{"id":4403,"date":"2008-04-19T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2008-04-19T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T13:01:00","slug":"thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4403","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">By the looks of things one would never guess we\u2019re leaving for 3 weeks to TX.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I have yet to start packing and I still need to retrieve the suitcase.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I believe I\u2019ll finish up my cup of coffee and then I should get busy as we have dinner reservations in <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Dallas tonight.<o:p><\/o:p><\/st1:city><\/st1:place><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Sometimes I wonder why things don\u2019t seem like reality even while going through the motions.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>We were just commenting this morning that this would be our final trip back and that\u2019s not sinking in.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>It doesn\u2019t seem final and perhaps we\u2019re having a little moment of reflecting on all the good times there.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>We\u2019re \u201ctrying\u201d to plan for a big farewell party but I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll get that pulled off or not.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>We hope so but if it\u2019s just too much, we\u2019ll have to cancel those plans. <span style=\"\"> <\/span>And I keep wondering how it\u2019s going to feel pulling away from the house that last time.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Comic Sans MS';\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">One thing we are both grateful for is having a sense of where we plan to live for many many years to come.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I keep telling Bobby that I think he\u2019s going to have a very hard time pulling me away from this home we&#8217;re getting ready to build.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Although he knows I\u2019ll follow him to the ends of the earth in a heartbeat.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">But Bobby even commented that we may never sell our home up here as we both really like this area.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">That chapter is yet to be written but for now we will take this one day and step at a time and enjoy the moment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54486\/282\/912326E072E0D684DBBFDF228FB0CE16.png\" style=\"border: none; background: transparent;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the looks of things one would never guess we\u2019re leaving for 3 weeks to TX. 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