His and Hers

I'm not sure if we should do separate blogs - but for now this is how it works. I was thinking about his days compared to mine so far. I know he's tired, but it's definitely a different kind of tired.

Never again will I move four days before he ships out. I really hope that stands true for the rest of my life. Life has been EXHAUSTING. I'm grateful for the 2 evenings we had together before he left for 5+ weeks, and I really wish we'd had more time to just relax. No such luck with all the craziness going on, but everything has worked okay, so far.

The boys and I are at my folks' house, and I think without their help I would have gone crazy already. As it is, Bob Simons, in my parents' ward, had to go get Guy out of the men's bathroom at church on Sunday. Guy misses his dad tremendously, especially when he's wishing for a different answer to a question (wanting to eat or do something). Rob's not a sucker, by any means, but Guy just keeps hoping this approach works somehow. Anyway . . .

One of the ways we've tried to help him is to have him wear an Air Force pin every day. He knows that Dad gave it to him and he loves it--with the exception of when he's crawling over furniture and it scrapes his chest. Then he requests to take it off.

In the moving mayhem, I've lost a check written to me, our checkbook, my retainers, cash, and all sorts of other stuff. Fortunately, some things have resurfaced. Other things have been replaced. And, when looking for the checkbook this evening, I found the lost retainers. Unfortunately, I've already gone to the trouble of getting fitted for new ones. Oh well, my gap was already coming back hard and fast, and eventually they'll break sometime, anyhow.

Last week we bought a minivan on Monday. On Tuesday morning the boys and I went to the zoo with cousins. On Wednesday Guy played with the same cousins all day, and I worked with the movers (and cleaned the house around them). Rob helped with cleanup when he finally got away from work. On Thursday we went to a farewell lunch for Rob at work and finished cleaning the house. Friday was Rob's last day of work. After his 1/2 day, we went up to the Draper Temple (Guy loves seeing temples) and just walked around outside, then we finished shopping for Rob's COT necessities. That night, we went out alone, for just a couple of hours. On Saturday we took Guy to Boondocks in the morning, while Eden and other family members generously watched Coooper who was much more fussy than usual. I remembered to utilize the military discount for the first time ever at Boondocks. It was after they completed our transaction, but they were helpful and pleasant about re-doing that. Saturday night Rob and I discovered a restaurant we wished we'd found months ago (an Italian Bistro on State and 114th South). Sunday morning, when Guy woke up, Rob left. Never a dull moment, right?

Since then, things have been plenty busy - with the 4th on Monday (the Provo Parade), registering the minivan, a run to the bank, and the orthodontist's visit on Tuesday. Swimming today. I now sit here thinking, it's a wonder that Guy's had a moment to miss Rob. And it's no wonder that I'm exhausted. Holy cow. I need a break!

Thankfully, there's a family in my parents' ward that loves Guy. They played with him while I was at the orthodontist, and now they've volunteered to take Guy and/or Cooper to the Dinosaur Museum next week.

I'm not going to lie, I'm really looking forward to that break, already.