Today has been an incredibly, wonderful day. I’m working on getting used to the fact that our ski season is a total wash and embracing the early Spring. It’s not easy, believe me!

But today was Spring cleaning. Yeah, you heard me right. It’s Feb. 21st and we are Spring cleaning. It’s in the 60′s and not a cloud in the sky. El Nino has been here all Winter and we never did get one. We had such high hopes when we hit the slopes on Nov. 15th. lol What a teaser that was!

Well there are many that follow me on Twitter and you heard my quick recently ramblings about ski etiquette. I’m pissed and it obviously needs to be posted.

My husband brought me up skiing at Crystal Mountain. I’ve only been on the slopes for the last 4 years I think, much less than my current 36 years. lol But he grew up going there and there is a seriously good code there. I hate to get into the fact that it’s more expensive to ski there, I truly do hate to get into that. BUT…

Well hubby’s at work and he’s already been warned that even though I hear the movie isn’t that great acting wise and maybe not even story wise, but the message is still there. If you are looking to get in on a free Dvd, then go to my Firefighter Wife blog. You’ll be taken to the post.

I’m looking forward to watching it just because of the message. As a fire wife, I’ve already been through some seriously rough times. Rougher than most departments because of the in-the-line-of-duty death of our Chief. No, I’m not patting my own back. I’m truly saying that even though I’ve only been a fire wife for 8ish years, 2 of those paid, I’ve seen way more and walked through more than I hope ANY other wife has gone through.

My friends sent me a phone pic from hawaii when they ate breakfast from their balcony this morning.  It was 29 degrees at the time here so I apreciated the pic to make my phone wallpaper and to warn them it was going to truly suck next week when they get home.  lol  What else is a sister to do?  I said I was jealous, but thank you for sending me the pic, it looks so cool on my phone!

It’s been a month today since our chief passed away and at times it’s much easier.  We had our best friend over this weekend and hubby lost it again.  Of course when you are talking to your long time best friend about it (like he needed to dang it) then it pulls everything back up.  Especially when his best friend worries about him just like I do.

So we’re putting it all together.  Life is in perspective.  All our stupid stuff that we were fighting over before it happened, honestly does not matter anymore.  It’s hard to even remember the petty things that seemed important then.

Monday I decide we should take Dad’s mind off of the death of our chief.  Let’s go see the Dark Knight.  OMG, wrong choice!  I had no idea there would be so many deaths of the police dept.  I lost it.  Not only did they have the funeral procession and everyone in their blues like I will see next week, but the car pulled up in front of the cops house to tell his wife.  Damn it don’t do that!

I have waited to post this because I just couldn’t be civil about it.  It’s been a few days and the emotions are welling up.  This is my personal blog and it needs to be used as such.

We went to a friends house on Sat. night and were having a great time.  Lots of people partied extra hard.  I however drank myself silly with real pepsi and diet pepsi.  Not the norm and it was fun freaking people out.  lol  Anyway, I let people drive home that said they were ok and I had slight doubts, but only slight.

Well I sit here up late, yet again.  That is not abnormal for me, but my feelings about it have been for months.  I’m lonely.  I’m also not the only firefighters spouse in the world.  I’m thinking a new blog may come from this.  It’s one I’ve actually looked at the domain for, so we’ll see.  I’m just trying really hard not to buy anymore domains and start anymore sites or blogs.  lol

But here is my problem.  My blogs are making me much more money than anything else at this time.  And the more productive my blogs are, the more help I can afford to hire to make my other sites work.  I know the sites will be where the true big money is at.

My heart and thoughts go out to the fallen fire fighters in Charleston. May their families and fellow brothers find comfort in knowing that they are not alone in their mourning. I have been unable to go an hour today without thinking of all of you going through this.

Yes, if you have read my blog for a little while you know that my hubby is a fireman. He has been for 7 years now as a volunteer and was hired full-time in Feb. My only comfort at a time like this is knowing that these men died doing something they truly loved. Even though this is a tragedy that is by no means the norm, it was still with a heavy heart that I sent him off to work yesterday morning.

Well 10 weeks is done for hubby. The first 3 weeks went by so slowly. But the last 7 have gone by much quicker. Absence did make the heart grow fonder in my case. I love him dearly already, but man did I treasure the time we had together on the weekends. Which wasn’t that much since he spent a lot of it studying.