Wow, we had some crazy wind yesterday! Of course the kids would both have soccer games and one would have pictures to take. A friend and her new baby came with us (new baby slept through just about everything) and we put our chairs close so we could share a blanket. The kids ended up playing with sweaters under their jerseys and some of the little ones were so cold they didn’t even want to run after the ball!

Jake – a game a couple of weeks ago

I do love watching them play. I love being able to see kids change – to see when something clicks for them or see when they get just that much better. Since the first practice until yesterday’s game, the improvement in all the players is huge! It’s amazing to watch. This is the first time either of the kids have played an organized sport and they are having so much fun. Alice plays goalie a lot and she’s really good at blocking the other team. A couple of the parents commented on how tough she was because she fell down during one game but still kept the ball out of the goal.

The wind actually made me tired. I watched part of a movie and wanted to cover up on the couch to finish it, but ended up taking a three hour-ish nap in the afternoon instead! The kids slept too, giving up on their addiction to pbskids.org and watching shows online. The nap was good, I figured it was okay since I woke up at 5:30AM due to forgetting to turn an alarm off!

I watched The Lucky Ones which was a good story. I like the actors, Tim Robbins, Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams, and the story wasn’t overblown or crazy, it just was. I’m sure we know people just like the characters – wandering, trying to find their way, figuring out what to do now that they are back. We have several friends who are no longer in the military who took a bit to figure out their place.

How was your weekend?

Sometimes the nay vee is full of madness. Yes you can stay here and get a different job – oh wait, no you can’t. Sure you have orders to go to that new place – but not on paper so you can’t figure your move yet. Yeah we are going to pay for that trip – after you pay for it first and get reimbursed.

I feel kind of cheated. I feel like we already spent most of last year apart – now we have to spend even more time apart. It isn’t fair. Ha, life in the nay vee isn’t meant to be fair! I spend my time talking with friends that are new wives and new to the military – talking about how it isn’t fair and how it works and how I’m sorry they just got married and all these things are so different ~ different from expectations or from what they were told. After being married for eight years and Chris being in for ten, I have my fair share of knowledge to share.

I know it’s not supposed to be fair, but sometimes life gets overwhelming.

We do know when we are moving and plan on staying with family so we don’t have to worry about finding a place to live right away. A part of me does feel good just knowing. I am such a planner – well now I can plan! I can plan the trip and organize the house and purge and donate.

Remind me that I said I feel good just knowing in about a month when I’m freaking out from having to move so soon.

New Vera Bradley purse – a steal at $15 after it was on sale then on clearance!

Have I mentioned we are moving (again)?

More state signs in our future!

Yep, we are out of here! The dates are hanging out in jello right now (translation: wiggly and subject to slight changes) but they are there. The kids and I are going back to Washington! I am trying not to use twelve million exclamation points but it’s really hard! I’m *so* excited to be going back. We aren’t going to the same town we were in before – we are going to where my Mom is! It is going to be super fantastic to be near family, as in in the same house near and then hopefully on the same street near.

Such is life in the nay vee that this means we will have to be away from Chris for who knows how long. Well we do basically know, also hanging out in jello next to our move dates. I spent a few days being very sad and borderline depressed before moving into my “oh my gosh we have to move I have to plan that where is paper and a pencil so I can write a list and what exactly can I send with him or send to him hhmmm do I know how to password protect a blog so he can keep up with all that we will do while he’s gone” mode. The sad days were good for me, got them out of my system and all, and I’ve really been in planning and making mode sense.

The move dates have changed but it doesn’t really affect us since it’s still a couple of months away. I’m still working and working on various projects (secret projects!) and the kids are both in soccer! I’ve been keeping a calendar more now then I have in the past just to remember everything that’s going on. But that’s a good thing as while Texas isn’t the most horrible thing I’ve ever been though, it’s up there.