A blog post...from another blog....

My good friend from back in Alabama interviewed me for her blog site. I think it turned out really well so please take a minute to head over there and check it out...

http://blogs.babycenter.com/momformation/2009/03/30/daddy-wears-combat-boots-a-fathers-perspective/

Until next time :)

Moving Day...

So if you remember back to when I first got to Korea I was temporarily placed in a small room in a building by myself until a room in one of the full barracks buildings was available. I was only suppose to be in that room for like a week and it ended up being almost a month, forcing me to move all of my things instead of just what I brought in my suitcases.

Well due to some construction it would appear they are going to completely remodel our current barracks and are forcing the six of us that live in there now to move to a different building on the other side of the base. Stupid I know, but what are you going to do about it. Anyway I had my internet moved over to my new room yesterday (I am the first one moving; last one in, first one out) and I am suppose to move the rest of my crap today.

DON'T YOU KNOW IT IS FREAKIN RAINING OUTSIDE! We haven't seen rain in months, and outside of a light snow a few weeks ago, we have had nothing but sun since December. Isn't that just my luck?

Anyway I just had to vent. I got a full weekend of stuff planned between the move, a few tours tomorrow and hopefully a trip to Seoul, I should be able to keep busy till next week at least.

Until Next Time...

Old Endings and New Beginnings

My last post I said I would be writing when I returned to Korea from my trip home. Well I have been back for over two weeks now and lets just say that things have been pretty crazy around here. If you read the news online at all I am sure you are up to speed, but if not go to http://www.wn.com/ and in the search window at the top type in N. Korea. Read through a few of those articles and you will get a good part of the story.

And that is all I am going to say about that...

My trip home went really well. Coming back to Korea I felt as though my time was spent well. I accomplished all the hunny-do stuff Amanda had waiting for me and then some. I got to spend a ton of time with the kids and as a little surprise I even got to see my mom for a few days. There was a lot of eating out and quiet a lot of money spent, but in the end I have memories that I will remember forever.

I will say that I didn't get to spend as much time alone with Amanda as I would have liked (and no I don't mean in a perverted way). We have an issue with getting Lily to sleep at night and her staying asleep, at least till we are ready for bed. This meant that most nights after Gabriel went to bed were spent on the couch watching TV and entertaining Lily till she was ready to go back to sleep.

I love my kids with all my heart but I have always been a strong believer that a marrage comes first. After all once your kids are old and gone, if you haven't got a strong marrage than you just have a roommate....

...Anyway so Amanda and I are looking into that. We found a book online that we have just ordered and hopefully that will help. We had this same problem with Gabriel and it seemed the first 2+ years of his life was spent with Amanda and I not having much of a relationship at all. It wasn't that we didn't want it...there just wasn't anytime for it.

But at the end of the trip I left with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. I had special moments with each of them alone and together that will stay with me everyday for the next 5 months. After that I pray that I never have to leave them again. I am tired of the tears, the sleepless nights, and the look on their face as I leave.

I miss them all, and I can't wait till I go home...for good.

Until next time...