Someday has arrived....

Allow me to dust the cobwebs from the corners of this blog and attempt to write the words that are swirling and whipping through my mind.  It's been over a year since last I've posted.  Honestly it's the ADD in me that simply forgets.  I enjoy blogging but after a few posts I forget and then *poof* it's a year later and I find myself reading homebody's blog and missing mine.  So...here we go again.  I will not try to catch you up.  But let me tell you what is going on in our lives right now.

Since we got married we've operated under the assumption that some day Jeremy would retire from the Navy.  Some day we would lay down roots. Some day was said so much it became it's own word "someday" was the answer to a myriad of questions.  Someday was always looming...approaching...but it was sort of like the pot o'gold at the end of the rainbow.  Never did we really think we would find ourselves smack dab in the middle of our someday!  And yet...here we are.  Jeremy is half way through his final leave from the Navy.  We are homeless.  All our earthly possessions are boxed in crates in an undisclosed location awaiting an address.  We are full of all the promise of our someday and yet it feels a little like new shoes.  The ones you've noticed a friend wearing and they rave about them.  The ones you've eyed at the store and toyed with the idea of buying.  Then finally you plunk down you money and take them home.  Try them on and they are not comfortable, they are stiff.  They don't fit like a glove they rub like a blister.  The reality is you have to wear them through the discomfort.  You have to break them in.  So we are breaking in our someday a little at a time.  We've been nomads for almost a month.  Visiting friends, staying with family, getting reacquainted with the schilltastic4 w/o the distraction of work or school or any outside responsibility.  All four of us together for every meal.  Sleeping each night in one bedroom on a combination of air mattresses and pallets.  I think we're finally through the blisters and starting to get comfy.  Kaity girl can make any bed over her brother Joshua like a pro.  Just this evening he said "You've gotta watch this Mom, Kaity makes a bed HARDCORE" as she flipped the blankets into submission.  Joshua knows which body wash & scrubby are his and puts them back into the appropriate suitcase when he's done using them.  Our someday will take us to Janesville Wisconsin to plant deep roots after a lifetime spent perfecting shallow ones.  I am sure more new-shoe-syndrome will ensue but we are excited.  We have plans to rent for a year and then buy a home.  Buying a house makes me excited and filled with claustrophobic panic all at the same time.
Jeremy starts his job in a few weeks and is looking forward to being a civilian.  If you had any doubt his facial hair should be an indication on how he is settling into retirement.  The schilldren are registered for a homeschooling program in the fall.  We've decided to get a membership at our local YMCA as soon as we move into our house and have been looking at classes, lessons, and sports they offer.  Our roots are already starting to spread cautiously into our new life.  We are not sure what we will do for the 4th of July this year as it has ALWAYS been at Great Lakes.  We are still discussing driving down (the current vote by all) or pushing past the comfortable and seeing what our someday has to offer locally.  We are trying to model faith and not fear as we step into this new journey.  This is our adventure and it can be a "get to" or a "got to" and if you know us even a little bit we are a get-to kinda folk.  I am grateful for friends who have gone before us that know the trepidation I am experiencing.  That they have gone through these phases and stages and have come out seemingly unscathed.   I am thankful for friends that are going through their own transitions out of the Navy right now alongside us.  It's a great thing to not have to say anything and  yet have somebody hear it all.  I am reminded of how blessed we are in the way we've been taken in and taken care of at every pit stop as we were searching for a home.  Basically our someday looks pretty good and I am crazy happy to be having a go at it with my best friend.