Feels so good to just sit and write.



Mike was one of about 70 that went on our youth groups Jacksonville mission trip. They left last Saturday and were gone for a week. He was a driver,chaperone, cook and errand boy:-). I was so looking forward to having the house all to myself all week....until I got home Saturday night....was just a little too quiet and a little lonely. At least I had Rose there:-) It was a really good week though. I enjoyed some pool side time with friends and dinner with the girls on Sunday night. I found out that 3 friends are pregnant....wow! Talk about everyone getting pregnant at once! I feel left out of the club! I only worked part of the week and then took Thursday and Friday off to work on some home improvements to surprise Mike. My parents, my brother and his girlfriend came down to help me put up a storage shed, we finished a linen closet, fixed the oven that stopped working last week and some other little odds and ends. It was so nice to have them here for a couple days:-) They left yesterday and I miss them.



Mike got home last night! They got back earlier than I expected so I was thrilled:-) As soon as he called me to tell he would be back to the church early I started frantically trying to find something decent to wear, threw on some make up and sprayed a little perfume....was nice to feel the butterflies in my stomach just thinking about seeing him. Absence definitely makes the heart grow fonder:-) It felt more like home as soon as he walked through the door. He was surprised by the storage shed and the other improvements and made me feel like a million bucks. I am usually not able to pull of surprises of any sort for Mike so this was extremely nice.