Great Days

Budget night is the new date night

It's been a while since I just wrote about life, so here we go. 

I can't remember if I've reported it here, but a while back, Soldier got a reassignment. Basically we had a last resort of putting in a hardship of me having to go to Seattle for my RA treatment. While we were waiting for our paperwork to go up the ranks I was afraid to be optimistic...I honestly didn't know if I'd be able to handle it if we got turned down. But we were approved and we'll be moving to Cleveland, Ohio this fall! Any haters can keep their mouths shut; if you have any good places to visit/eat/things to do I'm all ears. 

With the impending move, I've decided I'm really going to try to appreciate Juneau for our last few months. Fortunately, we've had a beautiful summer so far so it's been a little easier. I've been trying to take in the magnitude of the mountains, the strangeness of looking out my office window to see a fleet of helicopters landing, watching the cruise ships dock and seaplanes land and take off from my living room, eagles and bears just doing their thing, and all the amazing salmon Soldier has been catching. I've even been having a little flare up with my knees, but my attempt at positivity and insistence on walking most days seems to help a lot. 

But something happened today I never would have expected. In the 2 and a half years we've been married, Soldier would broach the subject of a budget and I immediately shut down. To me a budget means you're telling me I can't spend my own money on what I want. But with the move coming up and having a real summer, I'm more open. So he had me listen to a podcast he thought I'd enjoy and we came up with a plan: weekly budget nights. Today was our first one and we had a great time! We had great conversations and came up with a good starter plan, had steak, and went walking/playing Pokemon go. (I like to call it Poke-hunting and yeah we're kinda nerds, what of it?!) Then we came home and just hung out for a bit. 
There are some days that I truly, truly appreciate my Soldier and the life we have, and this was one of those days. It's easy to get down on all the negativity, so it makes me appreciate those days even more. 

Anyway, let's see...we have a trip home in August and we booked a cruise for next year. Exciting stuff! I'm still working on the Brazil book, it's taking a while as expected. Well, until next time dears!