Monday March 22

Had a great visit with the kids this weekend. Drove up to Dallas airport on Thursday. Had a 2 hour flight to Charlotte. Got a rental car-a Prius-kind of weird, but got used to it. Then a 3 hour drive to the kids house. Picked them up and went to hotel.Then we went to Walmart for snacks.
Friday morning, dropped Joey off at school and the other 2 and I went to the park. Then we picked up Joey at school at lunch and went to Pizza Inn for lunch. Went to the movies-Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Then back to hotel to swim-nice outside-8o degrees-but water was cold! Then back to park. Then to IHOP for dinner,then back to park.After that whirlwind day, back to hotel for showers and bed.On Saturday, we had breakfast and then headed to Columbia to the zoo-was awesome. After the zoo, went to Ft Jackson to play at the park and play mini golf.Then it was time for me to head back to Charlotte and get a hotel. Had an early morning flight on Sunday. Landed in Dallas and there was snow-took me a little bit longer to get home. It was great to be home. Missed Linds and Barrett. Hung out and even mowed the lawn.Then it was back to the rat race on Monday.
Got my Lasik surgery scheduled for Apr 1-can't wait!
Got a 90 on my last class-Yeah! Start my next class tomorrow.
Time for bed. Talk to you later......

Life.

Michael left this morning to go see his kids - I'm excited for him. I'm also excited to have a little Mommy/baby time with my son. I'm sure he will be spoiled rotten this weekend. :) Tonight I picked him up from school and went to Sonic to get a burger and apples. Then we pulled weeds and watered the grass (and played in the water), we took the dog for a walk, then he took a bath, and we read a book. It was pretty fun.
The guy who initially hired me for my current job (and works for another agency now) wrote me and told me that they were going to be hiring for two positions in Las Vegas, where he is now. He told me that he would hire me in a heartbeat, and it would be a big promotion for me. Oh, and I wouldn't have to work for the DoD any more (which I'm tired of .... you know, war all day every day). It's been frustrating b/c I can't choose where I live or what job I take (you know, the whole husband is Active Army) thing, but at least I have options I guess..... it's nice to have options. :)
The little man is GREAT and growing like a weed. I am going to take him to get some new pants this weekend. He can fit 3T clothing now - and he's not even 2!! I think he's skinny (but he's not by standard, I just like porky babies). He's so super smart, too. He knows every body part - I mean every, even elbow and knee, fingers and toes, teeth, lips, hair, butt - everything. He knows the shape of a star, he knows the moon. He will do anything you ask - throw something in recycling or the trash. He will even vacuum his own room!! Amazing...
Six Flags was super fun last weekend! It was SO nice to get away from this hell hole town. :) I have to go to AZ for TDY in April for a week, then I have to teach a class at the end of April and go TDY again at the beginning of May (thank you, Michael for watching the baby :) ). After that we are planning to go away for a long weekend to just get away and enjoy. I think we are alike in our love of traveling. :) Although we also enjoy our boring date nights at home. :)

-Lu

Long Time-Mar 17

Wow-amazing how quickly life goes. Happy St. Pattys Day.

Looking forward to going to see the kids this weekend-should be a good time-will take lots of pictures.

Went to Six Flags on Saturday. It was a great sunny day and got to go on two rides with Barrett-don't think he liked them too much.

On Sunday, we had the Buckman's and Lindsey's friend, Aimee, over for BBQ.

I finished my class on Monday-had a 91 up to the last week-waiting on my final week grades. I start my next class next Tuesday. Think I should have 4 more to go!

Not happy about my branch not releasing me and losing the IG assignment. Linds is trying hard another avenue to get out here-hopefully it works. Want to thank her for being so supportive and patient.

Wow.

It's been like 6 weeks since either of us posted on our blog. I think life has just gotten away from us. Well, let's see.... we're thinking of going on another cruise in Aug/Sept - and maybe even staying in a suite on the ship. We are taking the little man this time. I think it will be a blast. We work hard and deserve to play hard, too! I get my final promotion in April - yah for that! I feel really fortunate to have my job - I'm the youngest in the office by far. I know people who retire from the Army and wish they had my job. The baby is almost not a baby any more - he will be 2 in June! Wow. He's so big, and he's SO well behaved. He is good about doing what you ask and is very independent/determined. Wonder where he got that. :) We are planning on going to Six Flags this Saturday. It's only a couple of hours, and I think Bar will really enjoy it. We are trying really hard to get out of this area - we don't like it at all. Branch decided to pull a fast one on us and rip out Michael's special assignment. I called in a favor from an acquaintance - we will see if anything can be done. I even volunteered us to go overseas.... :)