We're finally done with that crazy work schedule of Jonathon's - which in turns makes my schedule also pretty crazy. Now it will be back to normal...normal and uneventful is music to my ears!
In unexciting news, Jonathon found out there is a Buffalo Wild Wings in Bowie (a town we frequent for most restaurants). I've never been there, but he seemed excited in telling me the story on how he found out. This was at 1pm, he leaves for work at 4pm. I told him we should go before he has to leave for work. I don't think I've ever seen him get ready for work so fast!! It was actually actually a pretty good choice, although somehow we got the worst waitress in the place. Such is life. He was excited about it, and now we have a new place to go.
Jonathon's name got lifted off of the "has to be in Maryland list". He was so happy about that. He hates Maryland, I think way more than I do, and has been trying to get out of here for a while. It was decided the best route for that is for him to go on a remote tour. For the record, I wasn't a fan, but I also know it's extremely rare to do a 20 year career in the military and NOT do a remote tour. May as well do it when Jackson won't be able to remember him being gone. In doing this, he'll also get to choose his base for when he gets back. His goal is to choose a place that doesn't deploy 6 months on, 6 months off. He talks about Colorado Springs being a good choice. Something my Aunt Laurie told me when I was looking at colleges is, "whether you're a 4 hour flight or a 4 hour drive away, it's still 4 hours". I've always remembered that and as long as Jon is safe, it doesn't matter much.
Whatever base we're at next needs to be an important choice, because Jackson will no doubt start school there. (Let's not even think about him being that old) So we'll do some more research. I'm secretly hoping orders drop for a great base without the remote tour, but I'm realistic in those odds.
Something Jonathon and I have recently implemented is Saturday as chore day and Sunday as a family day. Now that our Baby J is on a good schedule we know what we can expect and that makes planning a lot easier...obviously. So, 2 Sundays a month we'll be able to do something as a family and hopefully we can get some home projects knocked out on Saturdays. Growing up, I LOVED Friday nights (still my favorite day) because I got to stay up late and it was our "pizza and soda" night - but I dreaded Saturday mornings because my parents and sisters were busy til the afternoon with chores. I mostly played and acted busy (don't tell anyone I admitted to that) but now that I'm old...Saturday is back to being my nemesis.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this or not yet, but Jackson officially "army crawls". He uses his forearms more than his hands to crawl and it's actually quite efficient. He always gets to where he needs to go. His favorite toy happens to be our $1300 computer. Great. We only have a warranty for another year, so he better get it out of his system. I don't actually "let" him play with it, but he loves buttons so much and he's so gentle and doesn't pound on the keys...he taps them. The second I put it down, he races to get to it just to touch it. He also loves remotes and phones. Buttons; who knew?!
I guess I'm in a writing rut, and my posts aren't very organized or build up to a point - but this is what's going on in our very busy house!
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