Back to Texas I Go

I am leaving tomorrow to head back home for about 10 days. This makes today a rather busy day. I have at least 3 loads of laundry to do this afternoon and I need to get the majority of my packing done tonight. It also probably wouldn't be a bad idea to go outside and clean the truck out. We've accumulated alot of junk in there in the last month. Today I've already kept an Army wife company while our husbands played golf this morning, baked 24 Banana Crumb Muffins, paid bills, and balanced the checkbook.

I am sorta dreading the 8-hr drive, but I've done it a number of times so I know I'll get through it. I'm leaving early enough to get it over with by mid-afternoon. I'll keep sending silent prayers upward for nice clear roads with light traffic.

I mentioned above going to keep a fellow Army wife company this morning. It's the same Army wife who's children I watched a few days ago. This morning, in the course of our conversation, I found out that her eldest child is not her husband's like I had assumed and that she doesn't have a high school diploma. I have nothing in common with this woman! I don't want to sound petty or stuck up, because I'm really not. I can't tell what she thinks about me so when I'm around her I'm always a little uncomfortable. She seems like the type of woman who would judge me for having a college degree and no children. I really think she's just insecure and a little bit on the shy side. I haven't treated her any different and I play with her children and give her a breather. There isn't any reason for her to dislike me and if she wants to dislike me for having a "better" life/upbringing, then I suppose that's her problem. Oh the insecurities of trying to make friends in this Army world! I really wish I could find someone to befriend that has a little bit more in common with me. Is that too much to ask?

I have a feeling my dryer will be buzzing any minute beckoning me to lose myelf in laundry folding.

I'll be coming to you next from the Great State of Texas!

S.