Driving from CT

Well its been about a week since I last posted. Figures, I never have been good
at journals or diaries or whatever. I was busy at work this past week but had a
seminar on Friday so that was mindless entertainment. Right after the seminar I
went to the airport to fly to Conneticut to meet my husband, D. He flew up there
eariler in the week in order to spend some time with family. His Uncle is
gravely ill. He got the opportunity to see him before he passes away and spend
time with his Aunt and cousins, his father, his mother, his brother and
grandmother. His grandmother is 94. He was also there to drive the truck we purchased from his brother back to Florida. I flew to meet him and meet his family and to keep him company while driving the truck back. I had met his mother, father, brother, Aunt and one cousin the weekend of our wedding. I got to meet his grandmother and other cousins, Uncles and Aunts this weekend. That was really cool. I got to see the house he grew up in and the area he grew up in.

On Sunday morning, we got up and started driving back to Florida. We left at 5:45 a.m. in the truck we bought from his brother. We had decided ahead of time to drive to Charleston, SC on the first day. It was a total of 840 or so miles. A long day to say the least. We also stopped in New Jersey to have breakfast with a long time friend of mine. It was a nice drive. It was kind of funny watching the way the leaves have changed and are growing more and more the further South you go. We arrived in Charleston, SC about 9:30 p.m. We had dinner at a steakhouse, got a hotel room and a good night's sleep. We got up on Monday morning and went to visit my Uncle and a couple of cousins that D had not yet met. It was good for him to finally meet them. Took a few pictures for my mom and then we got back on the road to get home. It tooks us about 8 hours to get home. It would have been about 6 and 1/2 hour but there was an accident on one of the bridges on the way out of Charleston. But that is okay. It was a good trip but tiring.

We got home about 7:00, ordered Pizza for dinner, unpacked the truck and crashed for the night. It is now back to work, I need to make up my time from work I missed on Monday but that's okay too. I'll get it done. I'm glad that I was able to meet his family and that he got to meet mine.

It is now back to the daily grind of life. Hopefully I'll write again soon.

A new blog

Well, here is a new blog. I had a blog a year ago, haven't written in it so finally deleted it and decided to set up a whole new one. My life has changed quite a bit since a year ago. I used to live in the middle of the state and on March 1, 2005 moved to the west side of the state to rent a house on the water. I moved into the house that was across the street from my boyfriend. We had been dating since July, 2004. I was nervous about living that close to him and the day I moved, as soon as we were done and went out to dinner with some friends, he asked me to marry him. Fast forward to September, 2005, we got married on the 10th. We took our honeymoon in November, Thanksgiving Weekend. Bought the house I rented, across the street from the place he had rented. Had Christmas as a family, went through a miscarriage in February and moving ahead now.

I'm happier than I've ever been in my life. I met a man that loves me entirely. He makes me love him more ever day. He gives me all the love in the world. If I sound as if I live in a make believe life, I really don't. With a new marriage, came a new life. I became the step-mother to a tween. My step-daughter is 12. She thinks her world sucks beyond belief. She has a mother, father and step-mother that just don't understand. We are mean and don't allow her to have the freedom she wants. Sounds like she has a pretty typical life to me but then again, I'm the step-mother and don't know anything.

I have with this family, 2 dogs, 1 indoor cat, 1 bird, and 5 outdoor cats. We have a pontoon boat that my husband built and of course the house on the water. We are 10 minutes to the Gulf and have a great life. Again, I'm happier than I ever thought I could be.

Perhaps this time I'll keep up with a blog. We shall see. I have been a lurker to other blogs, I have some I read religiously. I know my blog won't get to that kind of status but that's alright. I'm able to sit here on my laptop and type. I just want to get some thoughts out of my head on occassion, vent about being the dreaded step-monster, perhaps after this miscarriage, I'll get pregnant and can talk about that.

Until next time, have a good day, whatever day this is.