Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.

Not true. We're going by car and will be back on Wednesday.

The much needed vacation time is upon us! Starting yesterday, Sam will be off for a solid week. No uniforms. No crazy calls to go to where people are calling the cops because someone threw a chicken wing at someone else (true story!). No more "don't-touch-me-until-I-take-a-shower" mornings. This is the time that I love the shift change, a whole 8 days of him to myself. I won't be so lucky 6 months from now because he'll have to work for the 8 straight. I was able to secure Friday, Monday and Tuesday, plus the weekend. So any who, we're getting the hell out of Dodge for a couple of days on a trip with my family.

2:30 today cannot come soon enough!

A possible change of pace

Sam may be changing over to the early shift 4pm-3am, which is the shift he was hoping for when the 6 month change-over occured. This just coming after saying they may move his patrol zone back to the Northend. Again where he was before the change-over. Not sure if I'll be happy about being woken at 2:30 to let me know he's home but lately I have been going to bed much later so it'd be okay.

Also he's working out more intensely and I'm loving the fruits of that labor. His upper body is getting back its definition and I love every minute of feeling those arms keeping me close and safe. Not only is working out to look fabulous, he's thinking of trying out for SWAT. Hopefully, no physical incidences with possible perps will happen just before he gets the chance.

I'm rooting for you love.

The New Year

is looking extremely promising! Sam was discharged from physical therapy early, only seven sessions. And after an agonizing two-something hour wait at the doctors office he was cleared for full duty. Starting Sunday, he goes back to serving up "justice with a side order of spaghetti." I'm so glad he can go to work and not sit around twiddling his thumbs. He'll be back to training for SWAT in no time at all. To think it was only another month ago the other doctor was talking about possible surgery!

I have to admit (as I have to him) that I'm not too fond of him switching over to midnights. Firstly, I will not have him to cuddle with in the night because well, he'll be working. The night shift as he has told me is a little more on the dangerous side. But that's what he loves and I can't exactly stop him. He knows how I feel about it and he has assured me that everything will be fine, which I know is true. At least I know his mom is in the same boat as I am.

Now all we need to do is get him a toy for his patrol vehicle. Speaking of toys, I found a great find for him at Staples the other day. I originally saw them during Black Friday and thought about getting him one but hesitated then. I happened to see them on clearance and decided to grab two as gift ideas. I'm going to be in a bit of a gift crunch with Valentine's, his birthday and our first year anniversary; birthday and anniversary just so happen to be in the same month. Well I have a big gift for his birthday already but I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for other ideas for anything else I can think of.

Well time for bed...maybe something will come to me in my dreams :)