Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:09 PM
ryanseals
Long time coming
You'll never believe why Ryan and I haven't posted! It's an amazing
tale! Full of mystery and adventure! We can hardly believe it!
Um ... haha. Actually it has more to do with just living a normal life
again than with adventure. But after the past two years, I can't
imagine anything better than "normal."
Basically, we've just been enjoying time together -- I've been working,
and Ryan's been job hunting and freelancing sports stories. When we're
not working we just relax, go to the park, watch TV and lament the fact
that we only get one hour of "24" a week. (Darn being spoiled by
seasons 1 through 4 on DVD!) We're thinking about getting a dog. We
REALLY need to clean out our car. Just normal stuff, and it's great!
What's also great is that lots of OTHER friends of mine are on their way to getting their soldiers home --
Erika and Britt of
CaliValleyGirl. And Britt of the former site
A Soldier's Girl already
has welcomed home her husband, Wes. All the amazingly STRONG women I've
leaned on and who have helped me be strong are about to get what
they've waited for too long, too! Their soldiers. And a new start
together! And probably more of my friends are getting closer to the
end, too. It's like "graduation" day or something. We're at the end of
it all, and a new cycle of families is beginning it. I feel for them
... it's not a fun place to be. But at least we're DONE.
I won't say it's always easy, settling back into the "normal" life.
There are hardships, getting to know each other again/better, learning
to deal with what's happened. But the truth is that it's all a
blessing, and we're so happy.
We'll update more soon!
-- Christy (and Ryan!)