This Weekend

Today, I’m sitting in class 100 miles away. I will be in class for twelve hours this weekend. War Hero took helicopters to Ft.Sill this week. He was gone every night past the kid’s bedtime. After spending four nights with the kids alone (did I really do that for 9 months?), I’m enjoying not hearing, seeing or yelling at a child. We also go to really good places for lunch.

I love coming to class. It’s my hobby, and a passion. I’m hoping that in the next ten years, war hero will have to call me Dr. – he’ll probably NOT, instead just up my half of the bills. I have my WIU driving buddy that makes things much more enjoyable. We work together and he lives the next town over from me. I have to give him credit, he has to put up with the following:
I’m always 5 minutes late
I’m grumpy in the morning and spend it complaining and cursing
He lets me drive through Starbucks
Sometimes the kids come with and he gets to deal with the exes (great fun!)
When war hero was deployed, he got to listen to morning phone calls from Kuwait – as I did anything to keep war hero on the phone
He’s getting used to my lead foot
And there was that time at the Knoxville biker bar..but we’ll talk about that later

He makes my classes much more enjoyable as I have someone to keep me on task, someone to gossip with – everyone in class has a name, and offers a little reassurance when the workload gets to be too much. This is my last class till March, I will enjoy having a few weekends off.