Thank goodness that damn drive is over!

So the hubby and I finally made it to Louisiana after that unnecessarily long drive.  I swear, Texas is unnecessarily long.  Like come on, whoever thought it was a good idea to put THAT MUCH land into one state needs to be shot.  So here I am sitting in my mother in laws living room drinking a glass of wine while the sister in law and hubby are on the couch watching comedy central.  We've gotten a chance to see the majority of the family so we will pretty much the rest of the time home to ourselves without having to worry about scrambling to see everybody and then feeling guilty if we don't.


We celebrated Mother's Day with my mother in law today and doing something with the father in laws family tomorrow.  I can't get over how much of an amazing woman my mother in law is.  I have been extremely blessed with a family of in laws that completely accept me as one of there own and doesn't make it awkward or treat me like an outsider.  She has gone out of her way to make sure that I know how much she loves me and that she thinks of me no differently that she does my hubs or sis in law.  I didn't think it would be possible for me to consider someone to be as good to my as my own mother and even though I know that NO ONE will ever be able to replace the role that my mom played in my life, she comes in a very close second.


I hope I'm ok tomorrow but I guess we'll see how things go.

My patriotic post for 2011...sorta

So I was sitting in my living room watching season 1 of True Blood because I've been saying that I wanted to get into it but never wanted to pay the money to buy the seasons because as I've said before, well, I'm just cheap like that.  But low and behold, HBO on Demand has it so hello True Blood.  So the hubby and I were catching up on it when my phone and his went off at the same time.  It was a text from his best friend saying Bin Laden is dead.  Turn on CNN.  Well needless to say I didn't believe it and sure didn't want to turn off my show to look into it but the husband insisted.  Amazingly enough it was accurate.


Now I am just as excited that the monster that caused the mayhem that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans to date has been brought to justice, I am slightly baffled.  I heard on the radio while bringing hubs to work this morning that some were taken aback by the sight on TV last night of people dancing outside of the white house chanting USA.  I think that is absolutely appropriate.  Countless families lost loved ones in 9/11 to an act of violence like none we have ever seen before and countless more have lost loved ones who have put their lives on the line fighting to protect our freedom and to do their very best to ensure that the United States NEVER has to suffer an attack of that magnitude, or any magnitude ever again.  So do I think that those people have the right to sing and dance and feel some sort of satisfaction in knowing that this monster is no longer a threat?  You can bet your ass I think they have that right.  Is dancing out in the street about it something that I would personally choose to do?  No its not but it also something that I wouldn't fault the families or loved ones for doing. 


However, with that being said, I couldn't understand how the majority of the group of people that were parading through the streets so to speak, were young college kids between the ages of what seemed to be 18-22.  Most of these kids weren't even in their teens when 9/11 occurred and unless they have family serving in the military or lost loved ones in the attacks, they couldn't have possibly understood the magnitude of what was going on or what had just happened.  It just seemed to me that these people were out there partying because it was "the cool thing to do" because everybody else was doing.  I'm all for being excited about being a part of history but it did seem slightly disrespectful because it seemed they were doing it just to do it.  


I am glad that the threat that he posed is gone but I don't think that this in any way will affect the war.  There are always plans in place to make sure that things keep moving if the 1st in command is killed.  There will be someone to pick up where he left off and this war will continue to go on.  Unfortunately that's the reality of the situation.  I definitely think that the people of America should sit down and have a beer for this one though.  It's definitely well deserved.