Normal People

Okay okay so I am a little behind. There has been a lot going on and the sad thing is that I can't remember half of it. I really should start writing it down. That however, would be to easy.

Anyways, last night we had some friends over for dinner. At least I hope they can be friends, especially since they are normal and normal is good. There names are Mike and Kate; they have three kids, Gordon (15), Amanda (7) and Paige (5). I think I have the girls ages right but I might be off by a year. Actually they just moved here from Ft. Lewis. Josh and Mike knew each other there but we never hooked up. That is probably for the best since our last house was not conducive for guests. He is in PsyOps as well so it was nice for Josh to have someone else to talk to about Airborne School and what not.

I made dinner and then we just sat around talking. Isabelle was pretty intrigued with the girls but played more on her own than she did with them. She must have liked everyone because at one point she was walking around making funny faces and she usually doesn't do that around strangers. All of their kids were very nice and well behaved ... again with the normal! I did feel a little out of place when they all started talking about secret missions and government policies. See Kate, used to work for NASA (if I am remembering all of this correctly) and was approached by the Chinese government to work for them. She has had meetings with the FBI and all sorts of niffty stuff. Needless to say I had nothing to compare that to. Oh well.

They actually live in the subdivision next to us so they are about 5 minutes away. We were talking about having a game night in a couple of weeks. They even brought me a gift. Out of all the couples I have had over for dinner they are the first ones to follow proper etiquette. It will be nice to have some friends again.