Super Sunday!

So it has been a year since my life changed or should I say since Skinny and my life changed. It was 1 year ago today that I was sitting outside the courthouse waiting for Skinny to be released from Jail to wait for his court date for his 3rd OWI. I have to say I feel a heck of a lot better than I did a year ago. But i was dreading this day for a while now... or should I say I was dreading Superbowl Sunday... I didn't know what was going to happen or if we would even make it to yesterday. But we did... and it was actually a pretty nice day. We hang out most of the day in the apartment and then headed over to Rands for snacks and the game. I wanted to make sure that there was as little temptation as possible. Since Rands is pregnant I knew there would be no alcohol in the house. The subject of drinking didn't even come up really. Other than a quick chat about how Skinny is half way thru with his time at the Fort, nothing else was really said. It made me feel like we really have made progress in the last year. I know there was a time I thought he would never stop drinking, but now there is real hope at the end of the tunnel. We made it thru the agonizing period of 8 months of waiting for him to be sentenced, then the 1 month of Skinny not being able to leave the Fort. We lasted thru the 8 hour furlough, the 12 then 24 hours furloughs. To make it to the 36's...where it makes it really feel like we are not apart a lot. Still looking at how far we have come, we still have so much more to go..... I mean we really don't know when he will be coming home for sure, or what parole will entail. But I guess we have made it to this point... so it should be all down hill.. right?
I'd like to think that we are getting back on track... but we will see. The real test will be a year from now.... when Skinny is home and has to really make the decision where to watch the Superbowl and to drink pop or beer. Only the future will tell.... too bad I don't have a crystal ball.