phew
just got back from DC. it was a nice visit. even though the drive home was difficult. we went down to see my brother get promoted to chief petty officer. it was a nice ceremony and it was quite amazing to see these military guys openly crying. it's a really important promotion for my brother and it was awesome to be there. while we were in DC we went to the museum of natural history, the air and space museum, we did some monuments and the national zoo, where of course i squee'd over the pandas along with my niece cailyn who brought along her panda stuffed toy to show him his relatives. it was adorable. of course both my mom and my dad were with us on the trip to the zoo and that was very very weird. my dad is depressed, old and kinda passive aggressive, or well, not that exactly, he's really very eoyore about the whole thing and my mom is just clearly, "i'd very much rather if you wouldn't talk to me" less passive, uh, more aggressive. it was very weird to have all of the "family" ie. my brothers and both my parents in one room. that hasn't happened since james' wedding, and there were many more people around for that.
so week 3 of our 8 weeks of crazy is over, next we have josh's mom visiting at the end of next week, the next weekend we install our windows (yikes! i'm freaking out about that) with j's dad, then columbus day, then the symphony with j's dad and the walkabout, then clara's first b-day. whoa. i can't believe she's almost 1! holy crap! at least for the rest of our 8 weeks of crazy we're home, and that makes life a lot better.
i like being home.
anywho, clara is still sleeping pretty well, which is nice, she still loves early morning which is a little ugh, but i'm slowly adjusting. the store is fantastic, we are doing really well, as of yesterday sales are up 79% over the same time period last year, and 7.2% over the whole year. bitches. yay!
met my brother's fiance this weekend and she's fantastic, i couldn't ask for better for him, so yay.
i can't think of anything else to say, life's pretty good, albeit crazy right now, but good. i can't wait for november. really, even more than usual.
la la la.
so week 3 of our 8 weeks of crazy is over, next we have josh's mom visiting at the end of next week, the next weekend we install our windows (yikes! i'm freaking out about that) with j's dad, then columbus day, then the symphony with j's dad and the walkabout, then clara's first b-day. whoa. i can't believe she's almost 1! holy crap! at least for the rest of our 8 weeks of crazy we're home, and that makes life a lot better.
i like being home.
anywho, clara is still sleeping pretty well, which is nice, she still loves early morning which is a little ugh, but i'm slowly adjusting. the store is fantastic, we are doing really well, as of yesterday sales are up 79% over the same time period last year, and 7.2% over the whole year. bitches. yay!
met my brother's fiance this weekend and she's fantastic, i couldn't ask for better for him, so yay.
i can't think of anything else to say, life's pretty good, albeit crazy right now, but good. i can't wait for november. really, even more than usual.
la la la.