Near and Far

When I was writing the update post on Thursday it came to my realization that I never did a blog about when Ross came home. At the time it felt like a very personal experience that I wasn't sure I wanted people to be a part of, but then I remembered how many people we had backing our little family up for that time and I think it was a pretty awesome moment in our lives. So, here we go. Four and a half months late, but here is that amazing night. Ross had left his FOB a week or so before, but thankfully we had a website that kept us at home updated when the welcome home ceremony would be. To most that was not needed, but for some reason Ross and I had very little contact that week and I was very happy for that website. We were the fourth or fifth ceremony from this particular deployment and every single one had been delayed anywhere from 3-30 hours late. I was a little internally torn on this, because our ceremony was scheduled to be at 2:30 am and I was not looking forward to t...

December was an absolute blur. We celebrated with friends at a wedding, had our house packed up, dealt with the cleaning of the Drum house, drove back to OK, had 5 Christmas gatherings, bought a car, signed another rent lease, and closed out 2013.  Our move was an amazingly smooth process that resulted in very few fears of moving in what could be as soon as 5 months away. We had nothing broken, only a small hole put in our couch, and one missing flower pot. All things considered, that is a win.  The move though, involved what we hope will be our final drive from New York to Oklahoma. Traveling in the snowy part of the country in winter is absolutely insane. I despise driving in snow. DESPISE! We drove for a day and a half in the snow, with frozen windshield wiper fluid, on over salted (not a complaint!) roads. Ross and I were in separate vehicles so we would call and tell each other when we couldn't see at all anymore and find a gas station to clean our windshields. It ...