Happy New Year

Well, it is now 2008. The kids and I rang in the new year last night, just the 4 of us. It's like deja vu.
Today was a lazy day, Matt and laid around most of the day watching football. If any of you were viewing us from afar, you would probably think that we were bi-polar. We were cheering vigorously for Michigan! Perhaps it's because they are a fellow big 10 team, or perhaps it's because they were playing Florida who embarassed our beloved Bucks so badly last year. Whatever the reason, we were rabid Wolverine fans today.
Or as Matt would say "Go Blue... I mean, go Big 10!" Ha
I made a pork roast and sauerkraut today for our new years meal. It was very good. It seemed really odd though, not to be having black eyed peas as well. That is Rich's favorite, and I am not a big fan of them. Ok, I don't like them at all. They taste like saw dust to me.

Today was also a day where reality started to slowly sink in... Rich is actually gone again, and 370 days is a long time. It's so strange, in many ways, it seems like he just came home the other day. I cannot even remember the exact day it was, I think January 14, 2005. When he walked off that plane and into my arms, I swore I would never let him go again.
I am so lucky that we have had him home with us for 3 years, yet 3 years is not long enough. I will miss him so terribly. I cannot even find the words to describe it.
Nothing makes me prouder than seeing my husband in uniform, and knowing that he is a part of what makes this country the best on earth- yet nothing breaks my heart more than seeing him in that uniform and knowing that as long as he is in the Army, he does not completely belong to me. I have to share him with Uncle Sam, and Uncle Sam can be very demanding of his time.
It's a paradox, and I am much too tired and weary to dwell on it today.

The kids go back to school to their new schools on Thursday, I think they are excited and ready for a new routine.

I will write more later, Happy New Year to all!