I promised Val I would get my Halloween pictures up, and I STILL haven't gotten them posted. Though I did get them off my camera and onto the laptop. so that is a start.
I am sitting at Mom and Dad's blowing up my air mattress. So I no longer rate a real bed. For those of you that aren't aware there is a mysterious rating system for beds at Mom's. We haven't exactly cracked the code, but we can definately tell when we didn't make it. A lovely air mattress, and the computer room. Not that an air mattress is really that bad, it just isn't as comfy as a bed. The computer room is a little tricky, because you may not want to be up yet, but people want to be using the room, so you can't be too greed and sleep in too long.
The girls are loving being around all the family. They had fun playing with Jeff and CArter, but as expected when Jared, and Julisa showed up the switched their playmates quickly. I know Jeff is a little frustrated by this. He wants the girls to want to play with him (mostly because they love to play with Jared, and not him). But this is only the 2nd time they have ever seen him, so it will take some time for them to get comfortable with him.
We went around the living room talking about what we were thankful for. A great tradition in a time where everything seems to be about ME (as in selfishness, not as in Bethany). Some choices were simple. Dahlia is thankful for Piggy (and when prompted Mommy and sister). Bobbie was napping so we guessed she was thankful for naps. Edward brought up a really great thought. He talked about being thankful he was in a family he enjoyed. Talked about some of his friends that were planning on making up a last minute emergency to get out of spending time with their family. I had heard in the past from several people that thought the idea of looking forward to family gatherings was strange. I never really thought about it. But how bad would it be if you didn't want to spend time with your siblings, and parents. You would be missing out on so much. Of course not everyone has a good upbringing. Many people have severely dysfunctional families, or come from really bad situation (I'm talking abuse, criminal issues, no family at all). I have talked with others and I know that I have things really good.
There is another lady at work who is in a bad marriage and really needs to get out. When she asked her parents for help her mom hung up on her. Another lady recently moved here and left her kids with her mom in Texas to finish out the school year. She is getting married and her mom refused to bring the kids up even if the lady provided airline tickets for the whole family. She told the lady that she didn't think the marriage would last so why bother.
I know I would be having a much more difficult time if I didn't have the love and support of my family. Not just financial, but emotional, advice, and time.
-->Both of my lawyer brothers have given me great advice, hints/tips, and laughed at me in just the right places.
-->My sister with paralegal experience has helped a lot. Not just in legal areas, but she was able to help me realize that there are tons of others going through similar experiances and give me an idea of what I might expect.
-->My other sister has been great to give me advice for the girls, and she is way more in touch with child-rearing stuff. Plus she is great with homemade stuff, and has helped me out with Halloween costumes (I swear I will get those pictures posted).
-->Mom and Dad for giving me the feeling of security I needed to help keep me from going back. Don't get me wrong, I made the decision to leave on my own, but there have been times when I was feeling scared and it was my family that kept me from making a REALLY huge mistake.
I know it is cliched, but very true, Without my family I would not be where I am today. I am thankful for that, I most importantly I am aware that I need to be thankful.
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