Getting used to the schedule

This week has been kind of tough.  Before Lopez went to training, I was used to him being home by 5:15ish every evening.  His new unit told him to expect late evenings and I am not to thrilled about that.  It is hard for me to get used to the schedule.  It has totally messed me up.  I am used to having dinner ready at 5:30, eat, relax a bit, bathe the kiddos and then bedtime at 7.  Well I can't put them to bed at 7 if he is just walking through the door.  I want them to get to see him as much as possible.  They totally adore him.  Not to mention that I am starving at 5pm, but I want to wait and eat with him.  

I am trying to adjust.  I start dinner later, but still feed the kids around 5:30-6 because they are hungry then too.  Then I eat with Lopez when he gets home.  I sneak a few bites of the kids meal or eat a salad to hold me over until he gets here.  I just think it stinks for him to have to eat by himself.  I don't know why it is so hard for me to do things on my own.  I have been doing it for the last 6 months.  I will have to do it for an entire year when he gets deployed.  I just get so anxious and aggravated.  By 5:30 I am about to lose my mind.

I am very excited though because he starts a 10 vacation tomorrow.  The army gives soldiers 10 days to get their family settled in housing.  He just had to wait to get settled into his unit first.  We don't have any travel plans, just getting the house put together.  Mainly putting all the clothes away that I have been avoiding like the plague. 

I have been trying very hard to stay off the computer.  Somedays it is my only link to the outside world, so it is difficult.  I have been taking the kids to the park the whole week.  They have had so much fun!  We have a park right behind our house, but we have been walking to one that is a little further away.  That way I get in some exercise.  The parks are not really design for Jacob, but he has fun anyhow.  He won't stay in the stroller or let me hold him, so I bit the bullet and let him play in the wood chips lining the playground.  He tastes a few, but is pretty good about not eating them.  

You know what else stinks?  We only have one car now.  I am so not used to that!!!  The only thing keeping me sane is that fact that we bought a new stroller.  It is one of those Sit and Stand ones.  So far Giselly actually stays on it, so that is nice!  With it I am able to walk to the park and if I ever remember to get my i.d. out of the car before Lopez leaves, we can go to the shoppette.  Big deal huh?  Well when you are stuck in the house with no transportation, the shoppette seems like a lot of fun.  

Tomorrow is our 5th anniversary!!  I can't believe that it has been that long!  We have been through so much the last 3 years alone, the time has flown by!  I know things can only get better and I am really looking forward to the future.  Lopez and I follow the Golden Rule in our marriage and it has served us well.  We treat each other the way we want to be treated.  We never yell at each other, call names, or talk down to one another.  Of course we get angry at each other, but we are really good about talking things through.    It makes me sad to know that people treat their spouses so bad.  I can't imagine treating him bad or speaking ugly to him.  I am so blessed to be married to him.  He makes me feel beautiful even when I look a hot mess, he never makes me feel stupid for my crazy ideas (I have a lot :)), and he really listens to me.  

I think that is all for tonight.  A lot of rambling as usual :).