Boredom

....... seems so be the mood tonight........ I feel completely understimulated! I'd love to go "looking" at target (or anywhere) but the snow is keeping me inside right now. I decided I needed a project so I started cleaning out my craft bookcase. Big mistake!! That is a huge undertaking and I know I completely lack motivation right now. What was going through my mind as I piled all the stuff onto my bed? Jace won't leave my side, and while I've made some progress.... it's nowhere near done. Guess I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.
I really need some new magazines- but again- the snow. I honestly don't know what to do... I feel like I'm going crazy! There are a million things to be done, laundry, dishes, sweep, vaccuum, the list goes on...... why can't I just get up and do them?

YAY!!!!

I got my first phone call today! It's like he's in prison! lol He only got five min's and it flew by, but every second was great. He's getting teased by the other guys because he already sent me a letter. I was a good wife and prestamped, and addressed him envelopes. I can't wait to get it... but I was told I can't write back to that address. He's gotten his shots, and his running shoes, and went to the PX today. Sadly though the army wasn't prepared with enough clothes and they only have their PT's! He said it's been easy so far, they haven't even had to run yet. I was having a pretty good day- this has made it great! What a boost a phone call can be!

Happy New Year!

I want to wish everybody a happy new year! This morning I actually slept in- it was amazing! Then I took all the kids in our jammies and we went to have icecream for breakfast! It's a fun tradition that Grandma Susie started a few years ago. The kids love it.
We are adjusting to Dad being gone..... it just feels weird to not have him around. I'm sure in time things will feel normal again. Until then I'm just going to go with the flow!
What a way to begin a new year! 2009 here we come..... ready or not!

Swearing in....

These are just a very few pics of Dustin swearing in today. The guy in camo on the left is Dustin's recruiter, Sgt. Sodencamp. It was such a special thing to be a part of- truely awesome. We then spent about 20-30 minutes visiting with him before we left. I'll get more pics from Gail's camera, I was too flustered to think about taking pics!

Dustin's left Now

Well this promises to be a long entry....... get comfy! Today I dropped Dustin off at the Raddison hotel downtown. He is swearing in tomorrow morning to the United States Army. I couldn't be more proud of him. As I drove away with Jace sound asleep in the back seat I wasn't met with tears like I had expected. It was more like butterflies- the oh my what have I gotten into kind of butterflies! I've spent the evening making binkies for my new neice. I figured if I kept busy I wouldn't get upset. Well..... I finished them..... all but one (I ran out of stones!).

So I moved on to laundry. Dustin and I had talked about packing up his clothes while he's gone. We had bought totes earlier today, so I packed him up. Not everything though.... I had to keep some things the same. Now it's nearing 2am..... I'm still doing laundry- that's my excuse anyway. I guess I'm worried that once I go to bed I will be a little more aware of just how gone he is.