A new adventure

It's the 4th of July already. Something I've noticed in the last couple of years is that most of the holidays that seem to roll around hold little to no significance in our house anymore. Being that I grew up in the very historical Virginia, the 4th used to be a big day; usually spent in a revolutionary historic place such as Yorktown, Williamsburg, or Jamestown. The whole day was spent there being a "tourist" even though we'd been there at least a million times before, and then we'd finish the day watching fireworks over the James or York Rivers. Today... we'll be lucky if we grill up burgers later and watch fireworks on tv. I've even become a grinch around Christmas too. The only holiday that holds any great importance to me anymore seems to be Easter... which I have just spiritual reasons for.

Aside from being grinchy, the hubby and I have kept ourselves "busy" this weekend. I'll leave it to the imagination of your own interpretation of "busy" is, all I'll say is I hope to have good news in a few weeks! Jon is really hoping for a little girl. As for me, I don't care what it is as long as it's healthy and survives pregnancy.

Work is back to being stressful and to the level that it just about consumes my every thought. Luckily, a few of our larger, most stressful cases are coming to a close now... so, most of the mental anguish is over, it's just a matter of doing the paperwork to close them out. Now that Jon has started school again, he's getting a BAH allowance which just about equals my bring home pay a month. So technically, I could quit my job and we would still break even. It would allow me to stay home and take care of Emery. But... I don't know. It's nice having extra funds to finance projects around the house or buy things we need, or just having extra padding in the bank at the end of the month. Not to mention, under it all, I love my job... and I don't want to just abandon it high and dry. I guess we'll have to see where the wind blows us.