Musings of Middle Age

We dropped Jeremy off at OU for the spring semester 5 weeks ago. It was a hard weekend for me, as I was reminded that Athens, OH is where I want to be, but not where I am.  While we were there, we went to church at Central Ave.  Paul's message was about...

It's 2013. This particular year has been set in my mind because it is the year that our oldest son graduates from college. Four years ago it seemed so far away in the future...now it has arrived.  2013 will also be a year of more changes for me...
Alex has been told he should be deploying in October (I'll believe it when he gets on a plane...her was supposed to be deployed now)  I'm not very thrilled to be stuck in Alabama while he's not here, but I have some ideas for what I want to do while...

I've been in Alabama for just over four months...it is interesting what has changed from our last time living here... and what has not.
The south is still the south:
I noticed it when I stopped for lunch is Lexington, KY in August as I was moving to Alabama.  I'm back in the land where outward appearance is important to women.  At the Chick-fil-a every woman I saw had perfectly styled hair, was wearing make-up(which...

 So instead of 15 months between posts, it's only been a few days over 12 months.  That's a 20% improvement in time between postings..... right?
So what have I been doing this last year?  Well shortly after my last post, I had a relapse with my SAD/depression.  I totally fell apart:  wanting to sleep, be on the computer or watch TV all day, crying a lot, and generally not able to do, or completely...