Returns

There have been many great things that have returned or will return in the past/future 24 hours. My power returned, my good mood returned, Bear's energy (not always such a good thing) returned, my husband will return home from his business trip in less and 45 min and my bff will again make a trip from CT, via Cleveland to spend just a few short hours with me.

This time we will not just be having lunch, going to target and watching the boys play video games. We will be heading up to the OSU v. Troy football game. This is not really a return though, since neither J or I have ever actually been to an OSU football game in the year we've lived here in CBUS.

I hope that there will be a return of a clean house, a day where I can sleep in and cool weather all also in my near future - some things in life I have more control of than others.

Enough Already

So today was the day that I got fed up. I am tired of doing this alone. I am tired of hauling my stuff back and forth and being in someone's way. I am tired of walking around in the morning with a flashlight, picking out my clothes, feeding the dog, finding shoes. I am tired of buying my coffee and my breakfast. I am tired of not being able to just relax about it. I just want to come home, sit on the couch and not do anything but watch tv or play on the computer or put a DVD in. I am just plain sick of this power outage.

I am sure my frustration is also because for the third week in a row, J is on a business trip. He was absolutely miserable while he was home for the past three weeks, because he didn't want to leave and I used all my will power to keep him happy and amused. Thus he drained a lot of the energy from me. Now that he is away he is having a great time, fully scheduled and not able to talk except for the few minutes before dinner, or while getting dressed or while I am tired to say goodnight. That leaves me to do everything from taking care of the dog, to cleaning the house to rescheduling my life. Today I just broke down about it. I cried. I got it out! I could never make it as a single mom, even to just my dog. I give credit out there to all those who do it. I just am not that tough.

And I just found out that I will not have power until Saturday! UGH!! I hate AEP Ohio! They originally tell me Wed. by 8 pm, now its sometime on Saturday! I have most certainly had enough already.

Our weeked home

So, we went home for a very quick weekend home. We really only went for a wedding (pictures below) but we were able to spend time with family. Friday night we had pizza with the in-laws. Saturday morning I woke up at 6AM to run. Except for one HUGE hill I was able to run the entire 4 miles of the loop I'd planned. The temp and lower humidity early in the morning certainly helped.



I met my family for lunch at PF Chang's. It was great to see them all if only for a short time. Then off to the wedding. We stopped in at JayMark and had our wedding rings cleaned. We only do this once a year when we happen to drive that way. I wish we did this more often b/c I love the way our jewelry looks when we do this. Of course they told us Tim(bro-in-law) had just been by. They love him and Beth there. We made it to the hotel to find out that we had 15 min to change and get ready to catch the only bus to the wedding/reception. Good thing I had already showered.



Here are the pics:
The Bride and Groom saying their vows
The first kiss

J and I

TK and I. He wore the bow tie all night - not because he wanted to, although it does look cute, as does TK. He rarely poses for a pic so I'll treasure this one.

Take note of the dress, I'll will be posting from the Memorial tournament soon and I wore the same dress....