Wednesday evening ended as most do, with things to do around the house and of course, our ongoing kitchen project. We were getting ready for the roofers to come (we thought)the next morning. Steve had planned to take off work so that we could unhook and remove the appliances because the new ones were due for delivery on Friday. Our kitchen was totally upside down, as you can imagine. The only good thing is that we can't really cook, but that actually gets old too.
I have been worn with battle fatigue recently, a mixture of various things that I really can't point to any one thing....adjusting some medicine, trying to lose weight (that neverending battle), the kitchen remodel, the wedding planning with the date only 2 months away now, anxiety over my job and some issues there....I've just been in the dumps and haven't been able to get out.
On top of all of that is the issue that my oldest daughter, Rachel is living about a million miles away in New Hampshire (I think that is on the planet Mars), working in a great job, in a great relationship with a great guy. I truly could not be happier except I wish she were in driving distance for weekend visits. It takes about 30 hours to get there and Steve and I are not long distance drivers. We got to see each other briefly in June when she was home for a wedding, but that is an entirely whole different story about how our visit was cut short and we didn't really have even an hour to just "talk"....I felt cheated. Since then we've kept up with our emails and texting pretty much on a daily basis, but I just miss her and recently, I didn't realize how much, she has been getting homesick as well.
Greg was supposed to come in during the night pretty late Wednesday night to be here to help with appliance removal on Thursday. I also thought he had a dental appt., but I was off a week on that too. Anyway, he told me it would be very late and to not wait up.
After midnight on Wednesday night, he woke me up and said he had something to show me and that Steve needed to come too. We were basically in a "coma' and so we groggily came into the living room where Mary Beth appeared from around the corner. I was so surprised and asked what she was doing here and she said "Well, your birthday is next week and we wanted to surprise you together. Come on, your present is in the kitchen." I said something like I hope it's not roofing shingles....I started walking toward the kitchen and RACHEL stepped around the corner!!!! I really did let our a blood curtling scream!!! Oh my goodness!!! Not in a million years did I expect to see her in my house this weekend!!!! They had gotten together and planned this after Rachel had found great ticket prices and she and Chris had planned to come together. When she got back online to book them, they had doubled in price! She got so upset, he told her to just use his miles on his credit card and "go home"...I think this man is a keeper for sure if he knows when a girl needs to go home to see her family!
We stayed up another hour talking about how the plan all worked out and how they kept it a secret all week. Since then we have just gone with the flow of kitchen appliance deliveries and some work I needed to do for a "summer project" that Rachel helped me with. We, of course, worked on some of the wedding plans. Mary Beth will be in after work today and we will have a chance to really go through some details for the last time before Rachel has to go back tomorrow.
What a gift this has been. I feel so blessed to have such wonderful loving children that return the love I have for them. They knew that I needed this as much as Rachel. Wow.
52 is looking like it could be a very good year!
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