Friday, February 26, 2010

Alan's Return

After a three day journey Alan made it back to Texas on February 26th. He had a few delays including being diverted to Qatar due to a sandstorm and evacuating his plane when an oil line burst. I hadn't gotten an update from him in a few days as to where he was and was starting to get very frustrated. Maddy, Chris, and Mike all deserve a gold medal for putting up with my grouchiness at Olive Garden the night before Alan got home. I woke up the morning of the 26th determined to stay in bed as long as humanly possible and was contemplating what in the world I could do all day to make the time pass when Alan called from Dallas! He landed in Killeen a few hours later and I nearly knocked him over when he walked through the arrival gate. After Alan drained the hot water heater and raved about the water pressure we relaxed around the house. The next day Alan was up at the crack of dawn "putzing" around the house and weeding the lawn, which really shouldn't surprise anyone who knows Alan well. What is more surprising is that I convinced him to take a salsa and yoga class, he did wonderful in both and we're looking forward to tackling the waltz in preparation for our wedding. Alan had a chance to hang out with our "Bridgewood family" a few times before we flew out to LA to visit his family.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Alan's on his way home!

It still doesn't feel like it's really happening but yesterday was Alan's last day of work in Bagram before heading home for R&R. He's packing up his bag today and heading to the airport to wait for a flight to Kuwait, from there he has to wait even longer until he is given his itinerary back to the US. It feels like time is passing by about as fast as molasses until he gets home and then I'm sure it will fly by in warp speed. We're planning to take it easy in Texas for a few days then we're off to LA to visit his family! I'm excited to get to cook for someone besides myself and Mia so if anyone has any amazing recipes send them my way!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

New blog

So I have decided to undertake a blog because I am absolutely terrible at Facebook and I don't even truly know what twitter is. I also made a New Years resolution to take more pictures and what's the point of taking pictures if you don't share them? So hopefully I will do better at blogging than I did at Facebook!