Two Weeks

Hi!  It's been awhile.  No reason in particular.  Busy days just pass one after the other.

I am in Jackson where Lady Luck is trampling me.  Last trip for a LONG time.  Yes, really.  I'm done.

B. is in Cali however, we can't see him.  He can't leave base and we can't visit - so he's in the state for six weeks and we won't see him.  It's OK.  It's something he can't control.  We don't really know what he's up to and even if we did, we can't comment on it.  It's all very 'military-ish' and hush hush.  We haven't heard from him much and don't expect to - so it's a little like when he was in Basic Training and we just hope he's doing OK.  Only without any pictures on Facebook - so we truly have no idea how he is.  That's hard on a mom.

H. had a scan today and we await appointments in the next couple weeks to find out how things look. He has complained of his chest feeling 'weird' lately and that bothers me.  This morning, I woke up from a sound sleep with the song I used to play over and over when he was in the hospital in my head.  So now I worry even more.  I'm sure it's all fine.  Maybe his chest feels strange 'cuz he's used to there being a tumor there - and it's not there anymore?

H. and I have been having a rough time lately - our communications are apparently unclear (to us both) and that results in a fair amount of drama.  My head can still go to the absolute worst scenario possible in nano-seconds.  I need to tamp that mom-ness down a bit.

Heading home tomorrow and then off Friday - it's J.'s 65th birthday!  Can you believe it?

And this past Monday was the 25th anniversary of the day he asked me to marry him.  September is a good month.

J. and I saw Flower Drum Song at Woodminster Amphitheater in the Berkeley hills last Saturday.  It wasn't anything like the original movie or show - rewritten completely.  The story was good.  Just different than what we expected but most of the music was the same - and it's the music that gets us to musicals.  Nice evening.

I'm off work this week - last vacation until Thanksgiving, most likely.  Oh wait!  We are heading to Phoenix for a long weekend in early November so that counts.  Th-Fr-Monday off with Tuesday being Veteran's Day (holiday).  That will be a nice break followed a couple weeks later by Thanksgiving!

And that means Christmas isn't too far away!

Home Depot is so incompetent they can't do the stairs in laminate.  Or - well they can - but it will be $250 PER STAIR.  They suggested the two stairs between the entryway and the landing into the kitchen/dining room be recarpeted - so tile to two carpeted stairs to laminate.  How dumb will that look?  We realize stairs are a lot of work - but we are planning to leave the risers just painted white so only the top has to be redone with 'caps' on the edges.  How hard is it for a flooring installer to do that?  So now we shop around some more trying to see what other options we have.  A place in town says they can do it - but we're a little hesitant now.  We don't want the stairs to look crappy.  (Though nothing could look as crappy as our impossible to keep clean carpet at this point).

That's about it - two weeks summarized - life is good.  Blessings abound.  In spite of Lady Luck dragging me through the muck here while I 'relax' in Jackson.