Back to reality....

Well, here I am. Back at work. Back in Oregon. Back to reality. Yesterday I spent the day helping my sister clean and organize her house and ran a few errands. It was nice not having to leave until 8 at night so I got to spend more time with my sister.

I picked B up after school and when we got back home we showed her the birth of her brother. During it she was covering her ears. I asked her why she was doing this and she said, "Because when mom yells it's too loud!" (Hopefully this is good birth control!) After that, B and I went downstairs and listened to music, sang, danced, jumped on the bed mattress. I even video-taped her singing and dancing and it is so uber cute!

B then wanted to go sing a song for her mom/my sister. She sang the song, I miss you, by Miley Cyrus and dedicated it to her grandpa, her dad's dad the passed away a few years ago. So she started singing it and I just got all teary-eyed as so did my sister. It really made me think of my grandpa and how much I miss him.

It was now dinner time and I had half an hour to go before it was time to leave. This is the part I was dreading. This is the part where I wished I had just gotten there and I still had another 3 weeks left. Time really flew on by. Time is so precious nowadays. When you're young time seems to stand still, but when you're older, you always seem to be searching for more time.

Dinner was over, my bags were packed, and the tears started to form in my eyes. The time had come and my 3 weeks in Iowa had finally come to an end. My sister and I exchanged hugs, more than once, I kissed and hugged my little baby nephew, and hugged my niece and told her to take care of my sister and little nephew. As I was ready to walk out the door, I quickly turned back and hugged my sister and niece again. I got in the car and took a big breath. Then my sister opened the house door and said, "Wait!" Then she moved over and B was standing there crying so hard. I opened the car door and ran inside and hugged B so tight and so long as we both stood there hugging eachother and crying so hard. I then hugged my sister again and told them I both loved them and got in the car and drove away with my brother in law.

This sucks. I hate leaving family. Especially not knowing when you'll see them next. When I got to the airport my bro in law helped me with my bags and then said so long til next time. Then I sat and waited for my plane to board. My niece called and left me a message that about broke my heart. Then I called her and talked to her a little bit before my plane boarded.

As I sat on the plane, I was listening to the Hannah Montana2 cd. *It's good! Don't judge until you've listened to it! ha! :) Anyway, it makes me think of B and all the fun times we had together. There is a song, One in a Million on it that I kept listening to over and over and was getting teary eyed. I miss my sister and niece so much already. It even made it more real that my sister T is moving to Iowa and that I won't get to see my goddaughter all the time. But I am glad that my sister D will finally have family and her sister live by her. Because I for one love living close to my sisters. Although I'm not sure how long that will last as my sister N may be moving to Colorado to where her husband may get a job flying there. Then it'll just be me left in Oregon, with my parents here of course. But the bond of sisters is something so special and so strong.

Anyway, my plane finally landed in P-town and I was really excited to see my husband. (minus the facial hair!) lol so I walk and there he is waiting for me. I walk up to him (although I thought about running) and hugged him and kissed him. Then he presented me with a dozen red and pink roses :) Ah I love my man. It was so great to see him after really not seeing him for 5 weeks due to us working so much, watching my sisters dogs, and me being in Iowa. When we were driving home he told me that I could never be gone for that long away from him again! So cute :)

Well, so here I am back at work. Boring ol work. But at least I'm making money again!

Til next time...cherish those you love.