Well, Frank is out of town. He’s in Iron Mountain, MI right now, sound asleep. He has a 4:30 am wake up call and he should be home by 3pm tomorrow afternoon. Hoorah! I guess even though he lies on my blog, I do kinda like the guy. I mean, he’s my best friend in the whole world and all that mushy married stuff…
Work has been pretty stressful and busy. I actuaally need to get to bed, but I hope everyone is doing well!
Hello all,
Before I begin, I should probably say that this is not, in fact, Emily. It’s actually Frank. I, along with all of you, check Emily’s blog daily to read her take on this crazy story called life. Recently, I read a post that supposedly outlined a day in my life. Unfortunely, this post is INCREDIBLY inaccurate.
Allow me to explain exactly what a day in my life looks like.
6:03 am – The alarm goes off. She moves over, hits the snooze button, pulls the covers up to her chin and is back to sleep. This is true. I however, bolt awake, look over at my still dozing yet blushing bride, and gently scratch and rub her back and arms, coaxing her oh so easily into another day.
6:14 am – Repeat above.
6:29 am – “I am getting out of bed. I swear. Frank, tell me to get out of bed.”
“Emily, you work hard. If you need a little more time to sleep, that’s fine. I’ll go and make breakfast for you. Eggs Benedict again? We’re out of fresh oranges, so the orange juice will be store bought instead of fresh squeezed. Is that ok?”
“uh huh.”
6:45 am – “Well, I guess I missed my work out.”
“That’s ok. You really don’t need it. The amount of calories that you burn when you work as hard as you do at the office does more than replace a missed workout. How about I give you one more quick massage and then start the shower for you.”
“ok…”
7:00 am – Emily gets out of bed. She goes to shower and by the time she gets out, breakfast is waiting for her on the table, and Diane (MMMmmm… skirt.) and Charlie are on the tube telling us what’s going on in America today.
7:45 am – While Emily was getting ready for work I go down and do a light 45 min. workout. As I don’t want to strain anything, I keep it below 150 lbs. I come up, take a quick shower, throw some clothes on and then drive Emily work.
8:15 am – I get home, have a quick bowl of cereal and a granola bar, while getting my news by reading the completely and totally unbiased drudgereport.com, snopes.com, and the onion.com.
8:45 am – I begin to do laundry. In order to be as efficient as possible, I’ll wash the clothes I’m wearing now, which causes me to be operating, for a short period of time in the, uh “buff”, to use a well chosen word to describe me.
8:47 am – Phone rings – it is my still subtly blushing bride.
“So, what are you doing?”
“Laundry. Guess what day it is?”
“What day is it?”
“K Family Naked Day.”
“Frank. Please get fresh oranges today. I’m tired of store bought OJ”
“Okay.”
“I mean it.”
“Mmhmm, after West Wing. I’m doing laundry.”
“It’s a deal.”
10:00 am – West Wing is on Bravo, or “bruhVO” as I like to call it. It is true that I have a little bit of a thing for CJ. And Donna. While watching the West Wing, I fold and iron laundry. As my gently brushing bride likes to wear an average of four sets of clothes a day, there’s quite a bit of laundry to fold and iron.
11:45 am – Phone rings – It’s the oh so softly blushing bride, the love of my life. I get a little excited when she calls.
“Frank, what’s that noise in the background?”
“Nothing, what’s up?”
“Was that a flush?”
“No, what’s up?”
“It was! Gross!”
“WHAT IS UP?”
“Can you pretty please bring me lunch?”
“Of course. Sushi again?”
“uh huh.”
“OK. I’ll be there in a half hour.”
12:15 pm – I bring Emily lunch and eat with her.
12:30 pm – I drive to the airport to check my mail box, then to skyway HQ to get a bunch of free airplane tickets for Emily and her friends. Sadly I can not go with on these trips because I have a 90 minute leash on me that’s attached to my suitcase at the airport.
1:30 pm – I go to the store and shop for a bit. Chicken Voila and Diet Dr. Pepper, and lots of it.
