Mar. 10, 2007 - My favorite time of the year.....
The sun is shining, the windows are open and there is a soft breeze blowing as I listen to Enya on the stereo. I was up a 6:30 am this morning and enjoyed the peaceful, hazy morning while I took the dogs for a walk. Spring is my favorite time of the year and it has arrived! Yesterday was 73 and today will be in the upper-60's...beautiful!!! I plan on planting the cool weather vegetables in the garden tomorrow. Today, I am planting irises around the house.
I love Spring because it is a time of new beginnings. No matter what has happened in the past there is always a fresh start in the Spring. Flowers start to peep out from the cold gound, little buds appear on the branches of trees with the promise leaves to shade us from the heat of the summer. The air is crisp and clear and clean. I feel so energized!
We have a new puppy, Kaya, and she is just darling! She is half malamute, one quarter wolf and one quarter husky. At 9 weeks old she is nearly the size of my Mom's miniature poodle! We got her on Joshua's birthday. He turned 9 on March 5th. Hard to believe my baby is already 9.
The job at Wal-mart is coming along. I am enjoying it, but will be glad when it is over and I can be back home doing what I love! I feel like a fish out of water. I spend my lunch hour outside, usually by myself. It would be nice to share it with someone...I am just so much older than most of the other re-model crew and I guess I don't have much in common with them.
I am starting to get a bit lonely. I really haven't made any friends, yet, and I miss my dear friend, Kim, so much!!! I have been thinking of Keith and Rudy and hope that they are happy in Heaven and realize how much we miss them! Playing guitar around the bon fires of Snug Harbor, the Chesapeake Bay and the great gatherings we use to have! Oh, what fun we had!! I use to love listening to my husband and Kevin play guitar and sing until the wee hours of the morning, then getting up, making coffee and sitting on the back porch watching the sun play on the water of the Cheasapeake Bay!
I am slowly and steadily losing weight and starting to look and feel like my old self, again! Richard says I have changed. I told him I didn't think I had , but maybe I have. The job at Wal-mart has made me realize that I am still more than just a "mom" and a "wife". Now, I *love* being a mom and wife however, it is so eay to lose sight of your true self, your own identity~to get lost in the everyday trappings of what is expected of you. It is nice to have something of my own. I guess it is that I feel "empowered". I now know that the family can survive just fine without me. None the less, I am looking forward to being home, again!
Here is a photo of Kaya.....
Kaya.....9 weeks old
William is in Melbourne, Australia. Tomorrow he is going on a 6 day backpacking trip through Tasmania!
I need to go. I will post the letter and photos from Australia later tonight!
