Life Happens

Life has been happening.  It got interrupted and now we're falling back into our normal.  We flew to Ft. Knox, Kentucky on September 18th.  We weren't sure we'd be able to see our son Aaron but the plans were made.  We got off the plane, picked up our rental car and my phone rang.  It was Aaron saying that he was available as soon as we could get there.  We picked him up (after we found him) and spent all day with him and a buddy.  We took them for dinner and a little shopping.  It was a great day.  It was good to see that he had made it through basic training well.  He is more confident than we have ever known him to be.  We spent Friday sight-seeing and flew back on Saturday. 

Joshua contracted a cold while we were gone.  My father-in-law returned home Wednesday.  Dwayne's brother Dale drove him home.  We appreciated that. He had a cold when he got back.  Dad also came home with a broken hearing aid and a to-do list.  Within a few days, even Dwayne had a cold. 

In the meantime, my rehearsals have started for the fall show.  We're putting Bye Bye, Birdie together.  It means that I don't have as much time to myself as I would like. Last week was spent at appointments--doctors, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers--as well as rehearsals.  This week will be spent in much the same way.  Hopefully we can get these finished and the schedule will relax a little. 

As I was saying, life happens.  Every day new challenges crop up.  Sometimes it's the sameness of each day.  I enjoy life when there is something unusual--a graduation, a special birthday, a wedding.  I don't like it much when it's the same as yesterday.  I want to enjoy life as it happens.