Things I miss...

1) I miss hearing his truck crank up in the mornings, it was right beside of our bedroom window and he would always crank it up so that it would warm up

2) I miss him coming and kissing me goodbye. Sometimes I would get aggravated because he would have to kiss me on my mouth, not my cheek, so if he couldn't get to my mouth he would move my head around until he got it. I would get so aggravated because it would wake me up!!! Most of the time I had an extra hour to sleep in but if he would do this then I was awake! I missed an hours of sleep and that hour meant alot!!!

3) Every work day at 3:37, he would always call me on his way home. Just checking in to see how my day was and all that.

4) I miss washing the dishes and have him come up behind me, stick his nose in my hair and just take a big sniff because he like the way it smelt. Then I miss his arms that would go around me and just squeeze me.

5) I sort of miss the hooping and hollering that he would do when one of his teams would make a goal!!! The TV is turned off and I sort of miss it because he would have it on but just be doing something else.

6) I miss the Saturday mornings where we would stay in and clean. He would always have this Hispanic Radio on from out in California. I had no clue what they were saying but the DJ like to tell a lot of jokes and I can just hear him now.

7) I miss him mopping the kitchen in his pajamas. The bottoms of his pant he would roll up and have his black sandals on.

8) I miss his loud whistle when he was excited!!!

9) I miss the Tacos he would bring home on Saturday after he had went to the flea market. Even though I can still go and get them but it's not the same!

10) I miss Sunday mornings when he decided to go and get breakfast at McDonald's. He would get up early and bring back a Gravy biscuit for Aydan and me.

11) I miss the late night talks that we would have in bed. It was just a time to relax and reflect back on the day and what we thought we could do for tomorrow.

12) I miss holding his hand when we would pray for our meals. Aydan always wanted to hold both of our hands.

13) I miss holding his hand in general, even though I always had to grab it first because Mariano isn't an affectionate person.

14) I miss asking him what he wanted for supper or have him ask what was for supper. Then all of a sudden he says, let's go out!!!

15) I miss the smell of his clothes. He left some clothes in the closet, so every now and then I go in there and just put my nose up to his shirts and just smell!

16) I miss him sitting beside me in church. Sometimes my back would bother me and he was such a good back prop.

17) I miss reaching over in the car and placing my hand on his leg.

18) I miss having to adjust my seat after he drove.

19) I miss having his legs to warm up my cold feet while we where in bed.

20) I miss having him in bed because usually after Aydan fell asleep then I would move him to my side of the bed and we would snuggle.

21) I miss his cologne. He took it with him but left the aftershave. So sometimes I will put some on Aydan so I can smell it! LOL....I don't put it all over his face and Aydan likes it so good!

22) I miss snuggling up with him on the couch when he was watching TV.

23) I miss laying my head in his lap and stretching out in the couch. Never got a back rub or even though I asked several times for him to 'tickle' by back, it never happened.

24) I miss the help out in the house just doing my little everyday chores.

25) I also miss the paycheck...budgeting is no fun.

26) I miss going shopping with him. He loved Goody's so I am sure that right now that is where we would be.

27) I miss him feeding Chiquita. I don't like doing it because she stinks! And she did get after Aydan and thus his fear of dogs now.

28) I miss being in the bed with Aydan and Mariano take a run and dive into the bed. Aydan would just cackle!

29) I miss his toothbrush filling up the third hole in our toothbrush holder.

30) I miss his towel hanging up in the bathroom.

31) I miss his laundry....

And the list could go on and on. One thing I DON"T MISS. In the mornings, he would blow his nose that was loud enough to wake the neighborhood and after brushing he teeth he would make this gurgling sound to clean the back of this throat. I hated it every time he did it because it was a disgusting sound!!! and he knew it!!! So I don' t have to get sick!!! He would kill me to if he knew this was on here!!!
But once again the list could go and on and on and on. And on. But I do have a promise from God that I will see him back in the states. When?? I am not for sure but I know that we have gone a month without him and that means we can go on for anther month. I know God wouldn't' have us go thru this trial without the victory. He wouldn't lead us into a valley and have us climb the mountain just to get to the top and get nothing.
But today is day 20. And while I am thinking of it, why this happened, only God knows. But coming back into the states and going thru customs, the guy did not stamp my passport. He stamped Aydan's but we can't find it no where. So I will have to call Monday to get that settled because I don't want to cause a big ordeal at customs when they are trying to find out how I got back in the states.
Well I think tomorrow or sometime close is a dear ladies Birthday in our church. So I need to get off and go to the grocery store and buy my things for tomorrow. Also do some grocery shopping....and I want a new outfit!!! But that will have to wait. I did get an Old Navy sweater at a consignment store for $1. It was really nice!!!