earlybird dinners and anticipations and frustrations

I took this picture at 4:20 pm today. Yes, this is us eating dinner. Yes, this is a terribly shot, terribly enhanced picture edited on my Samsung Galaxy 4 mini. But I made homemade cream of mushroom soup that is much healthier; I made homemade balsamic vinaigrette for our salads and I don't know what has become of me, but I am growing rather fond of it. We got our first love seat today and now have furniture in the living room that isn't a futon! We spent time in all three of our home towns, enjoying our time too much to have pictures to show, with both family and friends, eating pancakes and pizza, frolfing, celebrating birthdays, going to church and d r i v i n g [always] but those sweet times are worth it. Our together times are my favorite. But work weeks are different: fighting for time together if that means dinner at 4:15 while he comes home on his hour break, showering earlier than normal to have time together when the other gets home from work, snuggling on the...