Skip In My Step

Jake and I have been looking for a place to live in the Sacramento area and very little has come up and what does come up ends up getting snatched very quickly. Needless to say, it's been frustrating, exhausting and stressful. This last trip consisted of me driving to San Jose to stay with my sister, picking up Jake late that night and then driving to Sacramento the next morning on the 26th and then driving back to San Jose that evening to have Jake fly out and return to work and I stayed at my sister's before driving home the following day (yesterday, the 27th). Even though the driving went well and we got to look at a few places, I returned to San Luis Obispo feeling troubled.

Today has been MUCH better. Two glorious things arrived for me today:

1. Beautiful flowers with a note

It's funny to get a message from Jake in a woman's handwriting

The flowers smell SOOO good!

This was such a nice gift to have unexpectedly arrive. Jake tends to be more pragmatic and so little romantic gestures do not come naturally. I, on the other hand, love romance and am more idealistic than Mr. Springsteen. So to have flowers delivered out of the blue today was quite a treat and definitely an act that does not go unnoticed! This thoughtful gift put an extra skip in my step the rest of the day. I do have a very loving husband and it's great.

2. My wedding album!

I have been working on this for a long time and so it was fun to finally finish it and have it arrive. Every time I look at the pictures I am reminded of the love that Jake and I share and the fun and specialness of that day.

Then there's this kid

Oh how he makes me smile. It's not a bad job hanging out with him all day (especially when he takes a two hour morning nap! YAY!). 

I look forward to Jake coming home on the 30th. Until then, I will smell the flowers and remember how blessed I truly am.