New Adventure

So after skating in Jersey for the last competition of the season and being utterly confused about what place we came in:
- the results said fourth
- the medal was silver
- the ribbon was blue

a friend and I decided to ditch the old team next year and skate as a duo for something called show competitions. We will be skating to Robert Palmer and doing the aloof Palmer girls dancing and playing air guitar. How fun is that! The plan is to debut the routine at the annual Christmas show at our rink as the "off-Broadway" debut.

Another Date to Anticipate

It won't be too long to wait before Robbie comes home from deployment. Probably the end of June. He can't tell me yet what date it is but he did say he gets the first shift of leave. 11 straight days off! I cannot wait to see him again. I really miss the booger. I plan to be there at the pier when the ship comes in. How exciting is that! I know that time flies (way to fast in some cases) so that day will be here before you know it.

Thats Rob on the flight deck. And on leave in Italy at the Vatican.

Thriller Thursday

Today the voices in my head are absolutely singing ... anything ... as long as its LOUD ... but mostly its Thriller, I guess cause I'll be skating it on Saturday for the last time in competition this year.

Try outs for next year's team are on the day of Kurt's wedding. They start at 2:15 and he's getting married at 5. hmmmmmmm.

Wedding news: I got my shoes, picture forthcoming. Working on getting the bus to take everyone from the hotel to the manor house and then back to the hotel. Effers want to charge $970. OUCH. Hell with y'all, walk! Hopefully I can get a lower rate.

Sometimes Time Does Not Fly

Sometimes it just plods along with its head down, its feet kicking up dust from the road....

Today is the second anniversary of Dan's passing. Is it any easier? Well in most ways it actually is,

I can:
- get out of bed each day easier
- the clenching in my chest has gone away this last 6 months
- I can mostly smile about him now
- he's come back down to human status, foibles, faults, warts and all
- I can make it on my own even though it sucks

I can't:
- understand why most people settle for that kind of love just once in their life
- make a homeowner decision and act on it as quickly at all as a "one"
- stop regretting, regressing and reiterating
- sleep comfortably
- spend like a drunken sailor

Life sure is different. Watch for me as I plod along, head down, kicking up dust from the road, but definitely going somewhere.