Well, now....

It seems I should say something, but I'm not quite sure what that may be.

Another bittersweet day.

We were excited the girls could get on their way back to their lives and ministry in WA - sweet.

We were sad (wimpy word - doesn't come close) to say goodbye - bitter.

We were glad that Josiah "happened" to go in late today to work and could come to the station with us - sweet.

Talking with Mike, Mom, Dad and Uncle Olie - sweet.

I miss Mike more tonight than I have in a bit of time - bittersweet.

I was "leaking" today and Zander gave me a big hug. When my eyes refused to obey and kept leaking he said, "When Dad comes home, he will give you a BIG hug!" - sweet. I guess he figured he'd done what he could and it was time to call out the big guns.

Talking with local friends is sweet - though I warned this was not the day to discuss the girls...August is a long time from now.

Watching my sons try to cheer me up - sweet! Oh, I've raised good ones; I tell you I can't wait for a few daughter in laws to realize THIS fact! ::snort::

Jamin, Jared and I took the tree down. This meant we could begin to put my bedroom back in order. SWEET!

We packed away the main nativity. I leave one out each year and I'm trying to decide which one it will be this year....alas not the Willow Tree nativity...it's still safely at the Family Christian Bookstore. I'm now thinking about buying a piece at a time instead of trying to get the whole thing. Now - this isn't bitter or sweet - it just is.....humph...ruined my rhythm. ::snort::

Jamin came to Sam's with me to get milk after dinner and bought me a Godiva Ice Cream bar - definitely sweet!

Being out-numbered when the guys treat you like a queen or princess isn't a bad thing. ::snort:: Sweet.

Arielle would like Stacia back in her room. Bittersweet. I need to figure out how to turn the crib into a daybed because Stacia climbs out of it and has spent the past two months in my bed.

Stacia gave me big hugs and pats tonight. Sweet! Until I realized she was looking at herself in the mirror over my shoulder and the chatter was to HERSELF and not to me....hilarious.

Random observations:
I dressed the part for the bus depot and then ruined the image by slinging a Nikon D70 around my neck! ::snort::

We stopped and checked out the YMCA. I'm not sure it will be a good expenditure for us. Still thinking....and budgeting...it ain't happening this month regardless! ::snort:: I've been thinking about this since September....maybe if my thoughts and dollars ever converge at the same time....

We'll start school next Monday. We have GOALS and PLANS for this week. I love goals....not resolutions...GOALS!

Zander hasn't been chewing his fingers since the girls have been home. I'm wondering what will happen now.

God really blessed with the bus. If the girls had had their original plane tickets, they wouldn't have been home for Christmas. ALSO - today we realized that if the girls had been flying it would have been AWFUL for Zander. He would have thought we were all going to pick Mike up. As it was, we walked out of the bus station and he said, "Well....the girls are gone...let's go get Dad now." God had this one all thought out, I was clueless. ::snort::

I'm surrounded by joy, but that's another post.