1/22/11
Holy cow!! Totally did not realize that I have not been on for a week... Sad thing is I don't really remember anything exciting happening the whole time... Spend most of last week just vegetating... getting over all the birthday planning and cleaning up.
Today on the other hand was a whole new day!!! Started out by having a late night playing on the computer last night... I am addicted to Nancy Drew PC games... Downloaded a new one and got caught up in it... Needless to say it was 2 am before I went to bed. Then my poor baby woke up at 5:30 with a stuffed nose... I was so tired all I could tell him was go back to bed and we will clean it up in the morning... Clean it up... seriously?? I was so tired I couldn't even open my eyes!! Then I kept hearing him... he got up and went down stairs... first I hear him coughing... then I hear the TV... then I hear him banging around in the kitchen... Then the dogs start to whine... Guess its time to start my day...
Got up, got the dogs out, got Zack to turn down the tv... Then I crawled onto my couch with my blankie and I was gone!!! Slept for over an hour... Woke up with a major headache... Great! Finally got some lunch and then we all had to head to Walmart to get a birthday present for our friend's son's 1st birthday...
Got to the birthday party at 3 pm... Ate some food, hung out... got to watch little Joshua dive head first into his cake... That was too cute!! Then we had to leave at 4:30 to head over to the ice rink here on post... Eric's troop was having a farewell get together to have one last social event for the families... Free ice skating... Zack is hooked! He wants me check to see if he can get lessons! Eric got out on the ice with Zack and I don't know who was having more fun... Eric was having a blast and the smile on his face was proof enough for me!! Didn't get to stay a long time there, only about an hour... Then it was off to the Big Dipper Ice Arena... The local hockey team the Fairbanks Ice Dogs sold tickets in Eric's unit for only $5 to give us a farewell... That was not only cool to do that for all of us, but it was the most fun I've had in a long time... I do believe I am becoming a hockey fan... My throat hurt from yelling so much... We even got to see an actual hockey fight!!! It was AWESOME!! If your gonna experience hockey, you have to experience it all!!!
Here it is 11 pm... we are finally home... Zack is eating a chimichanga... Sniffling... Caught himself a major cold today! Eric and I are on our computers trying to figure out what we want to eat before we go to bed... I'm thinking something light... Maybe some soup or a grilled cheese sandwich!! Or maybe both... That sounds really good!
Hope you all have a safe weekend and a great night!!!
1/26/11
Wowzers!! Did this cold really kick our butts... Zack ended up staying 2 days out of school and finally went back today... I caught the cold on Monday and am still suffering from a sore throat and coughing... Hoping I will get it gone in the next day or two...
Things are progressing with Eric and his deployment, as we figured! He will be leaving us soon... Not looking forward to that or the ramifications of it! I hope Zack doesn't take it too hard and start acting up. Zack is dealing better with change but still has some issues with major events... I think his daddy leaving us for a year is considered a major event.
I went and bought him a calender, he actually picked it out, and we are going to go through it and mark down major landmarks over the next year... Kind of like making a mini map of events he can count down to... Hoping it will help him adjust better to the upcoming year! We are planning on taking a trip down to Idaho to visit family in June/July for a couple of weeks... Hoping that helps too.
Eric has been great this past week... Working around the house helping me get everything cleaned up and organized to make our lives easier with him gone. This weekend I plan on moving dishes down a shelf in the kitchen so I can reach them... Its the little things we have to think of on a daily basis... How many times do you ask your husband, "Can you get that down for me?" "Can you open this for me?" "Can you pick this up from the store on your way home?"... Not anymore... at least for awhile!
I love the fact that I can be so independent... It drives me crazy to see a wife sit back and cry and wallow in self pity because she can't function without her husband... I am Christy... Then I am Eric's wife and Zack's mom!!! It has to be that way or I would never survive and neither would they! I've been told I've been admired by my lifestyle and how well I adjust to the changes... To me... Its just how life is... Please, don't misunderstand what I am saying... I dearly love and miss Eric when he is gone, but as a military wife... This is what we do... No matter how much I cry or whine or wallow... Uncle Sam is not going to bring my husband home until his mission or time is up... Everyone has hardships in their day to day lives... Ours is not better or worse, just different!
I hope that didn't scare anyone away... LOL... I do hope you all have a great night and an even better day tomorrow!
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