8 Days and Counting...

My husband does a lot of traveling for business. . . so I'm pretty used to him being gone. I think in the past 2 months, he's been gone a total of like 6 weeks. My Mom calls me a "job widow"! ha! I do feel like it sometimes. Fortunately, I'm not one of those wives that cant function without their husband. Granted, I'd rather him be home than not, but I am my own person, so when he's gone, I'm able to survive.

But this trip in particular has gotten me a little anxious. You see, Matt is on his way to CHINA!! Maggie and I took him to the airport yesterday around 5:30pm. Her and I were both in tears saying goodbye. Not to sound morbid, but you never know when the last time you're going to see someone is... so we always make our goodbyes count! So anyway, his plane left at 7:30pm last night, and he's not supposed to land in Hong Kong until 5ish our time today. He did have a layover in Los Angeles last night at 11:15pm, but now he's on the homestretch to Hong Kong. I'm really anxious about it because thats such a long time to be in a plane over the ocean! Oy... I hate thinking about it.

Fortunately for Matt, he's only going to be doing business about 2 days of his 8 days there. So he's excited to be able to sightsee and journey through the area. Matt asked our friends, Martin and Sarah, if they wanted to come along back a few months ago. Of course Sarah said no because she has an 8-month old daughter, and quite frankly, like me, had no desire to go there. But Martin did. Unfortunately, however, he flew a different airline to save money, so he actually just landed in Hong Kong about an hour ago. He'll probably catch up on some sleep while awaiting Matt's arrival. It should be interesting to hear some stories from the two of them. They're crazy when they get together, so I cant even imagine...

Sweetie, if you're reading this, we love and miss you and hope you'll be safe until you return!

Exhausted..

This is the story... My husband bought a new Infiniti G37S (sports car) last September. Great car - very sporty and fast. He loved it! Heck, I loved it! Its rear wheel drive, though, so of course, not the greatest in snow and ice. But that was okay because we purchased a Jeep Wrangler for him to use when the weather was bad. All was good, right? Well, then Matt gets this crazy idea to sell the Jeep because he hated having 3 vehicles. So I listed it on Craigslist and we sold it this past spring. So now they are predicting that this winter be a bad one! Of course he could always drive my Lexus because its AWD, but then what would I do for a vehicle? I drive Maggie to and from school everyday, so I'd need something reliable through the winter months as well. So Matt decides he's going to have to sell his Infiniti and buy something else. So he started looking and looking and looking, and finally after many trips to various dealerships, he decides on the BMW X5. Great SUV - roomy, powerful and great in the winter! We're done, right? Think thats where it ends? Nope... none of the dealerships here had what he wanted (black exterior, 4.8 litre engine, Sports package, 20" wheels, blah blah). He was bummed! So being the nice wife that I am... I went online and searched all the dealerships in KS, IN, AR, and IL to see if any had exactly what he wanted. I found one! Problem? It was in Lake Bluff, IL - 6 hours from here!!

ROAD TRIP! We decided, why not? We like road trips, and going up to Chicago will give us a chance to eat Portillos (the best beef in the world!). So I had to deal with the salesman over the phone to agree on a price (the sticker was 73K and we paid 66K - total steal!). We decided to sell his car to Carmax, which was a total risk (not knowing how much they'd give him for it), so Matt and I drove separate just in case something went wrong. To make a long story short (I think I'm a little late for that), we drove all the way up to Lake Bluff on Friday night, and on Saturday morning for 6 hours, we sold a vehicle, got a check, and turned around and bought an SUV!

And AFTER ALL THAT, we drove another 4 hours to Springfield, IL where we met up with all of my family for a weekend of camping! I just got home yesterday, and I am exhausted...

I hope we never buy another vehicle again. Or at least if we do, I hope its in the same state that we LIVE IN!!