An emotional couple of weeks

I'm not going to lie, it has been an emotional couple of weeks around here.  Two weeks ago, Robert officially enlisted in the delayed entry program for the Navy and was sworn in.  For safety and privacy, I will be very careful of what I post on here.  I will say though that while he currently has a contract to work on airplanes, his ultimate goal is to be a SEAL.  As a mom, that is terrifying, but it's what he wants.  I'm not sure that when it comes down to it that he has the drive and toughness, but I'm proud of him for wanting to try...all while being terrified myself.

Next we had to deal with the dog situation.  I was terrified that we adopted a dog that we were going to lose right away.  I couldn't imagine how awful that would be for all of us, but especially Thomas.  He has wanted to be a dog owner his entire life, and we wanted it to last more than just a weekend!  And Catherine had put so much love and care into her...it was just awful.  Fortunately, she is getting better each and every day, and is absolutely delightful.

Friday evening I worked the Vacation Bible School registration as a favor to a friend.  I hadn't planned to be involved this year, but I agreed to work just for a couple of hours that first evening.  Right after we had finished getting everyone checked in and I was beginning to work on the last thing I needed to finish before heading home, phones started going off everywhere as we were under a tornado warning.  We were able to get all of the kids to the basement, and I called home to make sure my family knew as well.  I learned Andrew was out on the road which was terrifying, and that meant the kids were home alone, which was equally terrifying, especially since Abby the new dog was already suffering so.  Andrew was able to get to a safe spot, and we were all able to be texting each other.  I especially kept reassuring Thomas that things would be okay, and encouraged them to listen to Robert who would make sure they were safe.  It was a draining experience, and I couldn't wait to get home and hug everyone.  We had a pretty significant tree branch come down, and Andrew cleaned that up Saturday and enjoyed using his chainsaw!

All of this just really cranked up my emotions.  So much so, that when Andrew realized he and Thomas had forgotten about football Sunday evening which meant he wouldn't be able to make dinner and have all of us eat together after I got home from a 12 hour road trip on Sunday where I took Robert to cross country camp, I shed a ridiculous amount of tears.  I know I was really crying about the stress of the week, and I was also pretty exhausted from the really long day I'd spent driving to Michigan and back.  I wasn't angry at him, just disappointed.

I'm grateful things are settling down.  Abby is doing great and we enjoy her more and more each day as we see her personality.  I'm trying to just enjoy each minute of summer!