My Flight Privileges Have Landed

Two years ago today I walked away from my dream job with an amazing company, filled with amazing friends, precious memories, and of course, benefits that you just couldn't beat. SWA was my home away from home; my second family. But, all the memories and fun, silly, crazy times (oh yeah, and career enjoyment...) I had, I wouldn't trade a single thing to be there instead of where I am now. I left when Cooper was 10 months old, and here I am, two years later, with an almost three-year-old running around and nine and a half weeks away from having another little boy. I am so incredibly grateful to be able to stay home and be a part of Cooper's day, every day. I'm thankful to Philip for working so hard to enable us to live like this. For the most part, I feel like I'm able to be the mom I want to be; the wife I want to be; and the person I want to be. I just couldn't juggle all of those things while working full-time. I know a lot of people who do it beautifully. I just wasn't one of them.

I've been thinking so much about this today because today my flight benefits officially expire. No more jumping on flights last minute. No more hopping over to Austin or Baltimore to visit family at the drop of a hat. I'm actually going to have to purchase plane tickets or drive on I-35. What?! How does a "normal" person fly these days? I feel like we took advantage as best as we could of the flight privileges for the last seven years. We've been to Colorado, Washington, Virginia, Florida, Arizona, California, Washington DC, Utah, New York, Nevada, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, plus all over Texas...and several of those places we've been NUMEROUS times.

So, while today is a little sad for me, I'm happy knowing that at 9:00 this morning, my almost three-year-old little monkey and I went for a walk. At 11:00 a.m., we sat in the playroom and pretended to be trashmen and construction workers, building block towers and giggling together. At 12:30 p.m. we had a lunch date together. At 2:00, I laid in bed with him and read him books, then we both fell asleep.

It makes my heart happy knowing I have the privilege of doing those things every single day with not only Cooper, but with both of my boys in the coming months. And for that, I am grateful.