“Guess you had to be there, guess you had to be with me
Today I finally overcame trying to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I’m in the mood to lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes it brought me back to life”
3×5 - John Mayer

I finished writing about the first day of my trip today.  It was three pages long, and it doesn’t say enough about how great it was.  Thinking maybe I won’t be posting all of this on the internet after all.  Maybe I’ll do a “highlights” version after I finish the other seven days.

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Today is the two year anniversary of starting my job.  Today is also the two year anniversary of getting into the last car accident.  Maybe it was a sign, “get rear ended on your way home from first day of work?  Both these situations suck, run away!”  My back is still a wreck, and my job eats my soul every day.

Quick!  Sandwich the suck with something happy.

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One of my sisters and I frequently used three terms that are still stuck in my head.

Sabbatical - Swearing off of something for a set period of time.
Tsunami - Nothing in sight and then… wow.  Boys every where.
Mile Post - A specific marker you have in your mind that divides your life, before/after.

Right now I’m experiencing all three.  It’s uncomfortable.

Well that wasn’t as happy as it could have been…  Well, you’re stuck with kid stories.

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Zach watched as Lindsey stacked charcoal so we could barbeque some hot dogs.  She doused it with lighter fluid, the threw on the match.  When flames began shooting out of the barbeque the newly minted three year old growled “Fire!” with that look on his face.  The pyro gene was definitely passed on.

Tatum was a crank pot today and sat on the porch with her eyebrows all scrunched up.  She is going to be a master at giving boys the hairy eyeball.  That’s my girl.

Jorden has learned the high five.  And the baby is going to be walking full speed any second now.