I love me some Bordertown!!

Ok so I made an executive decision and got the heck out of Dodge. Call it an extended mental health day if you'd like but City Boy had a TDY in Shreveport LA so nothing was holding me back from going Left. As you all can see from ROOTS I needed a break. St. Louis is beautiful but it's not friendly. That became clear after it snowed for 3 weeks, followed by 2 days of sunshine, followed up by 3 days of downpouring rain that rivaled the days of Noah. I'd had it and the kids had had it!! SO we're in Mexico, the newer one that is. The land of the Dry and the home of the Sane. It's so nice to be back. It's spring break so the siblings are home. I miss everyone one back home but I do not miss the cold wetness that I call Right!!

City Boy Sold His Soul!

Earlier I made a reference to City boys contract with Satan. This is what I refer to as the military. Well maybe not Satan himself. Only the Marines, Navy and Army work directly with Satan, we work more with a Jr. Satan. Like his understudy or something.
City Boy can't tell me what he does at work. I do know that his job doesn't end when he leaves the office. I should apologize to the crew when they call at 2 a.m. I don't think I sound very nice.
He comes home so sweet but rode hard and put away wet.
We have it easier than the other branches of the military, Chris is always able to watch the kids when I have an appointment and hasn't deployed yet. So we're lucky.

Roots

My roots have been showing lately. NO, not my haircolor. I notice the "ya'lls" and the "give me a hollar" are coming back in force. I even wave at every car that passes me on the road. (You know the index finger wave. P.s. that will get you a dirty look here in Il.) Listening to the radio I had a realization, every where my parents have lived has been quite litterally "where the blacktop ends." They lived in Salem about a quarter mile from the dirt roads and now actually live on a dirt road. Not litterally "on the road." You know what I mean.
I miss going outside and being creeped out by how quiet is is. Sitting in the dark almost watching the stars move across the sky. Most of all I miss the desert. Running bare hotfooted to the next spot of shade at 5pm and by 7pm your feet are freezing walking across the same path. The smell mesquite gives off during a rain storm, the whole world holding it breath for a split second as the sliver of sun comes over the horizon, the sun reflecting off the land when it clears.
Once on the phone with Daddy we talked about the mountains. I miss them. That's Heaven. Standing so high the air stings as you breathe, knowing your the only person for miles. Just to sit long enough that you can feel the forest move around you just like the stars. This country mouse loves her city house but she can sure use a slice of Heaven.

Happy Birthday City Boy

City Boy is another year older and he just gets sweeter ands sweeter. He works so hard for us but always has time when he gets home. No matter how tired he is, he will always smile and pay attention to us. He's even patient when he asks what I did all day and I say nothing. I ask if we can go out to eat and his response is always "What baby wants, Baby gets!' I love it.
I hope you enjoyed your special day. We love you!!!

Snapshot!

Right now Donovan is trying to put his fingers in the paper shredder, Saidi is eating and watching Clifford, City Boy is off making good on his contract with Satan, and I avoiding the post week-end laundry, dishes and my unmade bed.

It's been a while.

I keep thinking of things I need to put on here, but I never do.
***Disclaimer: anything about the military that is wrong in here is my fault. I don't always under stand what City Boy is trying to explain to me so there it is.

So far we've found out that pilot training is 99.9% out of the question. City Boy is super bummed but he seems to be taking it well. He's maybe a little more ornery than usual. Those of you who know him know what that means. He is a bug. Well anyways we have been just taking it easy. A few options have come up for what he will do after this job. The job he is in usually only lasts a year. He's been in just over that. I'm proud of what he's accomplished while he been at it. He went from being a normal crew member to crew commander. He works really hard at what he does and takes care of business and never brags about it. (Unless in jest)

The kiddos are doing well. Saidi is starting potty training and loves tortureing her brother. I think it's so funny. She is talking up a storm and definatly is a smartie. A phrase often heard around here is "Member Momma??" This usually means I promised her something a week ago and she is holding me to it. She is growning like a weed and is eating to prove it. Every five minutes is heard as she rubs her belly, "So humry Momma, I so humry." She definatly knows how to play her Daddy. Either she asks him for something I said no to or acts like she can't talk right so he won't know what she's done to make her brother cry.

Donovan is the happiest little man. All smiles but he definately has a LOT of irish in him. Thanks to both sides of the family. Will give you the biggest grin but don't cross him. He hollers when he's hungry and eats like a starving man. The Doc told us not to give him solids yet but when the kids is eating 6 jars of baby food and 5 bottles you know he needs something more. Now he'll eat a whole waffle for breakfast and more pasta than I do at dinner. He's crawling, pulling up, and crusing on the furniture. He said Mama today for the first time and says dada a lot. I'm not quite sure if he know what he's saying when he says Dada but he know Mama.

I'm doing great and trying to get rid of "baby weight" ( More like doughnut and fast food weight)
I have decided that Tv is of the devil because if the camera add ten pounds everyone on Tv need to have a feeding tube placed. (I still watch though).
I have been feeling alot happier and hope the PPD hormones have gone. I recently got called to work with the young women at church. I'm so excited. I loved Primary and am so grateful to have had the chance to learn so much from the kids but it will be nice to be out of there.
I hope to be coming back to New Mexico soon. I told City Boy I plan on it. We decided to use our leave on a family vacation this year. We always go home and it's nice but we will go somewhere else this year. Me and the kids will home later this summer. I have trip planned in May for me and some friends to go to Chicago. I can't wait.

City Boy is up for deployment in September and we're almost positive he will go. That means he will miss Halloween(his favorite holiday) Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I bummed but it will be ok. We just hope he goes to Qatar or Africa but we won't know till this fall. SO cross your fingers everyone. We have decided to stay in the Air Force for 2 more years and have City Boy get his Masters degree and we'll rethink than. So who knows.
We are going to be moving to a new house on base this summer. They are either renovating or rebuliding houses on base and we'll be moving to a renovated one. I can't complain. The houseing here is great!

Well Elmo is calling so see you next time!!!

I'm allergic to romance!

Anyone who has known us since we got married knows about the honeymoon fiasco. (If you don't know just ask and I'll tell.) So it's no big surprise that we don't really do the big romantic stuff. Our idea of US time is watching Futurama every night before bed. It works for us.
This valentines day City Boy pulled out all the stops!!! He got a barbershop quartet to serenade me on Valentines day and got me the diamond earings I have been mooning over. That in it's self is anything more than I could ever want!! Well he got some really good friends of ours to babysit the kids overnight and took me to a really nice hotel in downtown and made reservations at Landry's for dinner.
We checked into the hotel and it was amazing!! I've never been in one so nice. We than went to dinner. The food was great and it was so nice just to be alone with him. We did a little after shopping at union station.
On the way back to the hotel I started feeling a little sick to my stomache. By the time we got to the hotel I felt so sick. I spend the rest of the night in bed drinking sprite trying not to throw up.
(We ended up watching a few episodes of Futurama)
When we woke up in the morning (not to the sound of Saidi knocking on her door to get out) I felt a little shaky but otherwise fine. But City Boy felt sick and by that evening we were back at home with the kids and City Boy had the flu.
We were not meant to have alone time and romance in our lives. Maybe when we're 40 yr old empty nesters we can be a couple. I think I'll take the hint.

(P.S. It was so nice that he did all that for me. I just feel bad I couldn't enjoy it as much as possible. Thank goodness he's so patient and sweet with me!!!)