Monday, April 5, 2010
Whew!
It has been a whirl wind of activity lately. First we were getting Tyler ready to leave for his mission. Slowly at first but then went into a higher gear at the end of February. He also turned 20 at the end of February. I am now short one teenager. At the beginning of March we stepped it up. At the same time we found out that my father has pancreatic cancer. His age and overall health rules out surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation (pretty much the only treatments available). So, while getting Tyler ready to leave, I was getting ready to leave for Ohio.
Tyler's leaving was bittersweet. Sending him off was hard. But the fact that he is going on a mission is so amazing. I am so proud of him. It's hard for me to believe that my son is on a mission. He left 17 March. He flew from Albuquerque to Salt Lake City. He was met at the airport by his uncle. I was so happy that my brother, David, was able to pick him up and drive him to Provo. He was unable to come down to Albuquerque to spend time with him before he left because of work and then at the last minute going to Ohio to check on my dad. They were both disappointed. But in the running around to get everything done for his mission, he forgot to call and make arrangements for the shuttle. My brother got home the Monday before Tyler left so he was able to pick him and spend a couple of hours with him. They were so happy to have that little bit of time together. Tyler was also able to spend a little bit of time with a good friend who goes to BYU. He was really happy about that too. So far the hardest part has been the limited communication. I am so used to calling him or texting him when he is not home. I thought that I might have been over doing it with messages to him through www.dearelder.com LOL. But come to find out, he likes them a lot. It's a great site. Love it. Tyler leaves for Canada tomorrow (6 April). He has loved his time at the MTC. He has already made some great friends. He is very excited about getting to Canada.
After Tyler left I had finish getting ready to leave for Ohio. We were supposed to leave the Monday after Tyler left but because of sheer exhaustion and weather we ended up pushing it back to Friday. So glad that we did because I got my first e-mail from Tyler and his driver's license came in the mail on Thursday. So I was able to get that in the mail and was at home with my husband when the first e-mail came. That was great. But we did run into wind and rain on the drive. And it was cold until the last day. We hit a tumbleweed a couple of hours out of Albuquerque and bits of it made it all the way to Ohio. LOL. It was a good trip except for the wind and one brush fire. LOL. Hopefully we will have better weather on the way back. One can hope.
Now I am in Ohio for I don't know how long. I enrolled Sophia in the school that I went to when I was her age. That's kind of neat. The school has changed a lot. The town has changed a lot. Sophia likes seeing all the farms. She is amazed at all the farms around here. LOL. I am loving seeing all the green!!! Miss the mountains but love all the green grass and trees. And the dirt is black, not red or light brown. LOL. I love being home but not loving the circumstances. But trying to make the best of it. I wonder how many of my projects that I brought can I get done? Might have brought too many. But we will see. LOL.
Tyler's leaving was bittersweet. Sending him off was hard. But the fact that he is going on a mission is so amazing. I am so proud of him. It's hard for me to believe that my son is on a mission. He left 17 March. He flew from Albuquerque to Salt Lake City. He was met at the airport by his uncle. I was so happy that my brother, David, was able to pick him up and drive him to Provo. He was unable to come down to Albuquerque to spend time with him before he left because of work and then at the last minute going to Ohio to check on my dad. They were both disappointed. But in the running around to get everything done for his mission, he forgot to call and make arrangements for the shuttle. My brother got home the Monday before Tyler left so he was able to pick him and spend a couple of hours with him. They were so happy to have that little bit of time together. Tyler was also able to spend a little bit of time with a good friend who goes to BYU. He was really happy about that too. So far the hardest part has been the limited communication. I am so used to calling him or texting him when he is not home. I thought that I might have been over doing it with messages to him through www.dearelder.com LOL. But come to find out, he likes them a lot. It's a great site. Love it. Tyler leaves for Canada tomorrow (6 April). He has loved his time at the MTC. He has already made some great friends. He is very excited about getting to Canada.
After Tyler left I had finish getting ready to leave for Ohio. We were supposed to leave the Monday after Tyler left but because of sheer exhaustion and weather we ended up pushing it back to Friday. So glad that we did because I got my first e-mail from Tyler and his driver's license came in the mail on Thursday. So I was able to get that in the mail and was at home with my husband when the first e-mail came. That was great. But we did run into wind and rain on the drive. And it was cold until the last day. We hit a tumbleweed a couple of hours out of Albuquerque and bits of it made it all the way to Ohio. LOL. It was a good trip except for the wind and one brush fire. LOL. Hopefully we will have better weather on the way back. One can hope.
Now I am in Ohio for I don't know how long. I enrolled Sophia in the school that I went to when I was her age. That's kind of neat. The school has changed a lot. The town has changed a lot. Sophia likes seeing all the farms. She is amazed at all the farms around here. LOL. I am loving seeing all the green!!! Miss the mountains but love all the green grass and trees. And the dirt is black, not red or light brown. LOL. I love being home but not loving the circumstances. But trying to make the best of it. I wonder how many of my projects that I brought can I get done? Might have brought too many. But we will see. LOL.
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