OptomisticGirl Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Finishing up cleaning while I watch history documentaries - I am such a dork - because my husband lands TOMORROW!!! In fact in less than 24 hours he lands forever. Hopefully by this time we'll be back home and getting ready for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissancewoman101 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Are you guys going out to dinner for his first night here, as a nice way to celebrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yep. I won a $25 Longhorn gift card during hospital week a few months ago and we are going to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I am SO happy for you guys OG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 He's here! He's here! He landed a little after 1 PM and was through immigration by 2:45. Fairly quickly. Before he got off the plane the flight crew let him in the pit (they allow you to view it after a flight, not before) and he got a picture of him sat in the captain's seat. He looked like a kid in a candy store. We came back home and he rested a bit, unpacked. Luna and Jasper went into hiding for a bit but are slowly coming up and exploring him. We just got back from dinner at Longhorns - SO good, pretty sure I'm in a food coma - and we're currently lying in bed watching a tornado documentary while Luna and Jasper crawl all over L. Still hard to believe he's lying next to me and he's here for GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yayyyyyyyyyyyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Happy Home Coming L!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You must be so happy OG! Finally time to start your lives in the same place! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 I am. I have to admit until his plane showed that it was landing my excitement is always tempered (side effect of being the wife of an aviation nut) but once it had oh my lord! And he was wearing my favorite pair of jeans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Awwww so lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hers Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Now you get to start the exciting transition of learning how to live harmoniously with each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Now you get to start the exciting transition of learning how to live harmoniously with each other! That too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 I told my boss in a week I'm going to tell him to go back to England, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 lol, no.... glad you guys are finally together for good. i hope he gets adjusted to life in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrose85 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I can't believe it's finally real! Did Jasper remember him at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Luna and him hid for awhile but they are out and interacting with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 L and I woke up early this morning to discover Luna had not only jumped on the kitchen counter but had somehow opened the medicine cabinet - which is just a designated cabinet in the kitchen - and got their treats out of the cabinet. Our daughter is houdini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hers Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Haha aw! How was your first night of living together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 It was good! We both went to bed about 8. L woke up at 1 and I woke up at 4ish. We've napped on and off amid eating breakfast, paying the power bill.... We are at my moms now with Tyler and Eli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 This weekend has been nothing short of amazing! We arrived at my uncle's house Friday afternoon. The trip down took a little longer than normal because we had some time to kill before my favorite Japanese place opened, so I decided to show L the area I grew up in. I didn't go down the driveway - I'd just rather not ever see my dad again - but I took him down the road, showed him my nanny's church, my high school... Our first night here my uncle's wife and I had a few glasses of wine (two each) and my uncle and L had a few beers, pretty fun night. I got buzzed (because for SOME reason when I get drunk I fall asleep so I know I wasn't drunk) and I became enthralled with a sonic screw driver (Doctor Who reference). Like I became fairly annoying with it, lol. The next day we all kind of lounged around and got the place ready for L's party. My uncle's wife did an AMAZING job: link removed link removed Hand painted flags! Not a lot of their friends showed up but L was okay with that. While a lot of their friends our part of my pseudo family, pseudo family to him right now only consists of my uncle and his wife. Eventually a few friends did make their way over but we started out just the four of us in the living room with wine and beer again, plus American and British pigs in a blanket. Why we wrap ours in crescent rolls I will never understand. We really should have stolen the British way of making them! By the end of the night I had had 4 glasses of wine and had once again become enthralled with the sonic screw driver - had it taken away from me many times. 4 glasses was enough to make me drunk though because around 9 I had to fight to stay awake until 11. It was a great night though. I'm slightly bleary eyed this morning and while L was up at 6 something I stayed in bed until 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 My uncle and his wife also taught L and me how to shoot archery yesterday! They are in the SCA and it's something their son had wanted to take up so they themselves have gotten into it. It's pretty awesome to do, something very primitive about shooting at a target with an arrow. I did really well too, my years of marching band helped me bring my firing arm back level. L did better the longer he did it. link removed link removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 That sounds like something fun to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 what a fun party! i like the decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaytie Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 So, so glad he's with you now The hand painted flags were awesome. What a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 It was really amazing. Good family, good times! L and I had an adult conversation on the two hour drive back home. Before we left for my uncle's L noticed the tread on my front two tires is really low and my uncle noticed as well. The back ones are still okay so for now we would just have to get two new ones, rotate the ones that are on the back to the front and put the new ones on the back. But two tires alone is going to be at least $150. Plus the car is still doing the stuttering thing so the ERG valve or whatever needs fixing.... it just makes sense to do the adult thing and cancel Myrtle Beach and use the money we would have spent on that trip fixing the car up. We still might be able to go though. If L has a job and I have gotten my school money back before the proposed trip then we can use my school money to go on the trip. But if he doesn't have a job then we will only lose the deposit we put on the hotel room. It just makes sense. Sucks being an adult but eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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