Update and Thoughts

First of all, an update on Dave's internship: HE GOT IT!!!!! Honestly, that came as bitter-sweet news to me. When he walked in from school the Monday following his interview, I asked him if he had heard anything yet, preparing myself for whatever. He said, "Well -- yes." The fact that he hesitated made my heart skip a beat; the fact that he hadn't told me, however, also made me hopeful. "And?" I asked. "And . . . . I got it. I start next Tuesday at 8:00 a.m." I felt 100 emotions in one second and ended on the tears in my eyes one. As excited as I was/am about this amazing opportunity, it has been and will be really hard. We had just finished a week of sick babies and a Drill weekend, and I was exhausted to the point of headaches and tears as I struggled every day to pull it together for my babies and just keep moving. With tears in my eyes, I said, "I'm really excited for you, Dave; but I am really feeling mixed emotions about this right now." He pulled me up off the sofa, gave me a huge hug, and said, "Me, too. I was kind of hoping he might say they offered it to someone else. But we can do this. We can make it. It's going to be hard, but it will be worth it in the end; and together, we can do this." I smiled at his faith in me and resolved -- as I have re-done many times in the last week -- that I will have the BEST attitude about every second that I don't see my husband and get to enjoy all of the moments with my babies that I don't have to miss. In fact, I'm trying to enjoy them twice as much to make up for him missing them. Some days, it works really well. Other days . . . . well, today is another day, so I'll leave that one open. ;-D