2:30 pm – I come home and take a brief power nap.
2:50 pm – Phone rings – It is the eternal flame of my heart, the object of my desire, my ever so lightly blushing bride.
“Hey. Watcha doin?”
“I was just getting up from a nap.”
“Have you done anything today besides bring me lunch, take a nap and watch West Wing?”
Not wanting the wife to feel bad I keep my response to “yeah.”
“Ok. Well, I’m going to a rep lunch for the rest of the day. Can you pick me up at 5?”
“Yes’m miss daisy.”
“What?”
“Nothing. I said I’ll try not to be so lazy. See you at 5.”
3:15 pm – Emily likes to come home to a clean house, so I clean the bathroom folding the towels and clothes “hotel style” the way she likes, scrub and swiff, dust, vacuum, rotate the cushions, do the dishes, scrub the sink, light a few candles and put a bottle of wine in the fridge.
4:45 pm – Leave to pick up Emily.
THAT, my friends, is a day in the life of a pilot on reserve
Well, not to be a big whiner, I am working today. And I worked yesterday. Today is Sunday. Yesterday was Saturday. I’m a little bit tired. Frank is flying tonight and tomorrow night and will be home Tuesday, so that will be good for him. Hopefully things will slow down with work and I can go with him on his next trip. I have 3.5 days off left to use by the end of the year, so i need to figure that out, too.
So anyway, that’s kind of what I have been up to. Yesterday I went to the Women’s Christmas Brunch. That was absolutely adorable. THe kids put together a Christmas Musical that they preformed – just as cute as buttons, these little kids! I also got to spend some more time with Amy, a girl from my small group. That was fun!
Personally, Frank and I are working to make prayer a bigger part of our lives. Our goal is to invest in prayer before we make decisions and to help us really consider things before we speak. The idea is that through prayer, we will be in the mindset to see and hear what God wants for us and let that drive our decisions.
Well, I gotta get dressed and then we’re going to church.
Hope everyone is doing well!
6:03 am – The alarm goes off. She moves over, hits the snooze button, pulls the covers up to her chin and is back to sleep.
6:14 am – Repeat above.
6:29 am – “I am getting out of bed. I swear. Frank, tell me to get out of bed.”
“Emily, get out of bed.”
“No.”
6:45 am – “Well, I guess I missed my work out.”
“I guess so. Move over.”
7:00 am – She gets out of bed, finally. I take her side of the bed – it’s warmer.
7:55 am – “Well, Frank, I’m going to work, I love you. Good bye.”
“Bye Babe. You want me to drive you?”
“No, it’s okay.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah. It’s only 22degrees out. I’ll be fine.”
“I’ll give you a ride.”
“Oh, okay.”
8:05 am – The house is empty. Begin morning ritual. Pour cereal. Scratch. Pour orange juice. Stretch. Watch music videos – this is the only time of day that they play those things. Scratch.
9:00 am – Scratch.
9:15 am – Phone rings – it is wife.
“So, what are you doing?”
“Nothing. Guess what day it is?”
“What day is it?”
“K Family Naked Day.”
“Frank. Please at least shower today.”
“Okay.”
“I mean it.”
“Mmhmm, after West Wing.”
“It’s a deal.”
11:59 am – Phone rings – it is wife.
“Please tell me that you have showered?”
“Even if it is a lie?”
“Frank!”
“You know, CJ really sells herself short sometimes. She’s really attractive.”
“Okay, Frank, CJ is not a real person. Did you see the check list I left for you?”
“Mmhmm.”
“Please, please, do something on it.”
“Yep.”
“Is that flushing I hear?”
“Mmhmm.”
“Gross. I have to go. I have a meeting.”
“Ok.”
