Waiting for Tripp to Come Home

I have to admit that December hasn't felt like December this year... When Tripp left after Thanksgiving, we started our 3 weeks apart until he comes home for Christmas. It's felt like forever and I still have one more week until he is home. I've decorated for Christmas, put up the tree and now all I'm missing is him. I want it to feel like Christmas for him in AR since neither of us have really felt the holiday magic this year apart. However - I didn't get a real tree like we always have. Wasn't really a fan of doing that all by myself :) So I moved the flocked tree that I've had up in our bedroom all year (yes, don't judge) into the den.

Didn't realize how heavy/hard it would be to move it by myself. That was fun to clean up! ;)

I really try not to complain about our current living situation because it's our choice. Clorox isn't forcing us to live apart, SSX isn't either. So - I try to keep negative, debbie-downer comments to myself - but this has been the roughest time apart by far. I miss him so much. I spent Saturday night wrapping gifts by the tree and watching Women of the Bible on Lifetime... which was amazing by the way - I learned a lot!

We officially made the decision that I will be moving to SF this coming spring. Yay! The past 6 months have certainly been doable... but neither of us are willing to do it for another year and a half. So, I'm in talks with SSX about how to make that happen. It won't be smooth and I am going to miss everything about AR, but this is a short time in the grand scheme of things... and I miss my husband more than anything. We made decision to accept the offer to SF together and that meant both of us out there - together.

I've started to get really excited about the big move! I have a huge bucket list and I'm ready to take on this adventure in 2015. I know there will be tough times, but that's life. All that matters is that we are experiencing it together and we will be back in AR to hopefully start a family in a year+.

One more week until he is HOME!!!