Time to Catch Up

Well, last week was pretty fabulous to tell the truth. My birthday was Monday and once I got off work hubby took me to the Melting Pot and to see Eclipse. It was so wonderful to spend time with him and just have fun! Plus it was pretty hilarious to see the hubby sit through the movie.

Then the next morning hubby all but threw me out the door to spend a few days in Texas with my family. It did my soul good to spend some time with everyone. I got to play like a six year old with my niece, spend hours talking to my dad, and hang out with my momma. I didn't get to see my sister as much as I'd like, but at least we got to spend SOME time together. Mom and I saw Inception and boy was it crazy! Probably one of the best movies I've seen in a good while. Dad and I went to El Fenix, only the best Mexican food on the face of the planet! Seriously, if you haven't eaten there, you haven't lived. I had a nice big margarita and the best enchiladas ever made.  I also got to spend the majority of one of the days hanging out with my niece and boy was it awesome. Towards the end of it I was lamenting the fact that she doesn't take naps anymore. :)

In other news, the AC is fixed, I'm congested as all get out, and the hubbys finally gets to have his post-op appointment with the orthoscopic surgeon tomorrow. I'm probably just as anxious as he is for him to get the staples out of his knee! Today is my Friday and I'm rather excited to have two days off starting in a couple hours! :)

Homesick

I know I'm homesick every now and then, I'm the first to admit it. Hubby knows how much I miss home and my family, but I try to keep it underwraps as best as I can. Due to work I only got to spend two days at home for Christmas and haven't been back for longer than 24 hrs since then. That's not exactly the life I pictured, but I'm married to a man far better than I ever dreamed, so I can deal. However, when I can't make it home for certain events I feel like the worst daughter/sister/aunt/friend ever. My mom has been living with my sister and her family for a while to help them along while my sis finished school. Well, she graduated so my mom found a place of her own and started moving last week. Of course I can't come help because all I get is one lousy day off a week (due to EVERYONE taking vacation). It seems like everyone and their dog came to help mom move, but could her own daughter be there to help? Of course I couldn't. I don't really care what people think, but gosh, what must all of her friends think of me?

I have never missed my niece's function, no matter what. All school events, ballet recitals, birthdays, major and minor events, I've been there...Until this year when I missed her ballet recital this year and her pre-k graduation. When I asked a couple of weeks ago if I could take a vacation day to be at her birthday party in NOVEMBER I was told I couldn't because November is a ratings period. Umm, I can't take one, single solitary day to see my niece celebrate her 6th birthday? My niece called me the other day and asked if I was going to be at her birthday. (The child counts down to it practically starting the day after.) I told her I'd try my hardest, while inside my heart was breaking. I just have to find a way to be there, or I might as well just crawl in a hole and never come out.

I hate what living in another state is doing to me. I have always been surrounded by family and now I'm all alone with only the hubby around. (Not that I'm complaining about him being the only one, but you know what I mean) I just hate being so far away sometimes. I hate how disconnected I feel. I hate that I have to plan out seeing my family and being there for major events. I guess I'm a little more homesick than I'd like to admit sometimes.