two things...one major; one minor



major: my marine brother is home safe from japan!!! YEAH. this is him & his cute wife. it is a treat to have him on american soil again. i can't wait to introduce him to his two nephews.... micah he has already met, but the change in a year is unreal and almost makes him a new person... and to introduce him asher. we are going to visit in april... i just got our tix yesterday - frequent flyers miles are the curse and blessing of all things. it took me almost three hours to get our tix....but they were free. i guess i should not complain, but i want too!!!! it gave me a headache and almost drove me to drink...oh wait - it did. i enjoyed a white russian after dinner. nice!

minor: the next think i want to wax on about is the movie we saw last night the last kiss. ARGH!!!! i had issues with almost everything in this movie except the soundtrack...which rocked: from snow patrol, amos lee, imogen heap, josh radin, cary brothers, etc. but back to the movie...one of the characters says, "relationships just work or they don't." i understand that the whole thing was about choices that people make and relationships but it drove me crazy. i do understand the sentiment of the above quote, but the reality is that EVERY relationship takes work. none of them are easy... commitment is hard. it takes choosing to work through hard things, being vulnerable, and learning how to repent & forgive. those are REALLY hard things to do..... i thought braff's character was a coward...and he just plain bugged the crap out of me. it is scary to look at your life and think that the surprises are over..which was his whole claim....but that is what is the crazy thing about working through life with the same person - there are always new discoveries about that person. we are not static things; we grow and change and the joy of doing that over the course of a whole life is that we get to grow and change together. anyway.... the movie bugged me!

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