One Day at a Time

So we are back to life one day at a time, although for the most part I tend to skip ahead in my mind - never trust my concept of time. I do feel up for the challenge of the next 6 months; I just wouldn't mind if time could fast forward a little. I am going to crash course train for a marathon in like 5 weeks, see Wicked twice, cry through anniversary and holidays, have sweet b-day parties for kids, see So You Think You Can Dance Tour, ski, ski, ski, watch dance performances, maybe take a class, find new renters, send packages, learn Spanish (ha, ha), go to Chicago and San Antonio (hopefully), watch movies, read, and anything else that will uplift and keep me and the kids occupied. I must admit that my options to pass the time are much more appealing than my husbands. We are planning a family trip to Mexico once he gets back, hopefully that will be enough to get him through! Big news of the week - Dash is loving to brush his teeth - this is really big because it means that I don't have to tackle him every night to try my best to kind of brush his teeth. When Edgar is around Kuwait, we sometimes get to watch TV together. This will be really cool when football season starts, even if the Broncs have a crappy season. School has started for Tiana and she loves it. Have I mentioned the fabulous people that I have around me that help me live one day at a time - 2009 we will be fine; 2010 we will really live again (cheesy huh).

I love you!

I am on Micky and Molly's computer, so I only have their pics to use and this is the one that I kept coming back to (even if it hurts a little to look at). I don't know or remotely understand why things have played out they way that they have, but we will once again get through it. And I have to believe that this is all for a reason and we will be a much stronger couple. It is incredibly difficult to go through this stuff across the sea. Once again I am very grateful for technology, but I really would love a teleporter or a private jet. I want you to know that you are my greatest strength. I need you to be strong there so I can have some of that strength here. I have an amazing support system here and you basically have nothing - this is my greatest worry. I promise that I will take care of myself and if I falter I have people that will keep on me about this. I will be ready when you get home. "As we live on earth we must walk in faith, nothing doubting. When the journey becomes unbearable, we can take comfort in the words of the lord: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee. Some of the healing may take place in another world. We may never know why some things happen in this life. The reason for some of our suffering is known only to the lord."
James E Faust

Walking with Dinosaurs!

Last Thursday, Dash and I had a date night (and we only kissed a little)! I took him to see Walking with Dinosaurs at the Pepsi Center. It was Awesome and we had a Blast. The only thing missing was his daddy being with us, which Dash pointed out quite a few times. For anybody that has been around Dash at all, you probably know that he LOVES dinosaurs. We like to call him "Ross". Watching this show was like his heaven. He was completely mesmerized the entire time, even through intermission. It was totally worth the ticket price (although we did get hooked up - our seats were in row 11). The other cool thing was they were not really sticklers about taking pics and video, so we have our own mini footage that he can watch whenever he wants. Here is a little clip to give you an idea - I wanted to show you the finale with T-Rex and baby T-Rex, but it did not want to upload so this will have to do. I'll send you a video with more footage. Next time you will be here, honey.

5 Years is Way Too Long!

I LOVE THIS PIC

On Saturday night I received a call from some very good friends of ours seeing if Sunday afternoon I would have time to go to the airport because Demis (the husband) had a three hour layover and would love to see us. Let me think, of course I was going to make time for this. In fact, it was probably exactly what I needed at the time, the only downside was that I didn't get to see the entire family - really, we will make it happen some day. Demis served with Eddie during his first deployment 03-04. We actually joined the Army right about the same time and lived in the same apartment complex. A big Mexican and a short Redneck were bound to become great friends! I think that married adult friendships are very interesting. First off, man do they take work. There are so many couples that I would love to be friends with, but things just get in the way - like life - I know it is a stupid excuse, but I do struggle with making time for people outside of family. For much of our married life Eddie & I have been perfectly content to just hang out together. Luckily with Amy & Demis we were just thrown into a pressure situation and this was the couple that we both could stand the longest (just kidding). Being in a highly stressful situation was part of it, but for me and this will sound totally cliche but we really just clicked. Ok, Amy and I didn't click right off the bat, but do I really click right of the bat with anyone ( I think I have been doing better though). However, there were never any strings attached, weird feelings, having to alter who we were - it was comfortable and we could all just hang out. I think that this is the key to married, adult friendships. We only have so much time in our days so we choose to spend our free time with the ones we are most comfortable with, can trust, and it helps to have some things in common. I think it is just more of a feeling of how both families connect, from the parents to the kids. We have enough stress in our lives that the friendships that we really choose to cultivate have to be worth it. To me, my close friends become more like family. These are the people that I will really let in. Amy & Demis will always be friends like this for us. Sitting with Demis, just talking, after 5 years, I felt that we hadn't missed a beat. My favorite part is that Dash completely took a liking to him, which is so rare for Dash. The pictures of them totally shows this. Close friends are very important - What a great day!