I am a big fan of lists, and I don’t have much time, so here goes:
- There are bows everywhere here (I remember this from living in Nashville) – on purses, shoes, little girls…
- I miss my friends and my routine and my neighbors. Terribly.
- I actually used the phrase "in a bad way" to describe an ailing family member the other day. How quickly we become Romans.
- We’ve bought a house. It will be a couple of months before we can move in. Two more months in a tiny apartment. I’m going slightly looney.
- You can buy a gallon of sweet tea at McDonald’s. Can you believe that? I bought mine at the drive-thru.
Anyway, this town is (to me, anyway) a small one. So it’s a little bit different kind of South than Nashville, Tennessee. There are both pros and cons to that. I’m still adjusting. I think it’s going to take a while…
Until next time…
Ok, *I* for one am having MAJOR Blog-Withdrawal here 🙂 Posts without pictures are just fine by me… news, ANY news is sorely missed by this waaaay-far-awaaaaaaaaaaaay Gramma!
*sniff!*
Gramma-Wilting-In-Montana-Heat-Wave Jan
I miss reading your blogs hope u get settle soon. How’s the pregnancy going? I hope no morning sickness!
Wow, I just found your blog today (7/6) and have sat and read the whole thing. You moved me to tears, over and over, as I read about your sweet family and deployment and merry homecoming. Your words have made the military life a bit more real, as I know I live in near-total denial of the horrors that military families deal with.
Keep writing, be well, good luck with the transitions of home and baby, and happy house decorating!
Sally
Hope your settles are still going ok. I am sure you are still in shambles getting there, but treat it as a process, not as a definite objective 🙂
Take care!
Congratulations on finding a house. Hopefully the two months will fly by. And can you believe I’ve never tried McDonald’s sweet tea. I’ll have to check that out. 🙂
hang in there…i HATE transition. we are currently in the middle of things ourselves. i’m trying to be calm and enjoy each moment…but…argh! so i can kinda relate.
Mmmm…sweet tea. I haven’t seen that offered since we lived in New Orleans. I only lived there for a year, but I’m eager to move back south.
Congrats on buying a house! Hopefully the time will pass quickly.
congratulations on the house! hope you are exploring and finding new places to call you own….and of course, a few new friends-makes all the difference. xoC
Gotta love McD’s sweet tea! I love that you can get a large tea for $1! Welcome back to the South! I grew up in Georgia, and when I became an army bride and flew to Anchorage, AK the day after my wedding, I thought I would never adjust. Then, after 4 years, we moved back to Georgia, and I thought the same thing. Everything was in slow motion! I also remember missing our friends terribly! Such is life in the military, but I still fondly remember times we had with other young couples we met there and often wonder where they are today. Best wishes on your new adventure!
best of luck to you, crystal. i hope the two months in the apt. doesn’t drive you too crazy, and that you adjust to the strangeness of the south. 🙂
How lucky you are to have such wonderful friends all over this great land of ours. You are blessed. Take this time to relax and enjoy life because in a couple of months, you will have your hands full getting ready for this new baby in a new house and all that goes with moving and babies. I love reading this blog.
Love you all and miss you too. I really miss Tennessee too. I didn’t realize just how much until we were there the first of the month. Can’t wait to read your blogs and feel like I am back in Tenneessee and all that Tennessee talk.
I just sent an email with advice on buying a new house, ha ha, I guess it’s too late. I am so very excited for you! It’s worth the long, almost suffocating wait. Your good at waiting anyways, after all, your blog is My Longest Year (in waiting). I know you will breeze through the time.
I hope you have another baby girl so you can put all of those little southern bows to use. Although, I think in the south they put bows on boys too. That’s just mean.
I love ordering a gal. of sweet tea via southern drive thru window, haha! The things I have forgotten while living…NOT in the South. 🙁 I miss it terribly. It is a lot cheaper to make it yourself if you have a stove top and a pot. I can’t believe all that time as neighbors and I didn’t show you how. I am sure you already know though, it’s not rocket science.
We miss miss miss you guys more than you know. We think of you often.