Day Ten.

Tuesday December 28th 2010

It's actually early in the morning on the 29th but I haven't had time prior to now. (SO it's Officially my honey's birthday!!! I hope that he has a super good day! We'll have to celebrate both our birthdays when he gets back because he'll be gone for mine too... and Valentine's Day!  He'll pretty much miss almost all the major holidays by being over there.. bummer.)

I didn't get to chat with my guy as long as I wanted to today.  He called later than usual and I had plans to meet a girl friend so had to keep it somewhat short.  :(

Nothing exceptionally exciting for his day. He told me that they got to ride in these huge trucks that were super armored. And that he's glad that this is a short deployment!  Next time (if/when there is another deployment) he knows to either have a bicycle shipped or buy one there because of the distance they have to walk. 

He talked again about how there is nothing to do.  I wish I could send him something but they are supposedly shutting down their mail system in a couple weeks once the National Guard starts filtering in and the Army starts filtering out.

He said at least the food is good! That's my honey, always with the food! :)

They have a laundry service there where you drop off your laundry BUT it takes 72 hours to get it back! The other catch is, you can only drop off 20 pieces of laundry at a time! He said that two socks count as one item though. I thought that was kind of amusing..

It sounds like he will be moving to a different shift on January 1st, working midnight to 0800.  I thought it sounded like a good deal because he'll be working a shorter shift, but he said they will have 9 days on before getting a day off. But I suppose if there is nothing else to do, days off probably don't weigh out quite the same as they would back home.

My day was busy. I did some shopping (well mostly returning my friend's items) and then was invited to the Pacers vs Celtics game.  My friend's brother's girlfriend had extra tickets since she is a Pace-mate!
I'm not much of a basketball fan, but for free tickets when I had nothing else going on...who could pass that up!?  It was fun hanging out with my girl!!

They had another extra ticket, so it made me a little sad because I wished that my guy could be there with us.  I do sometimes get that twinge of jealousy, or maybe that's not the right word, more like a longing accompanied by a stabbing pain in my heart, when I see a happy couple ogling each other and holding hands, etc.. I can't wait until we can do that again.  Soon enough...