Reconnecting

I needed this weekend.  I needed it more than anything.  School has been completely overwhelming this week... last week... almost every week... and the hours that I've been working have been horrendous.  I have managed a smile every morning walking in my classroom door at 6:30 a.m. but I've lived for 6:00 p.m. every day, even though the evenings have held at least a couple more hours of readjusting plans, grading papers, and prepping for labs.  When I walked in the door on Friday evening, I gave Brent a big hug and was determined to savor every moment of freedom I had with him this weekend.  And I did.

This weekend we ate all of our favorite comfort foods together - bacon burritos, bacon wrapped shrimp, bacon cheeseburgers, triple meat pizza, and fried chicken with mashed potatoes - by candle light.  We cuddled on the couch, and we stayed up late in bed talking until we fell asleep.  We laughed.  We vented.  We cried.  Well, I cried.  And we prayed.  And we focused on the blessings we have in life now, and we hoped for even brighter days ahead.

We ended this weekend with a run this evening in our neighborhood.  Brent got his first pair of real running shoes, and we were eager to enjoy the cooler weather after a stormy last few days.

Brent's new Saucony tennis shoes, 4 miles old

Tonight we're at our favorite coffee shop playing catch up on school.  All I can think about, though, is how much I love my husband, more than words can express, how I can't thank God enough for him, and what a joy it has been to reconnect on a deeper level these last few days.  It is such a comfort to me to think that no matter how school goes this week for both of us, we're in this together.