Realization! - By Eric

Today is Sunday and I'm in Los Angeles for a volleyball tournament. I'm the assistant coach for a volleyball club and this is a qualifier for the Junior Olympics (my sister Alison is the Head Coach). I left Friday afternoon and I won't be back home until Monday evening. All weekend I've kind of been in a funk. I've been kind of grouchy towards the guys and I've been feeling a little sad. It has been so confusing to me why I've felt this way because it really has been a fun weekend. The weather is 80 degrees and sunny and we're staying in a really nice hotel. It finally dawned on me what the problem is though. I was sitting in the sports center waiting for our teams turn to play and I realized that this is the first time in a really long time that Kelly and I have been apart for more then 10 or 11 hours. I've been missing Kelly! That's why I've been sad and that's why I've been so grouchy. Kelly is back at home unpacking our boxes from the move and putting our house together and I'm 400 miles away wishing that I could be with her. Just look at the pictures in this Blog and you'll see why I miss her so much. She's amazing! I just have to wait less than 24 hours now. Next weekend will be nice because we can actually spend the whole time together. Now all I have to do is think of some fun things for us to do.