Here’s the story….. The rest of it.

Sorry to give everybody false hope for the weekend…. I can’t explain the whole thing on the internet for everybody to see, but it comes down to the birth mother changing her mind. In most states there are a certain number of days that the birth mother has after signing adoption paperwork to decide she doesn’t want to place her baby, she wants to keep him (or her). In our case, our birth mother couldn’t let go. There’s a lot more involved because of social services and drugs and such, but that’s all I can put online. It was a really rough few days, the worst of my life. But Ben is with family, I have a great support group here in Alaska so we’re both doing a lot better. Thanks to everybody who has helped us through this, and thanks to the best family ever. I feel so loved right now, even through all the pain.

My new toy

It’s starting to warm up just a little in Alaska. By warm up, I mean some days it actually gets to be above freezing for a few minutes. I never thought I would think that feels good, but after negative degrees for 4 months straight, this weather is really nice. I’ve been trying to think of a way I can get outside and enjoy the weather. Something easy, that’s more thank just walking. I decided to get a bike. I used to ride to class in college when I lived on campus, and when I was taking classes when Ben and I got married one of our cars broke down so I had to ride from off campus every day. It was something I really enjoyed, and I’m looking forward to getting into it again.

I got a Giant Boulder mountain bike. It will be fun to ride it late when the days last all night. I’ve been looking for bike trails around town and I’m excited about trying some out. Some of my friends have been talking about riding down to Denali in June or July. It would be several days in biking, so it’s time to get in shape!

Scuba Diving

I actually had a fun day at work today. We had some Warrior Adventure thing, and some of us were “voluntold.” I picked the activity least likely to cause a broken bone, scuba diving. So I got to scuba dive in the gym pool this morning instead of going to the firing range. It was pretty fun. Breathing with compressed air is opposite of breathing regular air…. When you breath normally, exhaling is natural and inhaling takes more work. Breathing compressed air you automatically inhale. The air is almost forced into your lunges. Not uncomfortably, but it is a little weird. And then you have to actively force the air OUT of your lungs. It’s a little weird.

Swimming around in the pool was a little boring, but I’m getting a little exited about doing it again and getting to go diving outside. The people that taught the class today usually charge $600 for the certification class, plus you have to buy a lot of your own gear. They are giving us (that took the class today) the chance to finish the class for $130, and we can borrow their gear like we did today. I just might take them up on that offer. It’s a life long certification, and I’ll be licensed to dive any where in the world, since Alaska is a hard place to dive. I’ll never have an opportunity like this again. So when I take the next class, I’ll make sure I have an underwater camera

My new hobby

I have finally joined the ranks of millions of other women who want to preserve their personal photographic history….  I am scrapbooking.  Until recently my mindset was that until I had kids, scrapbooking was pointless.  I used to only take pictures of my cats.  That’s really exciting, a scrapbook full of cats.  Well, I’ve had a few interesting experiences over the past few years, and decided it’s time to document it girly style.  So I went to Jo-anns and spent entirely too much money getting supplies and such, and this is what I have come up with.

One of the pages of us at my military ball. Really boring night, but SO much fun to dress up

Alaska winter page, with frozen eyelases!

These are my two favorite, because they were so fun to make.  I’m pretty excited about doing this.  And if I do say so myself, I don’t think these pages are half bad, for a beginner