Time to Head Back to Arizona

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."

 

I hardly know where to begin with our activities over the last few days. It sure has been a busy time.  The shopping got done.  The wrapping of dozens and dozens of gifts was finally behind.  Now it was time to  relax and enjoy the festivities with family.

Christmas Eve was spent at Tammi’s house.  We started eating her turkey, ham and all the trimmings early.  Then, we munched the rest of the day on them.  After church services the first round of gifts began.  The gifts were fun gifts.  Well, some were pretty serious but most of all we had a lot of good laughs.

Tammi started with plastic bins to Terry, Justin and Jordan.  To Terry the bins eventually held sugar-free snacks --- unwrapped one by one.  To Justin – it was to hold “soldier’s” survival needs.  Again, a lot of fun items were unwrapped one by one.  Jordan (and boyfriend, Brendan) had two bins.  They were date night bins for two dates.  Future items they unwrapped either went towards date #1 or date #2.  One date was a dinner date and another date was a night at the movies complete with gas money, snacks, tickets and popcorn – unwrapped one by one. 

Christmas Day was at Lee and Sabrina’s so the next round of festivities moved there. And, as usual, Sabrina was very creative with her dinner menu and buffet table. We unwrapped gifts most of the day taking breaks periodically to reorganize and rest. By the time late afternoon rolled around we were all ready for a nap I’m sure. However, I’m the only one that took about a 15 minute shut-eye. It was definitely needed.

Justin had a 6:00 AM flight to catch on Wednesday. He was heading back to Norfolk. Next week he will be going to Jacksonville for search and rescue certification. After that … well, he’s off to see the world as his ship is being deployed …. somewhere.

With all the weather problems today across the nation many flights have been delayed or cancelled. That’s not a fun thing after the holidays. One flight was cancelled out of Portland – oops. Another one was cancelled into Phoenix --- oops again. Sometimes it’s difficult to get the planes from one place to another when the weather grounds either them or the crew.

However, we’ll be heading to the airport shortly. Hopefully we’ll make it out tonight. Terry has a confirmed ticket back. Me? I’m winging it as usual. Duchess is waiting back in Arizona for us. 

Next post I have a few very unique gifts to report …………..  right now it’s time to get ready to head to the airport.  As usual … my fingers and toes are crossed. 

‘Tis a wonderful life!