...not in a bad way :) But, I guess you can say its Amanda's blog that inspires me to even bother. All has been actually well for the most part here in the Dush. I never would have believed it, in any of the months leading up to recently that I would not be the first one on the plane out of here. There is a lot to be said about moving in the winter months to a dirty, wet, cold, BORING, new country. How could I be convinced to be content much less happy with all of this depression. Well spring has sprung a new attitude in me. Give me sunlight, grass, flowers and clean (ish) water and smiles emerge.
So here is what has happened since I last told you about my life (and Amanda went on vacation and I got lazy).
D has grown into a TODDLER!!! Really really sad and proud times for this momma. A number of things have made this official for me. #1 He prefers to eat with the utensil in his hand and not just hold it. #2 He wears shoes all the time. #3 He has his own personality, a very strong one. He prefers to lay in bed a while before he makes his appearance in the morning. This is not to be negotiated and when I do mess with this he is pretty much crunchy all day. #4 He tells me to change his diaper. He has peed on the potty, once. This was by his own doing. He went into the laundry room grabbed the frog potty brought it to the living room and peed in it. Then he preceded to be a boy about it and play in it. #5 Kisses he gives real kisses, not the open mouth suck your face kisses. These really sweet puckered lip kisses. The best part about all of this, I AM the one who has first hand witnessed it!!!! When most of Howie did this as first NeNe was the one to tell me. Oh and about NeNe D loves his NeNe. He talks about her all the time. Whenever I am on the phone or computer it should always be NeNe.
H well he is himself. Tender, loving, helpful and well typical toddler. He is really starting to grow into big boy. Can dress himself on most days, washes his hands, washes dishes (we have almost put this to a stop as he cut his finger the other day). He want to get big, wear work clothes and work in "the box" he loves all of Daddy's big kids. Last weekend he helped Daddy work on the field truck (his name for our 4Runner). He was very proud of himself and would like to drive that field truck when he gets big and goes to work. I said sure, we would surely get our moneys worth being as the truck would be 26 years old at that point.
I have in the last few weeks finished my first class and made a 97.2%!!!! I am so proud of myself :) But, I did have to drop my next class. I could not take more money out of savings to pay for it. I am hoping that my GI money will hopefully come through this summer since I applied for it in December. You know the government wants money from you they get it the next day, you need something from them well put on your patience pants.
After looking at my sewing materials I think this week I am going to tackle my first project. Yesterday I finally fixed Mr. Monk. I had to cut his back open take out the noise box that was completely busted, put the new one in and sew him back up and I also fixed his arm that was starting to hang. It is not as pretty as my mom would have done but it was a start. He may require a touch up this summer.
Our countdown to home is approaching rapidly. Which I know this is going to sound annoyingly terrible but here it is: I kinda want to stay. I know I know, hear me out. I LOVE home and cannot wait to return WITH my whole family. The reason we wanted to go on this journey was to be together. Now I am leaving Chris instead of the other way around. It will be so good to be home anyway. I mean CFA, Osaka, Papa Johns, grocery stores, CLEAN water, paved roads, laws, Target, NENE. Yep, well I guess my want to stay here tends to fade fast. Thank GOD for skype and all of the other modern conveniences that have kept us in contact with the US will work the other way around to keep us close to Daddy. C told me this weekend that I was acting as I do when he is set to deploy. I have to agree that I am acting a bit crunchy but I am praying that it is for a different reason ;)....
