with his homework and getting to studying MINE. Wish me luck on my test tomorrow- I'm going to need it!!!!

Pictures of the boat

(And of Matt's trip down there yesterday- lots of downed power lines, trees, flooding, etc.)

And yes, we do have insurance on it- just hope it's really good insurance!! Matt and his friend, Aaron, just left a little while ago to head down there to try to get everything they could off of the boat before looters got to it. I'm sure I'll get more pictures later of all of that and with the water down.

Here's the link of all of the pictures Matt took: http://mkdjkrat.shutterfly.com/3099

And here are just a few pictures of the boat so you would know which one it is.

You can just barely see the top bow of the boat, right in the middle of the picture. The windshield had been blown out completely. And see the boat to the left of it that's upside down?!!

The boat

Well, Matt got down there just fine, no problems getting there at all. BUT... the boat is completely under the water. They were redoing the rudder on the boat so there was a hole in the boat. The water came up and over, and the boat is just gone. Matt said he could just see the top part of the boat and one of the lights. Matt took lots of pictures and I'll post them once I get them.

Oh, he was interviewed by Fox News (not sure if it was the local or the national Fox News) so if you happen to be watching the news, you might see him on there (and if it's shown and I can find a link, I'll post that as well.)

But, that's that.

We're all good!

Everything is fine here. We actually didn't get as much rain or wind as they originally thought we would. It started getting windy here around 3:15 in the morning, and of course it woke me up, and then started getting really bad around 7 or so. We were on the west side of the eye though, so it wasn't too bad.

HOWEVER, my husband has lost his mind and has left here to go down to Kemah to check on his boat. The Kemah Boardwalk is COMPLETLEY closed down though, so I'm not sure how far he's going to get towards the boat. That, and a lot of the gas stations are closed so I don't even know if he can physically get down there without gas.

Our cell phones don't take calls right now, but we can MAKE calls and make and recieve texts. So I'm trying to keep in touch with Matt that way. I'm just a worry-wart and since "they" are telling people to NOT try to come home or go towards the Gulf/Galveston Bay, and my husband IS trying to do that, I'm just really worried. I swear, he's crazy!!!

I'll keep you guys updated on that. And he took the camera so hopefully I can at least get some pictures to post of all of the damage he comes across (since he's going down there anyway! LOL) :-/

We're under a HURRICANE watch!!!

Yep, Brazos county is under a hurricane watch until Sunday morning. Apparently Ike is going to hit around Galveston (yes, the boat is still in Kemah- should be fun), and then head directly towards B/CS. And we'll get the east side of the storm here, which is the worst side. I'm freaking out just a little bit right now- we've been under Tropical Storm watches/warnings several times before, but not a Hurricane watch- at least that I can remember (maybe Hurricane Rita- I remember everyone freaking out about that one too!)

Anyway, it's just a little scary! I'm going to work on the garage today and get it cleaned out enough so that I can park my car in there. And then Matt wants to find a place for his truck. Hopefully we can get it in somewhere too. And I have to pick up the backyard enough where we won't have toys flying around, etc. Fun, fun, fun!!

Well, I'm off to get ready for school. Kelton and Blayden don't have thier MDO today because the church they have it at is an evacuation shelter for the Red Cross and they already have quite a few evacuees. They don't want the kids there at the same time those people are there (I don't want them there either!) So my mom is heading over to watch them while I'm in class (gotta love mom's!!) :-)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!!!

Pictures- Aggie football game & Daylon (my big football player!)

Matt and I took Daylon and Kelton to the first A&M football game of the season on August 30. They both LOVED going and have been asking to go again (we have season tickets this year, so we'll see!) :-) Anyway, here are a few pictures from that football game. (Too bad we LOST!!! UGG!)

All of my little Aggie's (before the game):



Kelton watching very closely to see what was going on:



Me and Daylon:



Matt, Daylon, and Kelton:




Daylon also had his first Pop Warner TACKLE football game this last Saturday (the 7th). He did pretty good for his first game, and I think he had a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures of him (not very good- sorry!)

Daylon- #88 ("Ratliff") ;-)



He's bent over on the left side and has one of his hands kind of raised in a "five" thing:



I just think this is kind of cool!! ;-)

Introducing the Amazing Jace!!! :-)

Jace is very much the singer and entertainer of the family. He LOVES to sing, but he has found out lately that his dad and I will pay him for his services. So... to get a free concert is an awesome deal! :-) This one was free, and right before he went to bed one night (hince him wearing his underwear! LOL)

Enjoy!!!

http://www.dropshots.com/SunshineKel#date/2008-09-09/13:57:50

Awesome video

"Dear Mr. Obama"

(Sorry, I don't know how to put the actual video in here!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8

Craziness!!

Well, between my school, the boys school, Daylon's football, Jace's tennis, Matt's work, and all of the little things in between, we've been going NUTS! It's just been absolutely crazy (which I knew it would be, but still!!) Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that we are all good, just insanely busy. I'll be posting soon another, better update!! :-)