100 Days and Counting....115 tops

In the ongoing saga which could be titled "Our Impending Move to Washington" we have given up trying to make very many decisions.

When our move fell through after Christmas we took our house off of the market and decided we would just hunker down and wait for our oldest to graduate from High School. Hunkering consisted of the children and I staying here and Jeff continuing to fly back and forth on a semi-regular basis.

When we made this decision it seemed right....and honorable. Our oldest, although she is now 18, is still our child. Leaving her to live with friends until May no longer seemed the prudent thing to do and separation from my husband seemed the proper sacrifice to make for my first-born.....in theory.

Then January 2nd came and we had to take Jeff to the airport.

This is all I have to say to my young friends who are recently married, about to be married or who are contemplating marriage. ......

Think very, very carefully before you EVER decide that spending time separated from the one you love,.....your other half..... would be the best course of action for your family.

People do it all of the time. Women stay behind for their jobs,so that their children can go to school....or because they are small.....while their husbands work far away from home. And in this day and age it should be easy. We have cell phones, email, text messaging, IM and webcams for crying out loud!!!

But let me tell you something. If the events of your day only make sense when the one you love walks through the door and puts his arms around you.....If eating is only enjoyable when you are sharing it with the one who earned the money to put it on the table.....If you can not sleep without your legs intertwined with the knobby knees next to you......if your favorite sitcoms no longer make you laugh and you begin to wish that the "Lost" would just quit whining......you should probably think twice before putting more miles between you and your other half than is drivable after quitting time rolls around.

For those of you whose beloved have spent time serving our country.....I applaud you. But unless you belong to the greatest generation,remember when the Fab Five ushered in the British invasion or thought you could join our military to put yourself through school and never dreamed you would actually have to SERVE our country.....you CHOSE a life which you KNEW would mean time apart from your loved one.

Yes....I'm griping in a semi-sarcastic, tongue in cheek kinda way. The funny thing is Jeff is actually home right now. Some people write as a way to cope, or process what they are going through. I write because I seem to suffer from some need to share our lives with those I love....whether they want me to or not. And when Jeff is gone I don't seem to have much to share.

I am hoping that as February winds down and Spring approaches I will be so busy that the blues will make way for my need to share all that will be happening in our lives.

In March we will be putting the house back on the market, Keaton turns 14, Jeff and I will celebrate our ballerina anniversary...22 years....get it two two....tutu...ballerina anniversary. Yuck yuck yuck!....we will celebrate Easter and our friends Nick and Brittney are having a baby! April brings...THE PROM. And May...OMG....May means our friends Lindsey and Daniel's new baby, our friends Noah and Kate's wedding festivities, KIRSTEN'S GRADUATION!!!!....and lots and lots of packing.......

Hence the count-down.We move June 1st if the house sells before graduation....June15th if it doesn't.