Another Little Get-Together

We went down to Jaime and Jeremy's last weekend for a cookout. Some of Jeremy's family came over. They played some corn hole and the kids jumped on the trampoline. It was nice but the wind made it a little chilly so I stayed inside most of the time, eating. It was wonderful to see everyone and get together with them before Michael leaves. He always hates saying good-bye so when that time rolls around he avoids it like the plague...he'll keep talking or do whatever to keep from having to say good-bye.

We spent the night so we could go to church on Sunday. I really miss that church and we have yet to find anything even close up here. I know we're just going to have to settle for something less. Or I can clone Rev. Vickie. Service was nice. Jeremy sent a prayer request up for Michael and Vickie didn't realize it was our Michael until she saw us after the service. She said a little prayer with Michael before we left.

Lucas is understanding Easter a little better this year so it makes it fun to see him hunt for his basket. He kept talking about the eggs he found at the church hunt the day before and after church on Sunday he was determined to go outside and look for some more. He's so smart, he's a baby, eh-hem, big boy genius.

We went to Michael's parents for Easter dinner that evening. It was nice to see them again. The good-byes went okay there because Michael will see them again when he has a pass next month. That night driving home it finally hit me that he's leaving. I just started crying, just thinking about the fact that next weekend he won't be here. Or that he won't be here when I come home from school each day. I don't know if the magnitude of it has it me. It's hard when he leaves for 2 weeks, but this will be so much different. I'm used to saying, okay I got through the first week, now it's downhill.

I took off from school the rest of the week so I could spend little time at home with him. We don't have any big plans. We'll need to finish up some of the to-do list and then we'll probably just relax and enjoy each other's company before he goes. It's becoming more real even as I type this and I know each day closer to Friday will become a little more difficult. I dread the good-byes too.