so i have not read or posted on here for quite a while- mostly because this past month and a half has been NUTS! for real. Davey and I have been going non-stop trying to chew the insanely large bite that would took when we a) went into the air force, b) at Christmas time and c) procrastinated til the very end. In our last 3 1/2 weeks, we managed to:
go on 2 cabin weekend trips
have 3 going away parties,
1 Early Christmas
sing in 1 Christmas choir concert, pack up and move our entire house into storage and move me into my parents (we did this during the last 6 days). I'm not sure how we did it! So anyways, now that things are calming down and I'm on the latter side of the craziness, reading your Christmasy posts has been wonderful.
A few thoughts about your posts:
1) Al-Pal I am currently wearing those same pajama pants as I sit here and write, but am not, thankfully, making that beautiful expression. that picture is ridiculous! haha
2) Ellyn, I really enjoyed your post about Christmas being what you make it no matter where you are or who you're with, especially with Davey having just left.
3) Ellyn (again), your apartment looks beautiful! I love the blue ornaments hanging. Also, can we talk about the diet coke can ornament wearing ear muffs? I was standing in Cracker Barrel a week and a half ago (in Gatlinburg, no less) and saw this exact same ornament and thought that I wanted to buy that for you for Christmas. Then I thought it would be too hard to get to Cairo in one piece, so I scratched that idea and bought one for my friend Aaron who is also addicted to Diet Coke. Anyways, that cracked me up that you already own it.
So far I'm doing well with Davey's departure, aside from a 30-45 minute crying session right before, during, and after we said goodbye. It is suprisingly hard to drive home on icy and snowy roads with tears blurring your vision :) hehe. But I haven't cried since and I think that's a good start. I got to talk to him yesterday and he said the minute they got off the plane they were being called dumb-asses. Awesome.
I'll post more later when I have time, but in case any of you are interested (not that you would be)- I'll give you Davey's address so that if you feel like writing him for Christmas or just some encouraging words you can. Here it is (it's a little cryptic if you ask me- maybe you're used to addresses like this Ellyn?haha):
AB Hibbett, David K
326 TRF/ FLT 150 (Dorm B-7)
1320 Truemter Street Unit 361014
Lackland AFB, TX 78236-6096
Oh and I think I haven't told y'all that I got a new job! Which I also started during the last 3 weeks. I am now a nanny for 1 precious little 9 month old named Braden. Here he is!
His family is a military family that's temporarily separated- dad lives at Fort Bragg while the mom is finishing up her graduate studies in biological sciences at Vanderbilt. She is currently purifying proteins, etc. etc (does that mean anything to you becca? haha). Anyways, the work is way more relaxing (read: easy) and I am getting paid $3 more an hour and working 50 hours a week. and I'm working for a woman that knows what it's like to be separated from your husband. pretty awesome.
Alright! Love to you all and Merry Christmas!!
No comments:
Post a Comment