IT'S TOO QUIET!!!!!!!

Quiet - "free from noise or commotion". UGH! I have decided I love noise. I love the chaos of family, and barking dogs with conversation loud above the television. Tonight as I sit alone in my house the silence is deafening and I miss the noise and commotion of normal everyday life. Josh moved out last weekend taking Buster with him. Billy has been in Idaho for a month so there is no one here. I canceled my television service for a couple of reasons, to save money and so I wouldn't have the distraction from studying. So as a result of all that, it is very QUIET here!! TOO QUIET! How many times over the years of raising children did I wish for just a few hours of peace and quiet? HOURS I said HOURS not months!!!!

I suppose during this time of quiet solitude I have the opportunity to reflect on the many things and people I have taken for granted. Billy has always done so much for me, but has especially lightened my load during the past four years while I have been in school. Since he has been away I have really become aware of just how much he did - even just little things like, remembering Monday and Thursday is garbage day, getting the mail, paying the bills, mowing the grass, making dinner, grocery shopping and the biggest one, keeping my gas tank full! He had my car washed, did his own laundry, cleaned the kitchen and much more. I miss him, but I appreciate that he is forging the way for us to begin our lives in Idaho.

So for now, I will use this quiet time to study study study, and when I am done I will once again enjoy the familiar sounds of my life.