OK, so it's been a while. Since it is now the last week of school I think I have an excuse. Last minute deadlines and studying comes to and all I want to do is be outside, hang out, and all that jazz. Suddenly this semester seems like it's taking forever to end. I just want it to be my birthday, and then I want Mother's Day, and then I want Memorial Day, and so on. Basically, I want the summer months. I am yearning for the nice weather and free time to do as I please. Yes, I have free time now, but not even close to how much I'm going to have come May.
Last Tuesday, before the amazing Glee episode, Clark and I did the Profile Trail up Grandfather Mountain. We didn't do it as quickly as I wanted, but what you must understand is 3.5 miles of this goes up over 3,000 feet in elevation, and you're just going UP. There are no flat break besides maybe one camping spot, it's just up. Then you spend 3.5 miles going down. Pictures are posted at the bottom, if I managed it.
The rest of the week is kind of a blur. We did a lot of things and did a lot of talking and just enjoyed spending time together, not to mention seeing the amazing Miss Becca Miller. I'm ready to get through this week. I've noticed that I'm always ready for the next greatest thing to happen, and this week it's my birthday. know it's kind of cliche and anticlimactic, but I'm turning 21 on Sunday. My parents are coming up Friday, and Becca's coming Saturday, and I've been making all these plans and figuring out exactly how I want it to go. I know that seems silly, but considering how many people are going to be in our 2 bedroom condo and all that I wish to do with my parents and Becca, I'd say it takes some planning.
I don't know what else to share. I don't quite feel like there's a lot going on, and I don't want to spend this whole post complaining or something negative like that. It's two weeks from tomorrow that Clark leaves for MOS, in which case I plan to go to Wilmington for a day or two and then head to Columbia for a week or so. Since I have no job it makes it pretty easy to travel around to see family, which I'm very thankful for. I don't know what I would do, or what I am going to do, when we live far away from everybody again. It's hard to even remember my parents not being accessible by a four hour car ride. I just wish my older sister Katie was just as close. I haven't seen her for a true amount of time since... 2008. I don't think a five minute lay over in Charlotte last summer counts as a real visit or anything, but it was wonderful to see her regardless of time.
Clark and I are still iffy here and there but we're making it. Like I said, it's only two weeks until he leaves and as awful as it sounds, it's going to help. I think he needs a distraction to remind him of what he's going to be doing for the rest of his life; even if this reminder isn't of the officer he is to become, it's still important. I also think it will be good for me, because I can get some things done that I can't when he's here. That's not to say I can't get anything done when he's here, just that it's hard to sit and focus on my book when he's downstairs or sitting behind me playing video games or running around acting like he's bored and asking me when I'm going to be finished. I think intervals of separation are good for marriage, because not only does it give you some necessary alone time, but it reminds you of how much that person truly means to you. While deployments may be a far stretch as to an "interval of separation," I think five week courses or even 8 week courses aren't so bad, as long as you have SOME type of communication!
Last Tuesday, before the amazing Glee episode, Clark and I did the Profile Trail up Grandfather Mountain. We didn't do it as quickly as I wanted, but what you must understand is 3.5 miles of this goes up over 3,000 feet in elevation, and you're just going UP. There are no flat break besides maybe one camping spot, it's just up. Then you spend 3.5 miles going down. Pictures are posted at the bottom, if I managed it.
The rest of the week is kind of a blur. We did a lot of things and did a lot of talking and just enjoyed spending time together, not to mention seeing the amazing Miss Becca Miller. I'm ready to get through this week. I've noticed that I'm always ready for the next greatest thing to happen, and this week it's my birthday. know it's kind of cliche and anticlimactic, but I'm turning 21 on Sunday. My parents are coming up Friday, and Becca's coming Saturday, and I've been making all these plans and figuring out exactly how I want it to go. I know that seems silly, but considering how many people are going to be in our 2 bedroom condo and all that I wish to do with my parents and Becca, I'd say it takes some planning.
I don't know what else to share. I don't quite feel like there's a lot going on, and I don't want to spend this whole post complaining or something negative like that. It's two weeks from tomorrow that Clark leaves for MOS, in which case I plan to go to Wilmington for a day or two and then head to Columbia for a week or so. Since I have no job it makes it pretty easy to travel around to see family, which I'm very thankful for. I don't know what I would do, or what I am going to do, when we live far away from everybody again. It's hard to even remember my parents not being accessible by a four hour car ride. I just wish my older sister Katie was just as close. I haven't seen her for a true amount of time since... 2008. I don't think a five minute lay over in Charlotte last summer counts as a real visit or anything, but it was wonderful to see her regardless of time.
Clark and I are still iffy here and there but we're making it. Like I said, it's only two weeks until he leaves and as awful as it sounds, it's going to help. I think he needs a distraction to remind him of what he's going to be doing for the rest of his life; even if this reminder isn't of the officer he is to become, it's still important. I also think it will be good for me, because I can get some things done that I can't when he's here. That's not to say I can't get anything done when he's here, just that it's hard to sit and focus on my book when he's downstairs or sitting behind me playing video games or running around acting like he's bored and asking me when I'm going to be finished. I think intervals of separation are good for marriage, because not only does it give you some necessary alone time, but it reminds you of how much that person truly means to you. While deployments may be a far stretch as to an "interval of separation," I think five week courses or even 8 week courses aren't so bad, as long as you have SOME type of communication!
That's all for now... so.
Until next time.
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