Summertime

It's been so long since I blogged, and I won't make this one long. I will just say that I am really enjoying the summer. I don't know if the thyroid medication has contributed to this at all, but I have lost that dreadful, morbid and depressed feeling I had all winter. I feel pretty good and a little more optimistic most of the time.

Jay started a new job at Jayco. Finally. He has been waiting for this position since February and has tried to keep occupied with other things in the process. I am still not really optimistic about this, but a week has gone by and things are still looking good for him there. This, in spite of the fact that he was about half an hour late on Thursday. We are not going to let that happen again. We have alarm clocks set all over the house now at about 5 minute intervals!

We could not really afford it, but we went away for two nights for our anniversary to St. Joseph Michigan.  That was fun. We went to Silver Beach a couple of times, walked around at the Krasal Art Fair. We didn't buy anything, but it was fun to look. We didn't have to pay to go to the beach because we found a place within walking distance to park both times. We played frisbee in the water, which is a lot more fun than playing in the yard. We took pictures to memorialize it all.

We have been married 32 years. Let me tell you, it hasn't been easy. There are many, many days between the day I said "I do" and all the way up until now that I feel like I made a terrible mistake. There have been plenty of times I have wanted to throw in the towel. But, Jay and I do love each other. There are a lot of things that we see eye to eye on, and we have built a life together. The last two years while he has been mostly unemployed have not been a picnic, but we have toughed it out. I am hoping for better days ahead.

I finished reading the book "Moon River and Me" by Andy Williams. It was a trip down memory lane. An autobiography is a great way to see that other people have had pain and sadness in their lives as well as success.  It binds the heart to see all the times someone tried and failed, and then, eventually, they succeeded. Makes you feel that you are not alone, and you will succeed too.

Just one more paragraph. I sooooo enjoyed my most recent day with my daughter, July 12. We went to Mount Baldy near Michigan City, Indiana. I forgot the camera, but she took some pictures with her cell phone. Maybe we will figure out how to download the pictures and put them on Facebook. Keep an eye out for that. Anyway, it was fun getting out in the water that day. Waves were coming in and it was fun to body surf. We just had some good conversation too. Good times!