Friday and Saturday

Friday was a day of appointments. I had my MRI in the morning. Weird experience, but nothing too terrible. Then in the afternoon I had my appointment to check up on my IUD. Found out a have a cyst, but beyond occasional pain, it shouldn't pose a problem.


Samm and I went and saw a movie. I was really in the mood for something funny to cheer me up. We saw Dinner for Shmucks, which was pretty funny and good. Not too amazing, but it was alright. Tried to talk Samm into sneaking into another movie, but she politely declined. I told her she at least had to do it once as a rite of passage, haha.

We spent the rest of the weekend packing for our trip to orlando. We were going to leave very very early on Sunday morning , but of course Whoops, didn't go to bed early enough! we left at 7ish on sunday instead.

all work, no play

Today was supposed to be a fun day, but instead I had some extra things to get done for work before we could leave this weekend, so I spent the day working. No waterpark for us. Bummer........

goodbye offspring

woke up, packed the hotel room up. felt awful driving away from somewhere I knew DW was. Went up to bham to drop the kids off with Papaw. We met at a chickfila in Hoover, AL, which I now know to be the most confusing city in America. First I went the wrong way to get to the restaurant so we had to turn around. The parking lot was so confusing and congested that it took me almost 10 minutes to park. We let the kids play in the playplace and eat lunch for a while.

While papaw supervised the kids, Samm and I went to fill up the gas tank so he'd have a full tank and vacuum out the van. I got lost the first time, found a closed gas station and realized I forgot my wallet. After almost an hour!!! I finally filled up and cleaned out the van. Went to say goodbye to the kids and head back home to Mobile after Papaw and the kids drove off.

sam and i stopped at best buy on the way home to get some music to listen to on the drive. Made a dinner of tollhouse cookies and rocked out on the drive. She kept talking about how going to harry potter at universal was her one dream in life, so I spilled the beans that Dennis had planned a surprise vacation for us. hilarious!

We finally got home and I spent the kid-free night cleaning. Yay!

This is a test.

Z-day

So today was the day. We have been both dreading and looking forward to today for almost four years. I am so proud of Dennis for making it this far and nervous for him as he goes through this process.

This morning we woke up and Dennis was feeling a lot better so I at least got to talk to him. We drove together to Maxwell where I had to be at work for the filming of the intro video for the course. Brad drove up to be our “talent” and he knocked it out of the park. He spent a little while hanging out with us for lunch and then back at the hotel with the boys. He is just so awesome and I am so glad he and his beautiful family are still in our lives. YAY!

After filming and lunch we just hung around the hotel for a while until Dennis had to leave. Broke my heart. This thing has really thrown me for a loop. This is the best thing for our family. I know he’s just down the road... right across from my job even… but I can’t stop myself from crying. WHY?!? I am really annoying myself. In my brain I know I am fine, I just can’t shut the tears off.

After he left, Samm and I took the kids swimming. It was awesome fun. Ryan has really started swimming very well. He swims the length of the pool with his face in the water, only coming above water for air. He even has been diving for dive sticks. He has pretty good form. He says he loves swimming and has asked me to help him find a swimming team to join when we move up to Illinois. I think he could excel.

For dinner we went to Jason’s Deli. We really liked it. They emphasize fresh food and organic ingredients. Great kids meals with organic milk. AWESOME salad bar and free ice cream for everyone. I love it when my kids beg for salad.

Came back to the hotel and watched a two hour special of wipeout. There is something cathartic about watching someone get punched in the face.

While I was typing this, Dennis called to let me know he was okay and that he survived the first day. I was happy to hear that he was feeling better. Oliver was complaining that his tummy was bothering him tonight so I hope he doesn’t come down with what dad had.

Tomorrow they start their week with Paps and Nana. Driving the kids up to Bham tomorrow morning to meet them.

I have a sweet little three year old snoring in the bed next to me, so time to put this down and cuddle.

Another day, another road trip

Drove up to Montgomery on my own this am at 5. Had a productive day at work today with the awesome boss ever. Still more work to do this week, but I will get back to it on Wednesday. After work I came back to help Samm with the boys because Dennis had fallen seriously ill and was laid up in bed. Brought dinner to the hotel from Oliver Garden Spent some time swimming and got everyone in bed early. Even me. You’ll be amazed to know I was in bed by 9:30!!! Even though I was woken up by a car alarm at 10:45 and Charlie at 4. Yay me. I was up on my own at 6:30. It broke my heart not to get to spend Dennis’ last night with him, but I am glad we got the separate hotel room so he had a chance to rest up and get better. Thank the good Lord that Samm was here to help!

So far doing okay keeping up with the posts again. I’ve got them in an old word document until I can connect to the internet. It makes me sad to read through these old posts and how many I days I have missed writing down. Reading stories about the boys just last year makes me realize how much they have grown in such a short time. I need to get out the video camera more and capture these little moments. Maybe I should have them start doing a Vlog and do their highs and lows on the webcam. It would be something fun to save as they got older.

Things to talk about later...

Cowgirls and spacemen

So yet another annee has come and gone...

I just realized I created and last posted in this blog last AUGUST. In-frikkin-credible.

Anyway, I thought I would resurrect this blog as a repository for all the things I want to tell DW while he's gone. That way they will be etched in binary for eternity or until blogger goes defunct, or our carbon emissions drown us is acid rain and liquid glaciers. mwah ha haha.

So the next year will be quite interesting for us. This is our last weekend together as a family for as long as the Air Force says so. It's breaking my heart. I miss him already and I am sitting next to him. I love him with all my heart, soul and mind. I never thought I could love a human being like this... and then I had kids. And it got that much more deep and painful. Because I don't care who you are.... it hurts to love.

Today was a good day. DW took Doc out to the skating rink today with Samm. So awesome. He said he had a great time. He was dancing while trying to skate, which wasn't working as well as he'd like as he is a novice skater. I was so glad he had a chance to spend the day out with dad.

The LBs and I hung out and cleaned up the MASS of Legos (tm) that have taken over my house, swept, mopped, vacuumed. Then I let them pick a movie on netflix insta-cue. The first was a nice veggie tales selection. Then I suggested we watch 80's classic Short Circuit. I LOVE hearing the kids run around saying "NUMBER 5!!!!" Can't wait to introduce the kids to some fun classics. I think that some Little Rascals are going to be next :)

Tomorrow we will be packing up the van to send the kids off the Nana & Paps' for a week. I cannot even thank my inlaws enough. The kids are super excited about going. I am excited about being able to get ahead in my housework before the crazy semester begins. Have I mentioned I am ready for total freakout mode??

Anyway, I will attempt to digest my days for DW so he can see what we're up to while he's away.