Spring-ish

In the time it took me to run to one of our schools to check on something, stop to get a prescription at the pharmacy down the street and then go to Starbucks for an iced tea and the Taqueria for a breakfast burrito to split with my beloved, the weather turned from lovely to wind-storm.  Drat!  My day off of gardening will still happen - but since one of the things we need to do first is 'mix' old dirt with new dirt, amendments and manure, that project won't happen today.  Too windy to put dry dirt products on a tarp and mix...it will just blow into everything.  Luckily, we have plenty of weeding, trimming, etc. to keep us busy.

I am off on Monday also and we will spend our 23rd wedding anniversary with our attorney - shoring up our trust documents in anticipation of multiple trips where we will both be on the same plane at the same time.  I just like to have all my ducks in a row....

This weekend is a 'must finish taxes or die trying' weekend....among zillions of other things that need doing.

I went through a bit of withdrawal this week, returning to being 'out of touch' with B..  After watching on Facebook as it counted down the number of minutes, then hours since he'd last logged in - until finally, at day three, I think, it just stopped counting and shows him 'silent'.  It was so great to have those couple of days of hearing from him off and on with calls, texts, etc..  He's in two really busy weeks of field work - where they live in the forest for days and practice tactical maneuvers - so we don't expect to hear from him via letters much the next few weeks.  I brace myself for when he is in Ranger School 'cuz we will absolutely not hear from him much...and I know that will be very hard.

Once again, we've been able to find videos of Ranger School - so we know a lot more about it.  We even know that when he finishes - if all goes according to plan - he will graduate the day after we leave Cancun - which means we will likely fly from Cancun to Atlanta and then spend a long weekend with him and come back home from Atlanta.  That's going to cost a fortune - but oh well.  I don't care what it costs - we are going to be there.  It's still possible his graduation may be moved a bit depending on scheduling, etc. so we're not changing plans at this point - we'll just wait and see what happens.

The training will be incredibly intense.  I watched the videos just gob-smacked about the things they will be doing.  They actually do three weeks at Ft. Benning; then 3 weeks at a base in Northern Georgia for 'mountaineering training' and then the final three weeks in Florida in the swamps!  With alligators!

So after Basic, it's three weeks in Airborne (at Ft. Benning), then nine weeks in Ranger School and then he will finally get a couple weeks leave to come home and visit.

I continue to be in awe of his motivation and determination and have no doubt he is going to make a great Army Ranger.  So proud of him....

Son #2 is arriving here this evening to pay us back the $ we fronted him last week.  I'm not going into too much detail except to say he's on my last nerve about keeping his agreements.  Not to mention that it seems highly doubtful he will be able to pay his rent in two weeks - but at this point, I'm stepping off the 'monitor H.'s budget' roller coaster and leaving him to it.  Pass or fail, it's up to him - and we aren't going to provide 'easy money' for work he rarely ends up doing.  Always a reason why he can't come over to help do the things he committed to doing and was paid in advance for.  Argh!

Tonight is pizza night!  We haven't ordered pizza in a long time and I can't wait!