Carry On

I've finally made it back to the potato state. I was actually home on Monday but have been busy enjoying my family (mostly my 4 year old energetic/imaginative/awesome niece). It was a long road (pun intended) but I'm finally here.  I was so happy when I finally hit the rockies and had something besides flat, desolate land to look at for the remainder of my drive.  Unfortunately the roads were still pretty bad so I had to bypass Kevin's uncle in Woodland Park and head strait to Grand Junction on I-70 to stay with my brother. The road took me through Denver where I stopped at an American Indian taco joint called Tacobe.  It was...in Guy's words...off the chain! I had the marinated chicken taco with fresh made fry dough topped off with hominy sauce, green chile stew, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. 

After enjoying my delicous lunch I headed to Grand Junction and enjoyed a view like this and better the whole way.

Because my brother lives in CO,  I've only seen him about 3 times in the last two years because time was very short on my limited trips home from school. It's a good feeling to know that I have some pretty awesome family to come home to. And since we are both nerds I thought is was appropriate to show our nerdiness together.

On the final stretch back to Idaho I stopped at a pretty amazing sandwich shop...which I will definitely be returning to. It's called Moochies Meatballs. I had a meatball sub made with pork sausage and beef meatballs drenched in the best marinara sauce I've ever tasted with melted provolone cheese all wrapped in a toasted blanket of delicious bread. I was actually so hungry that I forgot to take a picture of the sandwich but here is one of the place.

Finally making it home is a very bitter/sweet feeling for me. When I left Idaho over two years ago I never would have imagined I would be returning alone.  I am so happy to be done with school and so sad that Kevin is not here to celebrate this with me. I know he is so proud of where I am today...and what my future has in store for me, but the feeling of missing him will never go away. One of the songs I listened to on repeat was "Carry On" by Fun and my favorite line in the song is "May the past be the sound of your feet upon the ground." This is so true. No matter how much I miss him, no matter how much I want him here with me to start this new life...I have to keep moving, keep living,and keep carrying on not just for me...but for him.  

I keep this dragonfly on my review mirror to remind me that he is always in my past and will forever be in my future. As long as I keep looking forward...It's okay to look back once in a while to remember what an amazing husband and friend I had on this earth.