It's Almost Time

It's almost time. In FIVE DAYS I will get to see the love of my life again!!!

Things are a bit better than how I felt the last time I posted. I just re-read that one. I was feeling pretty down when I wrote it. But that's my life lately. Ups and downs, hopes and crushed hopes, laughs and cries. My life has been the biggest rollercoaster in the last nine months but obviously in the situation I'm in, you can't be surprised.

So since that last post I've actually been able to pretty much get my shit together! Got my house clean for the most part, had some friends over last Sunday for a yard work party and got the yard back in order, and then cleaned out my car last Tuesday so it doesn't look like such a trash hole! (And I got it washed today so it's all nice and shiny too!)

Yup, so things are almost back to normal around here. I still have some things to do to get the house where I want it to be, but for the most part it's in better shape than it has been for MONTHS. And that makes me feel good.

At the same time, there has been a slight change in David's situation that makes me feel a lot better about it too. I can't write about it here, but let's just say I feel much closer to him and he feels a bit more freedom on his end for the time being. If you want to know, ask me. But it's a good thing.

And of course as it stands, I am leaving in four days to finally go see him!! Yesterday was a long-ass Mother's Day shift at work, obviously I survived, thank goodness. Then I had Monday and Tuesday off....planned to be used to get things in order for my trip. I work Wednesday and Thursday. Friday I am getting my hair done, and then heading to the airport! My flight gets in to New Orleans late Friday night, at which point I will pick up my rental car and drive the three hours west to Oakdale, where I am staying. I'll hopefully fall asleep right away, lol....gotta wake up and get ready to be at Pine Prairie at 9 AM. David's visiting hours are 10-2 and I want to be there early enough to ensure that I get in for my full two hours.

And OMG when I see him.....I can't even tell you. There will be tears. There will be lots of hugging and kissing. I will grab his ass at some point, and I'm sure he'll grab mine. And then I will get to spend two whole hours next to him. I can't even tell you what that will be like. I mean we'll probably spend the majority of it making out, since I talk to him every day anyway....HAH! But seriously. I will just be thankful for the time I have next to him.

When I leave, I'll return to the hotel. It has a pool, so if the weather is nice, I'll lay out and try to not burn my pasty-ass skin. Haha....I'll go grab dinner at some greasy spoon, maybe have a couple drinks at a dive bar, and then head back to the hotel room to sleep.

Sunday, I'll do it all over again. I get two more hours with him. I cannot wait.

After that visit, I'll drive back to NOLA and return the rental car. Then I'll take the bus to my hotel. Check in, and start my solo adventure in New Orleans! I'm most looking forward to eating and photographing while I'm there. I have quite the list of things I want to see/do/eat/drink....we'll see how much of that I can accomplish in a day and a half!

In any case, I'm most excited about seeing David. Obviously. But I'm sure I will return here and document everything from that trip, so stay tuned.....