I am ready

OK I only have 124 more days until vacation. I'm not antsy or anything am I? I am ready now. For some reason this new year has just kicked my butt. I am ready for a nice sunny beach, it doesn't have to be too hot but warm. The water is too cold anyways to get in we just like to hang at the beach and play in the sand. I am ready to go and walk the boardwalk at night and look at all the casinos lite up. I am ready to go play at the arcade with my daughter and see what toy we might be able to get (I know cheap but it's still fun). I am ready for some of the best pizza and seafood around. I am ready to spend $35 just to putt putt with my daughter. I am ready to get up at 4:00 am and watch the sun rise on the beach and go back around 7:30-8:00 to watch it start setting. I am ready to go pick up shells on the beach and look for little creatures that we eventually end up running from. I am ready for the 14 + hour trip with all the stops along the way until we get there. I am ready for a needed vacation. I guess if I don't think about it, it might be before I know it.

SO REAL

OK this post might be a little to much, but it is how we are feeling as a family. Monday my little cousin (ok not so little 19) is being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He will be there for 7 months. It is so hard to believe that we are living in a time where people are going to war.

I remember right where I was that day September 11. I was working the front desk for break and someone came and said what had happened. We went to the break room and watched the news. I was numb by what happened. I never never thought I would see this or watch this. It didn't hit me until we sent troops overseas. I never thought I would be living in a era when there was war. Or be raising a child at the same time. Never thought she would have to watch the news and see people being killed or bombs going off. It's not a time that I would ever imagined in my life.

But now it really hits home. My two cousins joined the Marines and now one is being deployed. Never thought it would hit so close to home. I mean yes, I do know of someone who died overseas and yes I know the local National Guard was sent, but this is family. I held him when he was baby. I watched him grow and mature this last year. He is no longer a teenager. He is a man. He is a Marine. He is going so we can have our freedom. I pray every night for people to be safe, be healthy and for people to make the right decisions in life. Tonight will be different. Tonight I will have a special request for a special person.....

Just one request for everyone out there.... Pray for safety of service men overseas.....