Well, today started off like any other Saturday morning with the Sheldons. Since Scott has to get up early during the week he usually gets to sleep in on the weekends, this is not a bad trade for me because he will let me nap later in the day. Anyway, we did our normal routine before getting ready and heading out in the rainy weather to get the guys hair cut and let the kids play at the inside play area at the BX. We thought since it was raining it would keep all the sane people at home, apparently we were wrong and there is not a sane person around here.
Thankfully the barber shop was not busy. Unfortunately the barber didn't have a clue what he was doing. He completely butchered my darling sons beautiful hair, so I took him to the salon to have someone who knew what they were doing fix the mess before I had a break down. The lady was able to save it without cutting all of it off but it's still a lot shorter than I wanted it.
I was able to have my Cafe Mocha from Starbucks and my Cinnamon Minis from Burger King, so at least that much went correctly AND the kids were able to play at the indoor play area while I wrote out my grocery list and Scott rocked his freshly cut hair. Then we braved the commissary, oh yes on pay day, with Monday not only being closed (which is normal for this commissary) but also a day off.
We finally made it back home where we enjoyed a fabulous nap. The kids have been fairly good this evening, with only a few casualties, but now I'm so ready to go to bed and they are wide open. Church is tomorrow. We're trying somewhere new, please pray that God will lead us where he wants us to be.
Something amazes me. Everyone told me how difficult being a military wife would be, but no one told me how much I was going to fall in love with the life style. Scott and I got I discussed options on our way home, and what would happen when reenlistment time came and if they decided not to reenlist him (there is always that chance). It actually made me heartsick to think about not continuing on with this life. We are so happy with finally being able to afford to live and not have to worry about where money for bills will come from or if we can pay this, that and the other. That's how we were living before the Air Force. Yes, we do miss some things. We miss family, but we still get to see them, Skype with them and talk on the phone every day. We miss our home church, but we believe with enough prayer and searching we can find another one that God will use us to work in.
We would have never visited Mississippi or Louisiana if it had not been for the military. One day we may get to go over seas and see other parts of this wonderful world that God created and we may have never gotten that chance. Then there are the people we have met, friends I will never forget, and love already. I would have never met them, my children would have never had the friends and play dates they have had and I would have never laughed over jokes that have been told or enjoyed the Twilight nights and cupcakes that I have if it had not been for this road.
We are almost a year in (February 2nd) and I'm so in love with this life. I pray we can continue to journey down this road for the next 19 years (or 24, or 29, we may never retire!)
Goodnight everyone.
Something amazes me. Everyone told me how difficult being a military wife would be, but no one told me how much I was going to fall in love with the life style. Scott and I got I discussed options on our way home, and what would happen when reenlistment time came and if they decided not to reenlist him (there is always that chance). It actually made me heartsick to think about not continuing on with this life. We are so happy with finally being able to afford to live and not have to worry about where money for bills will come from or if we can pay this, that and the other. That's how we were living before the Air Force. Yes, we do miss some things. We miss family, but we still get to see them, Skype with them and talk on the phone every day. We miss our home church, but we believe with enough prayer and searching we can find another one that God will use us to work in.
We would have never visited Mississippi or Louisiana if it had not been for the military. One day we may get to go over seas and see other parts of this wonderful world that God created and we may have never gotten that chance. Then there are the people we have met, friends I will never forget, and love already. I would have never met them, my children would have never had the friends and play dates they have had and I would have never laughed over jokes that have been told or enjoyed the Twilight nights and cupcakes that I have if it had not been for this road.
We are almost a year in (February 2nd) and I'm so in love with this life. I pray we can continue to journey down this road for the next 19 years (or 24, or 29, we may never retire!)
Goodnight everyone.
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