4:45 pm – Panic has settled in. Shower. Dress. Shave. Brush teeth. (well, rinse)
Oh, to be a pilot on reserve 🙂
Well, in the past week or so, a few things happened. I turned 24 on Tuesday. For my birthday, Frank gave me gorgeous diamond earrings and we had a lovely cocktail at the top of the Pfister in a bar called Blu. After our sophisticated evening out, we went to Target and picked up a copy of Shrek2 and watched it. Perfection! I love that movie!
We also had our first Bible study group meeting last Monday (out of order, I know) and that was great. I’m really excited about the people we met and the relationships we are forming with them.
Okay, I would write more, but Frank is watching the Passion and it’s hard to write in my blogger with the violence going on.
Well, just to get everyone up to speed on what has been going on, I’ll do a sort of chronological/categorical update.
First of all, Oct 31, Dor, Jamie, & Craig came up for brunch, which was great because it was so fun to have visitors. Then, Bush was re-elected (ugh) and after that, hm. I can’t remember what was next. But anyway, we found a new church which is really the big thing that has happened of late.
Sunday the 7th, we went to Harvest for the first time and we just knew that we loved it. Right away, people reached out to us. We went to a newcomers dessert and immediately following the dessert, several people called us to get in touch for a couples ministry. Yesterday, we went to the 5:30pm service and met several people. Tim & Jennifer asked us over for dessert, but since we hadn’t even had dinner yet, we chose to go out with Tim & Vicky, who asked us out to dinner. Never in my entire church-going experience, have I been in an environment where everyone was so friendly and inviting. We had dinner with Tim & Vicky, who were just pleasant and funny. It was such a nice time!!
Today, we went to a Packer’s party at Jeff & Amy’s house and we met a whole bunch of great people and joined a couples small group, which is going to be awesome. Frank and I have never been involved in a Bible study together, and I think this is going to have a tremendously positive impact on our relationship and our own spiritual lives. I think that prayer has been an element of our relationship, but I think that we are entering a time in our relationship and our relationship with God where God will be the center of our lives – as He should be. I think that’s going to just be a huge change and improvement. It will not only give us a better center, but also help us reflect more on important decisions and help us listen better to what God wants for us.
I don’t think that I can quite relate exactly how important this is to us, but hopefully it will be evident in my journalling as we become more involved and really seek out God in our lives on a more regular basis.
Huge. That’s what I have for you. Huge.
Did you?
Frank and I made our way down to the Milwaukee Library to vote. We stood in line for 30 minutes (just a little chilly).
So yeah, that’s about it. I’m watching the election coverage – it’s so exciting!
Saturday, October 16, Dorothy & Erik were married at 3pm at St. Zachery’s church. Then we partied hardy at Beau Jolie!
YAY DOROTHY & ERIK!!! 😀
The ceremony & reception were beautiful. It took 2 yrs, but they are finally married. HOORAH!
I gotta go snuggle with my own dear darling. See ya!
Well, just to recount what has happened here in Milwaukee since Frank & I moved here:
1. Bomb threat at the Milwaukee Federal Building – suspect is arrested and held without bail.
2. Brewers sold.
3. 2 power lines are tampered with and subsequently collapse onto the Amtrak lines that go to Chicago. The collapsed power lines cut off power to the airport where all security equipment is shut down and huge lines form as each individual is hand searched. Turns out someone took out a few necessary bolts from the base of the towers.
4. The Packers are now 1 – 4, their worst start to a season since 1991. I was only 11 then. Hm.
Maybe we left Chicago in time for the Bears to have a decent season… I need to check out their stats… Hmm, just checked out the Bears stats. Guess the good news is that they aren’t doing a whole lot better than the Packers. That somehow makes me feel better. Phew.
So Frank and I now have DSL at our apartment and my computer has a wireless connection so now I am totally mobile! yeehaw! I’m one happy girlie!
In other news, for the first time in the history of our marriage, Frank and I are having a lazy Saturday. We have just been sort of doing things here and there around the house. Frank has been playing his computer game and I have been going through recipe books looking for recipes for a baby shower I’m hosting for Frank’s sister, Kathryn.
Yay!!!
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