Homecoming

Yeah, my husband has returned! Ryan was in the Phillippines for another week and this time it seemed like forever, much longer than a week. While he was gone I:
1. hurt my back holding in a sneeze; i couldn't run for the entire week. never hold your sneezes in. it can damage some serious lower back muscles.
2. made several trips to Home Depot and finally found the perfect shade of mocha green for my painting project
3. sucessfully painted a select portion of my home including the upper hallway; it turned out better than i anticipated and i love it.
4. young womens, young womens, young womens...with a 14 month old. enough said.
5. watched a Celine Dion concert from the comforts of my living room.
6. Oh, and Max decided that walking is better than crawling in the week Ryan was gone. He is about 90% walk, 10% crawl these days and 100% into everything and climb on everything.
All of the above denote both pros and cons of Ryan's travel. Never do I take on major home projects when he's home. No, for some reason, I feel the need to wait until I'm all alone with a toddler who is very very mobile to bust out painting undertakings.
I realize it makes no sense at all. I also realize that many more things in my life these days make no sense. Children I suppose create a different kind of reality for you. So be it. At least my walls look good.