Just some stuff...

My wonderful husband is now in a new job. He's a fantastic talker, and he should do quite well! I believe in him, and do my best to be supportive and encourage, but he wants to get it down pat NOW. It will come to him, the ease of settling in...I just wish he would doubt a bit less.

Spending less time together, we have to try and catch up with each other in the evenings, and with both of us working more, it's even more difficult. Dinner always seems hurried, and I hate to rush. Our daughter has homework, and does her own thing, and I want his majesty to relax and take it easy while he can.

The holidays are coming, and for the first time since I was a child, there is family around. Though I wish our daughter had others her age in her life as family, it's nice to have a gathering at least once a year. Perhaps it won't be as elaborate as the one last year, but I will set a nice table, and have good food for our family. I like to think that the parents who built this house would at least get a kick out of their sons recounting tales of youth and laughing over them. It's good to hear, and even while I'm in the kitchen, I listen and smile.

I am glad to be where I am, so grateful for the man I married, and his family. For the most part, I feel quite welcome! I'm thankful to have people to cook for, that enjoy what I prepare, and just that they make the effort to gather once a year and celebrate. I admit, it's a bit difficult, because I'm the newbie, lol, but I like to hear about their lives as children, and then as younger adults. I don't interject often...my life prior to coming here consists of things best forgotten for the most part. But it's a happy time for me, I feel less lonely then.

The Queen Mother mentioned briefly that she might make a visit, however those plans fell through. Perhaps in the spring, when it's not so cold, and when I might be able to take some time from work when it's slower. I hope to travel someday with his majesty to my previous state of residence for nothing more than to show him the heated splendor of the desert. Hopefully within the confines of an air-conditioned room! Just kidding, there's a great deal to see, and to show.

Sweet dreams, my love, my heart, my world.