It's a bi-polar weekend!

This weekend has been filled with crying, laughing, joy and sadness.

We had a fun night out with some friends on Friday and a fun party for SB and Bubba on Saturday.
There were many emotions during the football game yesterday, as I dare say my youngest son might be the biggest Cardinals fan ever. He, even at 10, takes his football incredibly seriously. I'm happy for him and his daddy that their years long devotion to this team has finally paid off. I always root for the Cards as well, but I've learned over the years not to get my hopes up!lol! My boys, all three of them, have never quite learned to distance themselves, and, this year, that is okay! The Superbowl should be entertaining. I have a deep seated, life long hatred of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Should be an interesting game!

Bubba leaves tomorrow. At 5:30 AM we have to drop him at the processing center down town. The weekend has had that shadow looming for all of us. My SB is having a terrible time of it. Mark is dealing with most of her emotion as I am just not really feeling able to help her when I am so overwhelmed myself. We're all home today, Mark included, so we'll just be spending the day as a family. I know he'll be back, that this isn't the end of the world, but it is, in some respects, the end of the life we've known for the last many years. Even when he comes back, I can't see things being the same. He'll have been away for 5 or more months. He will be a different person, with different perspectives. This letting go stuff really stinks.