Last night we had our first official dinner at TH413. Chinese food, from the place down the road called "Great Wall".

Before dinner, we had to make one of the biggest decisions of our lives.

Which seat at the table were we going to choose?

Normally, this would be an easy decision; but since the table came with previous memories attached to it, (it's Kristen's family's old kitchen table) I had to choose wisely.

My first choice was rejected, because it was Liz's seat, as was my second and third choices which wound up being John and Momma Bladel's seats as well. My fourth choice turned out to be the seat where Kristen used to sit, so that was rejected.

I wasn't going to even attempt to sit at the head of the table, because that's where Mr. Bladel sat, and at this point in my life, I'm not even close to worthy of sitting in a former Navy Seal's seat.

The other head seat was Kristen's grandfather's chair, whenever he came over to visit, so I thought it would be nice to leave that seat empty in his honor.

That left me without a chair at the table.

So I decided to eat on the floor.

Which was also rejected, because that's where Kristen's dogs used to sit.

I went to bed without eating dinner.