by Kenny Chesney
The Women With You

She hit the door at 6:55
Sack full of groceries, split down the sides
Can goods scattered all the way to the curb
The look on her face saying, don't say a word
So its me and her, and a can of beans
Sittin' there on the front porch swing
The western sky all turning red
Head on my shoulder, she sighed and said.

I've been gopher, chauffer, company chairman
Coffee maker, copy repairman
Any more there aint nothing I swear man, that I don't do.
I've been jugglin', strugglin', closin' big deals
Dancin' backwards in high heals
And just when it feels like I can't make it through.
She said, It sure is nice to just be the woman with you.

She said, The girl I was with a business degree
Probably wouldnt recognize me
I was gonna run the bank, I was gonna run the math
Now all I wanna run is a bubble bath
Back then you know I had this plan
Before all of this reality set in
Here'd come life for a ready or not
Hey, I wanted it all and thats what I got.

I've been gopher, chauffer, company chairman 
Coffee maker, copy repairman 
Any more there ain't nothing I swear man, that I don't do
I've been jugglin', strugglin', closin' big deals
Dancin' backwards in high heals
And just when it feels like I can't make it through
She said, It sure is nice to just be the woman with you.

She said, I'm gopher, chauffer, company chairman 
Coffee maker, copy repairman 
Any more there ain't nothing I swear man, that I don't do
I've been jugglin', strugglin', closin' big deals
Dancin' backwards in high heals
And just when it feels like I can't make it through
She said. It sure is nice to just be the woman,
The woman with you...

My first college test wasn’t that bad. It was still pretty hard but not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. After that I went and saw Gabe at the hospital. He is in the pediatrics so they give you window paint and let you paint the windows and the doors. I think that is such a good idea, because it helps them for a short time forget why they are in there. Gabe had a lot of fun doing it, he was very proud of his artwork. It was so cute. He painted GABEY LOVES STEPHANIE on one window with hearts all over it. And the other had everyone’s name on it in his family, and said love, family, ohana (means family in Hawaii, from the movie lilo and stitch). Then his mom and him painted stuff on the doors so that people can’t look in when they walk by. It gives the room some character too. He got lots of flowers and balloons. He got a smiley face balloon for Jordan, Hannah and Evie and Gabe was punching it saying “Are you happy now? Are you happy now? Are you happy now?” it was so cute. Then while his mom was talking to the doctor he asked her if Gabe was on any drugs and he is sitting in his bed saying crack. If anyone wants to do anything for him you could send a card to his house. If you don’t have the address you can ask me for it. I don’t feel comfortable posting it on here.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   They are hoping that Gabe will be out of the hospital on Thursday at the soonest. They are going to send him home with an IV and have an IV drip at home once a day I think. They will have a nurse come to his house and set everything up for him.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Gabe and I have been dating almost a year…what is an appropriate one year anniversary gift? Any suggestions?

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   I have been getting a lot of knitting done while I’ve been with Gabe at the hospital. I feel bad watching him just sit there. I wish there was something I could do to make him feel better.

Lonestar's new song (Kind of shows you that it's not so easy being a mom)
Mr. Mom

Lost my job, came home mad
Got a hug and kiss and that's too bad
She said I can go to work until you find another job
I thought I like the sound of that
Watch TV and take long naps
Go from a hard working dad to being Mr. Mom.

Well, Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time
Breakfast six, naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom.

Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA
And there's that shopping list she left
That's seven pages long
How much smoke can one stove make
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake
It's more than any man can take
Being Mr. Mom

Well, Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the sixteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom.

Before I fall in bed tonight
If the dog didn't eat the classifieds
I'm gonna look just one more time.

'Cause, Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the eighteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long
Oh, been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom.

Balancin' checkbooks, juggling bills
Thought there was nothing to it
Baby, now I know how you feel
What I don't know is how you do it...

Ok, so I am really bad about writing in here. Let’s see where do I begin….

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Labor Day Weekend- I went up north for Labor Day weekend. Which was great. Before I went up there I went to the mall with Gabe, Evie and Irene. Gabe’s mom asked me not to call her by her last name. Which is really hard for me to get used too. I grew up believe that all adults should be addressed Mr. and Mrs., so on and so forth. But anyways, we went to Marshall Fields and his mom bought me two dresses. They were having a huge sale on these beautiful dresses and by the time I had gotten there they already had some picked out for me. I was really surprised. His mom is so sweet. I really don’t even know why she did that for me, I just think that it was really sweet of her to do that.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Afterwards we went up to Petoskey. I was so excited to be seeing my family and friends. Friday night Gabe and I rented Taking Lives, Matt came over and we all watched it. The next day I went out to Laurens house with Gabe. Her family does this huge chili cook out. It was really cool, they have red and green chili’s imported I think (not totally sure). John was there too, it was great seeing him too. Lauren was playing around with her dad’s old camera that she is going to use for her photography class. She took pictures and then realized she left this funky lens on it that makes everything darker. It was still fun though.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Sunday I worked for the Kurlicks for two hours. It was nice seeing Sloan and Chloe. Those girls are so cute. Ilene is now almost 7 months pregnant with her third child. I can’t wait for next summer when I get to see him/her. They don’t want to know the sex of their baby until it’s born. But they paid me 50 dollars an hour on Sunday! It was insane!

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Now I am going to jump around a little bit.

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    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   Gabe had surgery on Friday to get his port out. We thought that this meant it was the total end of everything but that poor kid is never that lucky. He ended up getting an infection they think from the operating room. They think that something wasn’t totally cleaned right. It makes me so angry because when they put it in he got an infection too! These people are worthless. His mom took him to the E.R. last night (Sunday Sept 19) to have them look at it since she had been calling the surgeons and other doctors and they wouldn’t really do anything. I just want this all to go away and for him to be healthy again.  

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   I surprised my family when I came up this weekend. They had no idea I was coming up. The only people that I told was Christina and Lauren I do believe. (But I could be wrong) It was so nice seeing them. I went to my moms work first and saw her and then I went to see my sister because she had lunch right then and then Gabe and I went to see my dad. They all were really surprised.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   My brother turned 20 last Tuesday (the 14^th) I drove down to Westland to see him. You never really realize how much you miss someone until you see them for the first time in a long time and then have to leave again. We had a lot of fun though. I got to meet his new girlfriend and she was really nice. I don’t know if she can ever fill Mandy’s shoes but she is trying. I miss Mandy. She was so much fun and just an all around amazing sweet girl. Mandy is my brother’s ex-girlfriend for those of you who don’t know.

More Later....

Wow it has been forever since I have written in here. Sorry about that. My computer was down all summer and then I moved. Yea MOVED! Scary but it is a good experience. I am actually having a lot of fun down here. People say that they want to move out of Petoskey and into a bigger city because there is more to do. Well sorry to burst your bubble but you have to make your own fun where ever you are because it is the same down here. People here just go to the bar.

I miss everyone in Petoskey. I will be home this weekend. YAY! My brother moves into his apartment today. I’m happy for him, but I am nervous at the same time. I want him to straighten his life out and get things together.

My parents are coming to visit me tomorrow. Christina came down here for a tennis tournament last Saturday but it got cancelled. I still got to see her and go to lunch with her and her mom and Hillary.

The classes I am taking are….

Principles of Microeconomics

Western Art and Music History

Intro to Business

Political Science

Gabe has made this transition for me so great. I know it would have been incredibly hard without him. I don’t even think I would have been able to do it.  He is such an amazing boyfriend. I love him so much.

Well I miss you all and hope to be seeing you soon (at the famous Phelan house Chili Cook Out!)