Our Weekend

Last week Asa had The Best Sapper Competition at work. He wasn't competing though, he was working it. So, Tuesday he was there at 4 am and didn't come home until 11 pm. His dinner was waiting on a plate in the fridge, so I heated it up, he inhaled it, and then went to sleep for 2 hours before he had to get up to be back at work by 3 am. He was exhausted for the next two days, and took naps anytime he possible could, but luckily they all got Friday off! He was supposed to have the day off to pack for his training in Louisiana next month, but we just relaxed instead. We went to Rolla and took Marley to the park there and did some geocaching. Marley was in a good mood on the way home, so took the scenic route. We pretty much took the roads that run along the highway, but wind into the land a little. We saw all kind of houses and little communities we didn't know about. And we even found a few geocaches along the way.

Saturday and Sunday were awful days to be outside. It was cold and raining and windy. So, we stayed in our pajamas all day Saturday and watched episodes season 2 of NCIS. Marley played, we had picnics on the floor, and we had 50 tickle fights. At first when we were getting Marley ready for bed, I thought, "That was such a wasted day!" But then I realized that I was really happy about the way we had spent our day! To someone else it may seem like we were lazy bums, but Asa deserved it, I enjoyed it, and Marley loved just being at home with us right there to play with her. We weren't trying to get up and clean the house or run errands, we were just there with her all day playing and reading books and laughing at each other while NCIS played on the TV. It was actually a great day!

Today was very similar, except we had to actually leave the house in the evening. We went and bought a few groceries at Walmart, but quickly came back home and ate dinner together. I have the sweetest little family, and I love spending time together like that.

It will be our last weekend for a while though. Next weekend, Asa will be leaving for training in Louisiana, and Marley and I will be heading home. We have no idea how long the Louisiana thing is lasting, but rumor is around 5 weeks. That's a long time to leave our house alone here, but I don't really want to be alone here in it. So, I am going home to stay at my mom's house while he is Louisiana. And hopefully Asa will be getting weekends off so that we could see each other and he could possibly come to Nacogdoches.

Tomorrow is another day at work for Asa, and hopefully Marley and I can get some of our errands done for this week. Being away from our house for a possible 5 weeks is a long time! We have a lot of planning to do this week!