Thanks Giving

I have so many things to give thanks for this year. My family and I are (relatively) healthy, I'm in school and able to work towards a career I'm loving more every day, I'm close with my family and have plenty of friends to rely on in good and bad times. My life is no where near perfect, or even where I would like it to be right now, but I'm working on it. I know that life is a journey, not a destination, and I've had many detours so far. It's ok, though, it makes me who I am. 

We had a good Thanksgiving this year, for the most part. We ended up with entirely too much food, but the leftovers are being put to good use. We had a big turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and homemade gravy, french onion and green bean casserole, cheesy potato bake, Hawaiian rolls, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and homemade cranberry sauce. It was a busy day to say the least. I had my mom there to help me juggle everything, so it all went pretty smoothly.

I feel like I can't focus tonight... My parents took Kaleb back with them on Thursday night. My mom was going to meet me tomorrow night to hand him back off, but they decided to bring him back today instead. My dad bought a new truck (well to him--I hardly call 237,000 miles new) on Saturday and they have to get some paperwork done on that tomorrow, so they brought him today.

Poor little munchkin bawled his eyes out when they left. He was brave and waved bye-bye when they were getting ready to leave, but once they walked out the door and left for real he lost it. I felt bad, but I love that he loves his Namma and Papa so much.

I always miss my boy when he's gone, but I know he has a good time, and this visit my parents had my niece Lilly too, and those two are the best little friends it's adorable. It was kind of nice to have a few munchkin free days too. I got up early (1:30 early) to help Martin with the paper routes, then we called and woke his mom up. He and I ran to Old Navy ($5 fleeces!!!) then back to pick his mom up, then to Kohl's. After Kohl's we decided we were in the shopping mood and checked out Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target. While I can't say we contributed much to the economy, it was fun to get out and do something spontaneous for a change :)

Later in the afternoon we took Martin's mom to see a movie. She chose The Blind Side, and if you haven't seen it, I think you should. It was a long day, and I was in bed and snoring (according to Martin, but I think he exaggerates) by 9:30 that night. A full night of sleep felt fantastic! Saturday we decided to make the trek out to IKEA and brought Martin's mom along again since she'd never been. She claims she's sick of us now.


I don't have much else to write for now--I've been fighting a headache all day and I'm afraid it's going into migraine mode. It's really hard to concentrate and focus, which is unfortunate since I still have a ton of homework to do tonight. Martin's been entertaining the munchkin and now it's dinner time, so off I go.