This week has been pretty "normal", except for a few moments that I felt insanity was setting in...but, that was just when everyone's schedules collided at once. We try to keep a good routine here in the house, but with summer break just starting there was some fine tuning that had to be done. My work schedule is pretty routine, but hubby's tends to waiver now and again; his days off are not as set as mine and well, that just pretty much sucks. lol
We did get a surprise a couple weeks ago when our youngest son came to us and told us and his grandparents that he was joining the Army. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I think that deep down in my soul I knew this was coming...just didn't know when. I am very proud of him for taking such a big leap...and being an adult about it too. It is not a decision he made lightly, or well, I hope it was not. He will be leaving for basic sometime after the new year, or so it seems right now. He is going to grab a few more credits from college and go delayed entry...which means, if I understood him correctly, that he will leave after the fall semester is over. (sigh) I am so proud that he wants to serve his country...and I would be telling you all a lie if I said I wasn't thrilled beyond words to hear that since his Reserve unit is a brand new unit, he will not be able to be called up for active duty for a full year. Hey...just being honest here.
Our eldest grandson just graduated High School and will now be attending Indiana State University this fall. I was hoping we would be able to go and help him celebrate at his open house today, but God had different plans for us. (sigh) I just hope he knows that even though we were not there, we love him very much and we are so very proud of him!
We have been missing a lot of family get togethers on the hubby's side of the family lately...and it really does break my heart. I hate that we don't live as close as I would like to...but that isn't an excuse for missing so many things family related. With hubby not having any set days off work, it is hard to get away as a family and do family things. Yes, I could possibly go on my own...but every time I plan to do just that, something comes up. It is either a bill that has to be paid or someone gets ill....and that someone is usually me these days. Every since my lupus has gone systemic it has taken all I have just to get through my part time work schedule without calling off. My job is not the strenuous, but there are just days that my body likes to rebell. I feel as if his side of the family has given up on us, and honestly there are times I wouldn't blame them for feeling that way. I hope they understand that it is not because we don't love them and that we don't want to be with them....that life just seems to make other plans without notice.
Right now I am trying to figure out how to pull a trip to Comicon together for Katie in August. Tickets are getting higher and higher by the day it seems. (sigh) I know she really wants to go...this is something she has been wanting to do for a couple of years now and her daddy and I really want to be able to take her. She is a great kid and really, she does deserve to go and live her dream for a day. I just pray that we will be able to make it a dream come true for her. I hate to think of disappointing her like this. It is not a big thing she has asked for, and again, it is something her daddy and I really want to do for her.
I know this blog has rambled on and on a bit..but well...that is what you get when I cannot sleep. LOL Thanks for hanging in this long. I just needed to get some stuff off my mind and well, what better way than blog?
Again, thanks for listening to my rambles and I hope you all have a wonderful day/night!
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