Dog Days.

 This past week I've been feeling a little down.  I think all the stress of school, work, the deployment, and figuring out bills has finally caught up to me.  I've just been exhausted to the core and haven't been as good at staying on top of all the things I've had to do.  Today I picked myself out of bed and started a new day.  It's okay to be sad or overwhelmed every once in a while, but you can't let it get the best of you or else it will consume you and nothing will get better.  I cleaned my entire house, got a chance to skype my handsome husband, and made plans with a friend.  Later this afternoon I took my boys to the dog park with my friend Laura whose husband is also deployed we hang out often, but not nearly enough.  We came home and I cooked a whole bunch of comfort food for dinner that we finished off with frosted fudge brownies.  Sometimes you have to indulge a little.  It was awesome to get out of my house for a reason that wasn't school or work related.  To talk to someone who knows how hard this can be and has some insight.  I'm coming to realize just how important communication really is.  I'm starting to notice it with Slade and I.  I'm extremely thankful that we get to talk a little most days through texting, but when I get to skype with him the conversations are so much more genuine and involved.  OH!!!!  Another noteworthy thing that happened today.  One of my really good friends here gave birth to a beautiful, healthy, baby boy today!  Good things are happening.