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My Life Thus Far
2009-06-01 09:19:36 (UTC)

Sun and Slight Inebriation

I can't believe the outpouring of support I got from
everyone regarding "The End of My Rope". I really
appreciate everyone's words of encouragement and
reassurance that I'm not a bad mother :) Thank you again
all of you who left comments. I really do appreciate it
and it's part of what keeps me here (I've met some
wonderful people). July will be 4 years and it's been a
great experience. One of my readers told me to "tie a knot
and hold on". I'd never heard that before, but it's so
true. When you're at the end of your rope, just tie a knot
and hold on :)

I'd fully intended to write last night, but when I logged
in and saw all of the responses, I felt like I needed to
thank everyone individually. That's something I like to
take the time to do. If someone is kind enough to share
their wisdom, experiences, constructive criticism with me,
I can at least thank them for it. By the time I finished
with that I was exhausted and didn't have the energy to
write my entry! So, I figured it could wait until tonight.

Yesterday morning I was still embarrassed about the whole
Kiki fiasco. Sandy and I had planned on a repeat
performance of Memorial Day (BBQ, Babies and Booze), but I
wasn't sure if I really wanted to deal with a half dozen
wives asking me what had happened. All I really wanted to
do was stay hulled up inside my house and pretend like
none of it had happened. Of course Kiki wasn't having any
of that and insisted on seeing James (Sandy's younger son.
They've got a thing going on, it's so cute). I decided not
to let it get to me. After all, my occurrence was a small
blip on the social radar around here and even if they'd
seen what happened, it wouldn't take long for someone
else's public misfortune to overshadow my mildly
embarrassing moment.

We had such a great time. Sandy and I made strawberry
daiquiri's with Jose Cuervo Especial Gold, fresh
strawberries and whipped cream (so yummy) and Louise (one
of the wives in our little "club") provided our favorite
brand of wine - Barefoot (this time not just Chardonnay,
but Pinot Grigio and White Zinfandel as well) since I
provided the beverages last time. We grilled up burgers
and hot dogs for the kids, had little finger foods and
snacks laid out, juice and soda chilled. Mostly we just
sipped our drinks and chatted. It's really nice being able
to converse with other women, especially ones that
understand what the military life is like. You don't have
to explain what all the jargon and acronyms mean. They
already know and understand. They get it like no other
demographic of women could. Thankfully no one brought up
Kiki's ride home, whether they were aware of it or not. It
didn't take me long to let it go and move beyond it
either. I'm sure the sun and slight inebriation helped.

I'm not much of a drinker. I never have been and I never
will be. I did go through that whole dreadful clubbing
phase, but it was short-lived and tragic. This is fun...
It's fun getting a little tipsy in the comfort of my own
front yard with other woman like me. No men trying to get
in our pants (all of our husbands are gone). It's safer.

I accomplished nothing today, but there wasn't really
anything I desperately wanted to do, either. Sunday's
should be laid back. Sandy and I pulled up lawn chairs and
spent most of the day sitting in our carport, chatting and
watching the kids play. I'm not sure what we find to talk
about for hours on end, but we do. It's a shame we went 8
months living next door to each other and are just now
becoming friends. I guess all things happen when and how
they're supposed to. I hope Snookums and her husband
become friends too. From what she's told me, they're a lot
a like and neither one of them has any friends to speak of.

It's late. I think I'll head off to bed. I got to have a
few long conversations with my Snookums tonight. He called
about an hour ago to say goodnight, so I can sleep
peacefully tonight :) Ciao.




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