It helps that the boys come home at noon. I’d asked my husband if he misses me while I’m at work, not in that annoying way, but just in a curious, “Oh yeah, this is different for you too, what’s it like?” sort of way. He said its’ not like he’s crying about it or anything, but that yeah, he likes having me around. I took a walk after work and thought about how much I love being home.

The past two weeks I’ve been training on REACH. I still really like it though I’ve been slightly discouraged that I’m still also in the middle of the training process and likely will be for another while yet. I’d rather have it this way then be thrown into things before I am ready. But I do get frustrated with myself sometimes, that I have to be dependent on asking this other nurse for help, thinking that I’m bothering her, or wondering how much farther along I’d be if I’d kept on doing this since the beginning.

But those are only minor thoughts. Some of the geese flew back this afternoon while I was walking. I admittedly wasn’t expecting them back this early, I figured it’d be more in the middle of the month. But anyhow there were a bunch of them. The past three days I’ve walked for over an hour straight which is the most I’ve intentionally walked in over three years. It’s quite the miracle.