Oh, boy!

So I am extremely, extremely slack. I know! I don't know why I have such a hard time getting around to blogging. It's now that I am always too busy, but I am gonna try...once more ;)

We are all settled into life back here in South Carolina. Easley, to be exact. We are very much enjoying being closer to family again. We have already made a few trips up around Asheville and have visited Biltmore Estate. I am really looking forward to the fall and going to the mountains to see the leaves change.

Ryan is a recruiter in Clemson and he hates every minute of it. His hours are horrible. At the very least, working 16 hour days, and sometimes longer. A few nights he hasn't been home till after midnight. I was told this was a hard job and to expect these things, but knowing that really doesn't make it any easier for me. It isn't supposed to be like this, and there are regulations stating such, but no one from his Battalion seems to really care about that. I hope things will get better and that the hours will slack up some, but I ain't holdin my breath! I hope for Ryan's sake we can make it through these 3-4 years. I keep trying to remind myself that he could be deployed and in harms way. At least he isn't in harms way, but it's almost worse knowing he's so close and yet just can't get the time he needs to spend with Ryley. He mostly sees Ryley on the weekends b/c he leaves before dawn and comes home very, very late during the week.

Me and Ryley just joined a local playgroup here in the Upstate area. We go to our first playdate tomorrow. It's story time at a Library. They'll be learning about fire safety b/c it's fire prevention month or something of the sorts. The real reason I am taking him, is because at the end there will be a fireman and fire truck that they'll get to check out. We were very involved in a playgroup back in San Antonio, and very much enjoyed the outlet it gave us. I am looking forward to getting back in to the swing of things.