Vacations are exhausting!
Ahhhh, Emily is sleeping. Good LORD we have been busy since we got to NY. It is non-stop...go go go.... The ride was not as bad as I had thought it would be. We did stop and Em was pretty good for the whole trip. Now though she is just being a monster because she is totally off her schedule and she is very much a schedule kind of kid. She is adapting though. I guess she has to!
My mother and I went Treasure Hunting this morning and I got a lot of new toys for Miss Em. She loves them. It is always fun cleaning everything up them letting her go to town.
Tomorrow we are spending the day with Keith's parents and family. I will be seeing Kari so I will give her lots of hugs from all of you...
I have been so busy I don't even know where to begin so this is probably going to be just a bunch of random thoughts. Keith has been setting up his computer for my parents. We are just giving it to them. He wants a new one when he gets back from Iraq so we thought it would be nice to give it to my folks. They wanted a new one so it works. And yes it is pretty new...Keith builds himself a new one every few months. Yes, he builds them from piece to piece... he is a computer geek... he does it for fun but he should really start a business, he is really good at it. Anyway, we have gotten my pizza that I have been looking forward to... YUMMMMMM! I have been really good people and still have been eating in moderation. I haven't done any shopping yet but I am sure I will soon.
It is always nice being home... we already have so much planned. It is so hard to just relax since we are only here for a short time and everyone wants us to do things. Even when I get time to sit on the computer for a minute I can feel myself wanting to drift off. It is funny how things at "home" always look so different after you leave and come back again. I haven't lived in this area now for almost 11 years and somehow everything looks the same but different. Smells always send memories racing through my mind, I hear a train in the distance at night and I feel my muscles relaxing knowing I am home. There is just something about being in the place where you grew up that nourishes your soul, recharges your battery.... Then there are other things that are easier to forget while away and painful to remember when you're back... Like my grandparents not knowing who I am anymore, seeing your childhood house in shambles, or seeing relatives go through hardships. Sometimes you forget what it is like to be apart of a family when you are so far away all the time. When you leave people look one way and when you come back they might look another way... My cousin's children are all grown up now. Hard to believe, in my minds eye they are still so little, now they are in their teens. My cousin Sherry, my sister, and I all grew up together ... Sherry was like our sister... She died of Breast Cancer very young and left her little boy and girl behind to life in which I know she would not want for them... When Sherry was a teenager herself her parents had two more children and I hung out with her younger sister yesterday. I so badly wanted to tell her all about Sherry's life, the life I know she knows nothing about. I want her sister and kids to know the truth, what her parents are not telling them but I am not sure I can bring myself to do it.... something is eating away at me though like I must. Guess I need to work through it, I have a feeling though Sherry would want them all to know all about her life.... maybe things would change for the better if they knew what the truth was and not what they think they know....
I know you all have NO idea what I am talking about but I just needed to vent!! It is such a long story and too much pain to get into detail... but thanks for listening!!!
We are staying here for awhile longer... maybe Keith will stop hogging the computer and I will be able to get on here more. Hope you all are doing great and having a wonderful summer! Stop by again soon!! Later
My mother and I went Treasure Hunting this morning and I got a lot of new toys for Miss Em. She loves them. It is always fun cleaning everything up them letting her go to town.
Tomorrow we are spending the day with Keith's parents and family. I will be seeing Kari so I will give her lots of hugs from all of you...
I have been so busy I don't even know where to begin so this is probably going to be just a bunch of random thoughts. Keith has been setting up his computer for my parents. We are just giving it to them. He wants a new one when he gets back from Iraq so we thought it would be nice to give it to my folks. They wanted a new one so it works. And yes it is pretty new...Keith builds himself a new one every few months. Yes, he builds them from piece to piece... he is a computer geek... he does it for fun but he should really start a business, he is really good at it. Anyway, we have gotten my pizza that I have been looking forward to... YUMMMMMM! I have been really good people and still have been eating in moderation. I haven't done any shopping yet but I am sure I will soon.
It is always nice being home... we already have so much planned. It is so hard to just relax since we are only here for a short time and everyone wants us to do things. Even when I get time to sit on the computer for a minute I can feel myself wanting to drift off. It is funny how things at "home" always look so different after you leave and come back again. I haven't lived in this area now for almost 11 years and somehow everything looks the same but different. Smells always send memories racing through my mind, I hear a train in the distance at night and I feel my muscles relaxing knowing I am home. There is just something about being in the place where you grew up that nourishes your soul, recharges your battery.... Then there are other things that are easier to forget while away and painful to remember when you're back... Like my grandparents not knowing who I am anymore, seeing your childhood house in shambles, or seeing relatives go through hardships. Sometimes you forget what it is like to be apart of a family when you are so far away all the time. When you leave people look one way and when you come back they might look another way... My cousin's children are all grown up now. Hard to believe, in my minds eye they are still so little, now they are in their teens. My cousin Sherry, my sister, and I all grew up together ... Sherry was like our sister... She died of Breast Cancer very young and left her little boy and girl behind to life in which I know she would not want for them... When Sherry was a teenager herself her parents had two more children and I hung out with her younger sister yesterday. I so badly wanted to tell her all about Sherry's life, the life I know she knows nothing about. I want her sister and kids to know the truth, what her parents are not telling them but I am not sure I can bring myself to do it.... something is eating away at me though like I must. Guess I need to work through it, I have a feeling though Sherry would want them all to know all about her life.... maybe things would change for the better if they knew what the truth was and not what they think they know....
I know you all have NO idea what I am talking about but I just needed to vent!! It is such a long story and too much pain to get into detail... but thanks for listening!!!
We are staying here for awhile longer... maybe Keith will stop hogging the computer and I will be able to get on here more. Hope you all are doing great and having a wonderful summer! Stop by again soon!! Later