I Would Be Happy Just To Hold The Hands I Love
So. I haven't posted in forever, because the Universe has been messing with me and I didn't want to spend all my time whining at you. However, apparently I need to. I presume the lack of recognition is why the suckage continues. It's worth a shot, anyway.
Today, my husband is in another country. He was not supposed to be, but this is the way of the military, neh? I had mostly reconciled myself to that. My mother was still coming down to be with The Boy and me for dinner. And it's the first time he's had to be away from us for a holiday.
About an hour after she was supposed to pick up the rental car, Mom called. There was a screw-up with the reservation and, predictably, no cars are available at midday on Thanksgiving Day. She will not be joining us, although I did get her to stop crying.
However, there is still a great deal to be thankful for. I'm not especially good at mush, but if there was ever a day for it, it is today. Although Bear cannot be with us today, he is not in a place where he is likely to be shot or blown up in the line of duty. He is also not in a place without communication. Although he's been gone for a month, I have been able to talk to him almost every day with the wonder that is the internet. For these things, I do truly give thanks. My talented and witty Boy is here with me. I could not ask for a cooler kid. For this also, I do truly give thanks. My family means so much to me, even if I don't always express it in traditional ways - as my son well understands, although his girlfriend does not. I am thankful that I have found depths of willpower I did not know I had in the past few months, and that I am now 35 pounds lighter as a result. I am also thankful for the huge amount of food with which I am soon to sabotage all that work (for a day). I have an amazing best friend, who calls now and then to make sure I have not lost all hope, although she never says that's why she's calling. (That's right, salleesuewho, I am immensely thankful for you.)
I have so much in my life. A few annoyances do not take that away from me.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today, my husband is in another country. He was not supposed to be, but this is the way of the military, neh? I had mostly reconciled myself to that. My mother was still coming down to be with The Boy and me for dinner. And it's the first time he's had to be away from us for a holiday.
About an hour after she was supposed to pick up the rental car, Mom called. There was a screw-up with the reservation and, predictably, no cars are available at midday on Thanksgiving Day. She will not be joining us, although I did get her to stop crying.
However, there is still a great deal to be thankful for. I'm not especially good at mush, but if there was ever a day for it, it is today. Although Bear cannot be with us today, he is not in a place where he is likely to be shot or blown up in the line of duty. He is also not in a place without communication. Although he's been gone for a month, I have been able to talk to him almost every day with the wonder that is the internet. For these things, I do truly give thanks. My talented and witty Boy is here with me. I could not ask for a cooler kid. For this also, I do truly give thanks. My family means so much to me, even if I don't always express it in traditional ways - as my son well understands, although his girlfriend does not. I am thankful that I have found depths of willpower I did not know I had in the past few months, and that I am now 35 pounds lighter as a result. I am also thankful for the huge amount of food with which I am soon to sabotage all that work (for a day). I have an amazing best friend, who calls now and then to make sure I have not lost all hope, although she never says that's why she's calling. (That's right, salleesuewho, I am immensely thankful for you.)
I have so much in my life. A few annoyances do not take that away from me.
Happy Thanksgiving!