A Wife's Tale: And I'll be good

like I should

waiting and such

misery

I need

your touch

ASHLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER.

...is getting a little more settled. It's been a busy few days. Yesterday I caught up with Rachel and received an hour massage and pedicure that the new salon she works at. Ya'll should check her out. Also, we went to dinner at Miyabi afterward and sat next to a local celebrity which was kind of awesome. We talked for hours about life, relationships, friendships and the high school days. She came over after for a little while to help me unpack this room some. It was good seeing her again. I'm glad that I still have friends from those high school days.

About high school, there is so much about it I would have done differently, thinking back. I would have cared a lot less about what people thought of me. I would have been involved in more. I would have studied more. I would have made more mistakes. It's strange to me how completely different I am now, than I was then. My advice to anyone in high school is, not to take that crap so freakin' seriously. It doesn't matter. It really is very stupid and trivial, and if you look back on your life and say, "my glory days were in high school," you need to get a better life and make some better choices for your future.

Zero and I went on the lake today with Matthew. We both had a lot of fun, it's been great catching up with all my old friends/family while being back home. Hopefully I'll see Lauren tomorrow.

It's good to be home.

TOMATO, THE HUBS.

...is sorely missed. I have his first care package ready but couldn't send it due to the holiday today. I'm waking up bright and early to send it tomorrow.

I went to church for the first time in ages yesterday morning and then to lunch with Ms. Linda. The point of telling you that, in this section is...my phone has been doing some CRAZY things lately. It just cuts off when it wants to and then doesn't turn back on until you hook it up to a power source, which is crazy annoying (I'm upgrading to iPhone next week). Anyway, Tomato called me during lunch and my phone had done that crazy turn off thing and I didn't realize it. As soon as I realized that my phone had turned off, I ran to the car and hooked it to the car charger. As soon as it turned on, it informed that I had missed a call and that I had a new voice message....it was from Tomato...of course. I cried during lunch because I had wanted to speak to him so bad that day. It was a crazy sinking feeling.

I never thought in million years that I would be one who would stare at a phone waiting for it to ring much less crying over a voicemail.

ZERO, THE DRAGON.

...had quite possibly one of the best days of his life today, other than the day he saw my face the first time. I took him on his inaugural swimming trip. I figure, hey...it's Memorial Day, let's see if the Cooper's want to have a rendezvous on the boat. Well Matthew was like, "SURE!" and we headed toward Lake Murray. Zero LOVED the water. I'm sad I've never taken him before. He was really scared of it at first but Matthew's dog, Jane, jumped in and I guess Zero didn't want to be a weenie so he followed suit. The next thing you know he's jumping off the boat in 40+ feet of water. He playing fetch with the frisbee all day long. No fear, he was wearing his life jacket just in case!