Highs, Lows, In Betweens...all of its happened this month...
For starters, Sean came home for his 35 days of leave. A week later than we expected but he made it 4 days before Brandy's high school Graduation so that is what mattered. I guess when he stepped off the plane is where the craziness started.
Without going into too much detail, we had a sort of awakening in our marriage that started literally an hour of him being home. End result: our marriage has taken on a new dynamic and our life has taken a turn, kind of. Things I once was confident about, I have doubts. No, he didnt cheat and we didnt break up. He came home a different person this time and we were forced to re evaluate our relationship, once more. It feels like we do this every time he comes home. Mind you, he's only been home 4 times since 2015 but still.So after having one of the longest discussions we've ever had, we knew we both had some work to do, together and alone to get to where we both wanted to be. However, for now, that had to take a back seat because this week was about Brandy.
OUR BABY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!! We had all the kids here, our friend from Philly flew in. It was an AMAZING week and we could not be more proud. Watching her walk in and walking across that stage was surreal. That was it! She is the last one. THE baby is done! She actually spent Grad night here with her bestie and they went to hang out with some people but nothing too crazy. The next day, we had her Grad party but it was also a double celebration. OUR OTHER BABY GRADUATED!! Bailey graduated Dental Assistant School and is now a Registered Dental Assistant in the state of Texas. She sacrificed a lot to do this. She lived here, away from her husband for 3 mths while she secured her career.
A couple of days after Graduation, Brandy went back to El Paso with Bailey and James. She was gone for 2 mths to just have some fun and decompress. In that time, the 3 of them took a road trip back to Georgia to visit family and then they went to Panama City Beach for a few days. On Father's Day weekend, Sean and I drove to El Paso to spend the weekend with the kids.
We had A LOT of alone time and it was much needed. He went back over on July 6th. In June, my friend's son moved in. He got stationed here. He is like my son so its been great having him here. After Sean went back, Brandy came home a few weeks later and life had begun. She went back to work although now she has her own car and drives herself to and from, which is nice for me.
My house is now semi-full with Matthew and Brandy here. The difference is now, I dont have a routine. No more waking her up for school or planning my schedule around taking her where ever she needs to go. Its been strange but also very nice...
Sean and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary in August. Of course he was gone for it but nonetheless, it was a good day! I realized that we have been together A LONG TIME and our relationship changes and grows daily. Its eye opening and its unreal how different we are from when we first got together, 14 yrs ago.
So that was our Summer....I need to start blogging again...lots has happened. It just so happens that Im posting this in November although I started this blog months ago....Stay tuned!
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