March 2009

Time sure flies by doesn't it. Beth and I have settled into our routine here in Idaho and every day things feel more and more normal. Its a little strange sometimes living in the house you grew up in but its a journey and this is just the next step. I am set to get out of the Army in October (it's been 3 yrs already?!) and am considering continuing in the Air Force Guard. There is also a chance I will get stoplossed in Oct for deployment so it will come down to days to see if I am let go or I get to go. If I end up deploying Beth is considering heading back to school while I am away but either way we are both getting prepared to start school again in the fall. Beth and I are still working at Dell and everything seems to be working ok. Well, my schedule got changed to 5 AM to 2 PM so we both wake up now at 3:45 in the morning for work. It means no traffic to fight but no social life either. In fact I slept in this sunny Saturday morning a whole 4.5 hours and still got up at 8:30. There is something wrong with that. I am still flying back to Seattle once a month for drill with the 168th and while its a tad expensive and time consuming I love being back there. Those guys feel like family and even though I don't want to go, I can easily imagine spending 9 months overseas with them.
On another thought, April 20th is coming up and it hit us like a hammer the other day. Personally I was a little shocked to find the pain of losing Aimee has not decreased it just doesnt come to find as often. There are more happy memories than sad ones but it still hurts just as much. We have decided to wait a couple years before starting a family again maybe once we finish school.
I hope you all are doing well. Times are tough but its times like this when you realize what is most important. Things aren't easy but we are enjoying being able to sit down together and eat dinner or read a book as a couple again. God Bless and I hope you enjoy this beautiful spring weather.

-Lynn

Happy New Year!!

Hello everyone. It's been a long time since we have posted Beth and I have been working like crazy to keep up with life in the past couple of months but it was a little annoying to log back in here and see my last post was before the election. It's been long enough. We are really trying to find the time to post more and more. We had a good Christmas since the entire Heinemann clan came to Twin Falls for the holidays and Beth's entire family came so there was a ton of people going everywhere. I am not excited about going back to work next week but at least things will quiet back down. I'd have to say this was the best Christmas that we've had as a married couple and having so much family around is such a blessing. Hope yours was just as good. Christmas for the two of us will always be marked with a touch of sadness because Christmas Day 2007 is when we brought Aimee home from the hospital after her surgery. Beth's parents have pictures of her everywhere, my family not only has pictures but every cellphone in the house has a picture of her as a background screen so we see her everywhere and are reminded of her constantly. It's starting to feel like a dull ache instead of a constant pain like the feeling you get when you've had the flu and wake up the next day feeling a little better. Like you know you're going to make it but you feel stiff and sore from the illness. Now it's the land mines we have to worry about. Once in a while we will be cleaning something and a picture will fall out of a book or I'll run into a little video of her I didn't know I had. Anyone who has lost someone close can relate how months and years later you think you're mostly over it but a particular vivid memory of them can bring the pain back as fresh and as real as the day it happened. Anyway.....

I am curious to see who still reads our blogs considering that its been forever since we wrote a post. Email me at lynn.heinemann@gmail.com I would love to see who pops back on here once in a while.

Have a great New Year!