Taking Advantage of "Now"

I've found myself extremely torn recently. Part of me is anxiously counting down the days to my sabbatical where I get to take 3 weeks off of work, enjoy a trip to Croatia with my sister, as well as a full week back home in MN... the other part of me is wishing that time would slow down and Bobby's deployment wouldn't come nearly so soon. I've been lucky enough to have him around so much lately that it's definitely going to take me a while to get back into the swing of doing things myself and being by myself. (No offense Wrigley and Gracie.)

Since I can't control the time, and the Navy has made it abundantly clear that I can't control Bobby's schedule, I'm trying to take advantage of every day we do have together. Songs like Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" are a good reminder of living each day to the fullest but, lets be honest....I can't really live like I was dying. If I knew I were dying next week, I'd be eating everything I could get my hands on and would have left the country to squeeze in as much travel as possible. Not sure how many "final days" I can really afford...and I really don't want to have to buy another bigger pair of jeans. :) That being said, I'll just stick to enjoying every hug and relishing each conversation we get to have face to face until he heads out again. Looking on the bright side of things, it's the last deployment with VQ-1! Wooohooo!!

Deception Pass Bridge

Work has been crazy busy these days and my brain can't spend another second thinking about anything advertising related. So, why not update the blog?! :)

It's hard to believe but Bobby and I have very few weekends left in Whidbey Island...together at least. In a couple of weeks Bobby will be taking off for another 4 month (give or take....normally take) deployment. That will most likely bring him home in January ad we should be making the big move in the beginning of March. Scary!

That being said, last weekend I signed us up for the Deception Pass boat tour. The Deception Pass bridge connects Whidbey Island from the main land and is only 10 minutes from our house. Given the millions of times that we've crossed it and the fact that it's one of the top tourist attractions in Washington, I figured we should actually stop and enjoy the view for a change.



It's quite the view! Especially on a day like we had on Sunday. I couldn't back up far enough (or I'd fall of the bridge) but you can faintly see the mountains in the distance just off of B's left shoulder.



We got our tickets for the boat tour but didn't have to be at the dock for another half an hour. In the mean time, we thought we'd hike around the top of the bridge a bit more. I even got Bobby to smile for some more pictures! Small miracle...






The boat tour itself was pretty cheesy but just being on the water and having the weather we did was enough for me. We don't get too much sun around here so I was definitely enjoying it!



Mt. Baker was in full view - there's something about Mountains being so near the water. I love it!





The boat slowly made its way around the bridge through some ridiculous currents. I had all but tuned out the tour guide by this point so I can't tell you why they're so strong but oh well. You don't really care either. :) We'll just leave it as "it looks cool."




We even caught site of some bald eagles! (they're in the tree towards the top...clearly I need a zoom lens)



More of the bridge...






We were starving after the tour so we hopped back into the Jeep and grabbed a late lunch at the Deception Pass cafe. Clearly this was a theme day so we figured we might as well just go with it. I would have gotten a picture with Bobby and his burger but he ate it so fast I couldn't pull out my camera in time. He said it's the best burger he's ever had so we may need to go there again this weekend!