LEAVE!

I am finally home sitting in the chair that I built, eating food that I made and sleeping in my own bed!  It was quite an adventure just getting here, but I made it and now I am enjoying the time off.  We bought a new computer yesterday for Julie's birthday (I know it is about a month late) and spent the day together.  I ate some really good pizza that made me depressed that I have to go back and eat army food again.  I am also being spoiled by an internet connection that instantly displays webpages and actually lets me stream videos!  I don't know what I am going to do when I go back and have to deal with the slower than dial-up speeds there.  I am going to try to take advantage of this though and add some pictures and videos to my blog that I haven't been able to do before.  

It is nice being home and seeing my family again.  Boys grow fast and they changed a lot in the 5 months since I saw them last.  It hasn't been too hard to get used to being here though.  My only previous experience in this regard was my mission and two years away is a lot longer than 5 months.  There are changes, but not as many.  It hasn't been quite the shock that I was anticipating.  The shock will come when I get home in the fall and have to go back to work!  

It hasn't been all good though.  I blew the engine in my mustang as I was driving down the freeway last night.  I think the head gasket blew.  I am not too worried because the is plenty of time to get it fixed before I come home for good, but I had decided that I wasn't going to be able to get a new engine when I got home and now I am going to have to reconsider that.  It might be a good thing in the long run.  

Well, I have another day full of fun things planned today so I better get going.  I might not say much the rest of the time I am home, so don't be disappointed if I don't post anything else for a couple of weeks.  I think you can understand!