We're going on vacation! One full week of driving and stopping at several different locations on the way to San Antonio Texas. I know it sounds like a strange location, but Dan and I talked about going to visit his dad. Dan called his dad mentioning that he might go. We still were unsure of our trip until talking with his grandparents, we found out that even though his dad didn't sound all that stoked about us coming, he was actually very excited and hoped we chose to drive his way. So we are taking Joel (Dan's Brother) and Barbara, (a good family friend, currently dating Joel) with us. We will drive down through new mexico, stopping at Kirstens, then take our trip to San Antonio, and visit his dad's club (that will be interesting for me) and go to the beach just 2 hours south of san antonio. I'm just excited to get a break from my job. It's been stressful lately, the economic problems in our country is affecting everyone around us. My work has been making budget cuts, laying people off right and left. They just cut a shift from the wing I work on, which gives us another whole list of work to do. I guess I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, I keep thinking that I'm really glad I still have my job, but I'm having a hard time taking on all the extra responsibilities we get because no one else is there to do it. A week break sounds like heaven to me, and I know it will go way to fast for all of us.

Is the world just going nuts? I worry everyday about the future and what it holds. My fears stand tall in the area of the war, and my hopes are irrational, wishing that Dan will not have to leave, that things will change before he is chosen to go. I want so much for us but it's all put on hold as we wait for the future to take hold of us. I'm glad for those already going through the hard times so that I have examples to help me know that I can do it. But that just helps the tears stop their flow for a time.