I've had a few days now to come to terms with losing "all of my options" in that certain situation (see post below). Time has helped, prayer has helped, and the love of my family has helped. I have also had a new crisis with my 18 y.o. daughter, and that has distracted me some.

Today is our anniversary (#2) and we plan to have fun tonight shooting up fireworks! Reese and I bought some the other day and got some nice, big ones. The boys haven't done any shooting since Reese was in 3rd grade (I don't believe Nikolai ever has!) so we are all looking forward to it. Bottle rockets, Roman candles, etc. Reese was VERY specific to ask that I NOT buy any "sprinklers" (sparklers!)!! LOL When he found out that we were getting "real" fireworks, he was thrilled! A rite of passage.

Our last corrected document just left Paris last night, so we hope that it will arrive in plenty of time to be resubmitted July 13. This is taking so long...

Today we will clean and de-clutter (I can't stand the clutter anymore!!!!!!), and tonight celebrate the birth of our beautiful wonderful country. God bless America!!