Long Weekends

I think I've used that title before on this blog. The problem is, the weekends are the worst. Last weekend was especially rough. Because it was a long weekend (Labor Day), I tried to do some different things with the kids, including the zoo and a trip to the pool with only Grace. Well, what is that old saying? No good deed goes unpunished? I certainly found that out. The kids were just awful and I found myself losing it with them more than I would have liked. The weekends get to us all, I am afraid.

Just when you think you can't go on, though, there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. Jasen will be leaving Baghdad in about two weeks to head home for his R&R. He has been anxious about it for awhile and I can feel myself starting to get excited. We are going to be all over him like stink on poop!

Poor Grace is discovering the down side to football season. She's gotten used to watching what she wanted on the TV downstairs because I didn't have anything to watch. Well, today, that all changed! Yea!! College football is back. Whoop! Wait, the Aggies nearly stunk it up. I was glad we had plans and weren't able to watch the whole game.

Tonight, we went to Clay Center, a small town about 45 mins. from here, with our friends, Sara, Megan, and Brianna Kercher. Their husband/dad is the head lawyer (JAG) for Jasen's brigade. They were gone all summer to North Dakota so we missed them alot. It was good to spend some time with them. We went to one of their favorite spots, Danny's, in Clay Center. It's a cute little cafe in downtown Clay Center. It was a good dinner.

Oh, Jasen's been looking at what job he'll do next. He'd really like to do an ROTC job somewhere, but he has a few other choices, too. I don't want you all to worry, but he's looked at everything from Vermont, to Miami, to Montana. Who knows where we'll be, but it was a scary moment for me when Jasen asked me where in the US I'd like to live. I'd never had that kind of choice to deal with!