The Sun May Shine, But The Darkness Will Remain...

I said I was going to get better at updating this thing, didn't I? Oops. I've been such an epic fail at keeping it updated for so long that I doubt anyone even reads it any more.

hmm.. what's happened since April? Quite a bit, actually. The military ball was the day after I last posted.




I made a blanket right before we left that's still hanging around. I've decided to donate it to The Evelyn Rose Foundation, a friends non-profit that also does Precious Memories Gift Baskets.



Leave was in May, it was a giant stress-fest that I could have done without.





While on leave we celebrated my mother in laws birthday.


And she snatched A's wig from the church play.


In June, my sister graduated. I'm so proud of that little turd, it was a long road.




My niece came back from Michigan with us.


She got her first dangly earrings and got to see 'the big red rocks' (Garden of the Gods) all in one day.


Wore my Social Distortion t-shirts more than I have in the two weeks she was here. Her new favorite song is Machine Gun Blues, she has pretty good taste for a five year old.


She asked me to make her an eye patch, then spent an entire evening running around our apartment saying 'Arr me ladies!'


My other sister came to pick her up and brought the younger ones, it was pretty chaotic here for a few days. I, of course, only remembered to take one picture. The littlest one wearing Tommy's shoes.


After everyone was gone, I went back to my usual activities, turning piles of yarn into stuff for people.



Now I'm working on a blanket that I've had to start three times, it's quickly becoming the bane of my existence.


I think that's pretty much everything I needed to share. I'll try not to wait another four and a half months to update.

In The Land of Dirt and Plaster...

I know it's been a while since I updated here. The last few months have been absolute chaos for me, both situations and in my head. Quite a few things have happened since the last post.

December:
Discovered that I'm suddenly allergic to Sulfa thanks to a sinus infection, that was a scary experience.

Moved out of the house in Rocky Mount and took off to Michigan to spend Christmas with friends and family.

Laptop died.

January:

Fought snow back home most of the month.

Spent time with J and H and baby A, had an awesome time!

Got back in touch with Kirk's amazing family and got to play some D&D with them! I didn't realize how very much I missed being part of that family until I spent time with them again. It was very bittersweet having to leave so soon after finding out it was okay, that they didn't hate me after all.

Headed for Tennessee to make sure I was around for M and baby G when J deployed. J gave me his Mac since he got a new laptop for the deployment and they didn't want me to be without a way to talk to Tommy while he was still gone.

February:

Spent time with M and baby G until they left for Cali for part of J's deployment.

Made baby G a blanket for her first birthday.

Got in touch with a couple of old friends at Ft Campbell.

Found apartment here in Colorado.

Hung out with C and her kidlets. Taught the oldest one to say a few select phrases, oops! Apparently, 'oh hell' and 'kick him in the dick' aren't things a two year old should say.

March:

Left Tennessee, headed for Colorado. Stopped in Oklahoma to spend a couple days with S and her hubby and little one. It's hard to believe that the last time I saw them the baby was only 6 months old, now she's running and starting to talk!

Tommy came home three days after I arrived in Colorado Springs.

I joined a few meetup groups in hopes of making whatever time we have left here slightly less miserable than the first year was.

Met Tommy's battle buddy and his wife, they're awesome. We have been hanging out with them, it's always an adventure.

Nothing particularly new this month, been crocheting, playing 360, getting the house settled, trying to get back into the routine of having him home. Still fighting the darkness inside.

Went to the doctor today, back on allergy meds and Metformin I go!

There have been a few other things, and a lot of reflection, maybe I'll get to that later.