Life.

So, it seems that our future is still very much up in the air. It's a strange thing, because I can't believe how little I think about this. In a strange turn of events, I actually believe that Hubby spends more time fretting about all the possibilities of our future and how we would deal with these possibilities... than I do. If you really knew my husband, you would see that this is VERY strange. But, I'm not too surprised. Since he's been back from Iraq there have been other changes too, not the least of which is the fact that he goes to bed with me every night.. at 8:30 pm or 9:30 pm or whenever we are tired and ready. That may not sound like much, but it makes a world of difference to me.

He's happier though. Now that he's not flying, he's noticably happier. A weight has been lifted for him, and though he now has to worry about our future.. I'm just not all that concerned about it. In my heart of hearts I fully realize that having to move from our San Diego home at this point in the game would be a bad situation for us.. but I also know that we're young and FLEXIBLE, and though I'd cry and be sad about it.. we'd manage... and though we'd be poor and possibly have to borrow money, we'd survive. So. that's that.

Last night was a fun night. For Christmas I received a $150 gift card for Costco from my principal, and over the summer we had received $175 reward cash back from our "rewards" membership we have there. So, I told Hubby we should go to Costco and buy something fun! Sure, that $325 could have sustained us in deoderant and soap for the next three years, but with free money like that, I think it should be spent on stuff you can enjoy. It was fun searching the aisles of Costco for that pefect "present" for ourselves. First, we looked at jewelry, but I found nothing that peaked my interest. Next, we moved onto patio furniture (too expensive), a grill (too flashy), a dresser (Hubby didn't want to spend money on a dresser), a new digital camera (ours is good and doesn't really need to be replaced), an ipod (neither one of us has ever really gotten into the whole ipod phenomenon), surround sound for our living room (we REALLY thought this one over and then decided it would be better for when we have a family room type situation and that our TV is currently LOUD ENOUGH!), and finally We decided on 1) Rock Star for xbox 360 (comes with a drum, guitar, and microphone), an area rug for our living room (since Ramsey ruined our other one during Hubby's deployment), and a new comforter for our bed.. oh yeah.. and a movie and two bottles of champagne. It was a really fun shopping event, and I feel that we made good decisions. I am REALLY excited about the rug and bedspread, and Hubby had been salivating at the mouth over the idea of getting Rock Band for the past month or so. We ended up popping open a bottle of champagne and spending our evening rocking out to bands such as Blue Oyster Cult, The Chili Peppers, and Bon Jovi! We had a blast!