Getting ready in the cold snow with the feeling like it should already be the long weekend was difficult. Thankfully it was actually like plus 2 degrees so it was starting to melt everything. We came back for the kids program and they did great. It was a nice program all about hope and being thankful for those who have sacrificed so much for us. There was a slide show of all the people from Magrath who served in the wars. Many of them were family. It was emotional. I always liked going to these programs growing up and I am glad the kids get to experience it as well. Rachel and her kids (Cousin James' wife and family) came to Laurels so we all met for lunch around 12. It was also Laurels birthday so it was nice to get together. I really enjoyed talking to Rachel and Laurel about things. It is nice to have examples of relationships and problems that creep into even the healthiest of relationships and it is nice to know that even great relationships are about people trying to do their best for each other. It is a constant learning process and like all great things it takes work to keep it great. I have always appreciated how easy our relationship is. I feel we compliment each other so well but there are just little things that I know I need to work on. Rachel was talking about finally figuring out that she needs to explain to James what she wants for her birthday and after two years of telling him she wanted to go on a nice date each year this year he came up with all the plans himself and it was nice for both of them to have abetter experience then her just saying she didn't want anything and him not knowing what to do.
For me its not about birthdays or anything like that but I feel like a lot of times I just don't know what I want and then I want you to figure it out for me(which you actually do a really good job at) but sometimes I have something in my head of how I want things to go and then get frustrated when they don't pan out that way. Really the problem would be taken care of if I just let you know whatever it may be. I know this sounds kind of silly and all that but it really is something that I am trying to work on and It was nice to hear others having the same struggles as me and learning as well. I also am hopeful that I can learn these lessons earlier and not still be struggling with these things 30 years later. I like being around so many women that I look up to and I appreciate really life lessons.
I spent too long over there and really should have taken Preston home for a nap sooner but I was enjoying talking and they were all playing so nicely that we didn't get home till around 2 We were all sleepy so I put in a movie and Ava and I snuggled on the couch while Presty roamed free. Pretty soon I woke up to a preston snuggled on my legs with his bear blanket and water bottle. He must have known he was tired and gotten all his supplies and came to join Ava and I's nap. It was one of this precious moments when your legs and arms are starting to ramp up but you love it so much you don't want to move a muscle. I lasted for another hour before I had to slide myself out from under them.
I am so excited for no school tomorrow. We are going to go swimming in Taber. I am excited for something new and different that all the kids love to do. I am getting trunk I guess or cabin fever or whatever. I love being here but I also feel uncomfortable not having our own house. although I feel like this at home sometimes also so no matter where you are you just have to focus on the good and enjoy the ride.
I love talking to you and I hope that you can showoff your superman skills to all the others as you move all the stuff around. I will have to write earlier if I want to be witty and all that so I am sorry I am not funny but it just isn't working for me tonight. But I hope you like me when I am serious also. I love you. I want us to last forever. I want our children to grow up happy and to know how much they are loved by so many people. We are truly luck to have so many people who love us and them. It really is nice to come home and to have people excited to see me.
Well we will definitely be excited to see you when you get here, or there, to Louisiana I mean but you knew that now didn't you.
You always do.
My heart beats for you.
I would have got my blanket and snuggled with you too. And I never knew that I didn't do everything the way you wanted in your head ;) In MRT we call this the mental trap of "mind reading" it's a mental trap where you assume or feel that other people should automatically now what you want or are feeling. Good job identifying it honey :) :) Ha, but don't we all have little mind traps and issues, that's what makes life interesting.
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