Well, one birthday down, in 8 days another one done. My younger son turned 8 yesterday. And my older son will turn 11. I'm not that old am I? I can't possibly have an 11 year old, I'm only 19 myself! Anyway, they are having a party next weekend. They are going to play laser tag. I don't care what they do, as long as I don't have to have 10 or more boys in my house in the winter!

School is getting hard, but I'm working on it. I still enjoy it, so I must be doing something right. And I think we are all over being sick for awhile. Thank goodness! It seemed every time I turned around one of us, H included, was getting sick.

H and I are progressing forward still. He has a business trip coming up at the end of the week for a whole week, then he said he is going to take a few days off for us to do something. What that is who knows. But he's talking about future plans with us and that's a great sign. We are talking more heavily about moving still. Probably not until the kids are finished with school this year. But we are working on the wheres, whens and the hows about the whole sitch. Of course, the question running in my head all the time (altho' I don't ask it) is when is he actually going to move back home with us, before or after we move. But hey, I can wait a while on that one. Trying super hard to not push him into anything.

He came over last night to celebrate S8's birthday with us, and he seemed to have a very difficult time leaving, even tho' he needed to be to work real early today. And he told me he loves me again (tho' I have to say I said it first, he said I know and repeated it). Now mind you, he is not one to say things like that just to say them. This is only the 2nd time in 2 1/2 years since he left that he's told this to me. A huge deal in my book!

Anyway, life is going rather well, besides being so busy. there is not much more I could truly ask for in my life. And those things I know will be coming soon!

JL

Life is not measured in the breaths we take, but in the moments that take our breath away...