On The List

"Write a blog post" - this is on my list of things to do today. Well, it was on the list yesterday ... but it got bumped. Such is the way of the world. I have forgotten what it's like to just sit down and write without any agenda whatsoever. Kinda feels nice.

The last couple of weeks have flown buy and my love and I are still working our way through reintegration. Sometimes it seems like "just like old times" and other times we recognize that we are each different and different with each other. Our normal is new and we are finding our way through intimacy both in the bedroom and out. While Deployment is a bitch.... reintegration is even more so. It doesn't matter where or for how long, separations and getting back to a new normal are tough. Enough said!

Tomorrow morning Rich and I hop a plane for the West Coast and a visit with the California kids. It will be a nice time and they are all eager to get their dose of my husband. The trips out there are often an emotional struggle for me but I keep myself tuned in  and find my enjoyment once I arrived. Not long ago I was overwhelmed with feeling like I have been played and put in my place....my feelings were hurt and my heart hurt; this trip, and all others to California are not about me,  but most importantly they are about my truly amazing husband.

On the horizon is some work around the houses and falling into some pretty major fishing adventures! The other day we popped the grandkids tents next to the lake and laid down in one of them with two of our grandchildren. That was the coolest moment ever...just laying there, listening to the wind and the trees dancing. The kids were happy and we were happy with them.

I miss this blogging thing. Very much. It's high time to get it back on track and off the list!

Peace