Day Twenty-Four.

Tuesday, January 11, 2010

Man, it has been a LONG day!! It feels like it's been like 3 days in one!

Talked to my honey. He was really super tired. The day shift is really taking a toll on his body. By the time he gets somewhat adjusted this week, he'll be switching back to his regular night shift! Our conversation was shorter than usual. Neither of us really had a lot to chat about.

I may not get to chat with him tomorrow. He has some kind of weapons thing tomorrow after his shift, so he may not get a chance to call. We'll see. It isn't as difficult if I can expect it, as opposed to not knowing what is going on. However, I know that it's not always going to be possible to know ahead of time.

I started out doing well today. I progressively got worse and had a bit of a breakdown. I'm looking into school and the tuition is ridiculously expensive for out-of-state residents, so I am trying to figure out what I want to do. Also, no word on any jobs so far. I just want to be doing something, besides collecting dust, as I feel I am some days.

After my nervous breakdown, I decided to lie down for a bit to "reset" my brain! When I woke up I checked my email and saw that there was a message from the FRG leader about the "company town hall" meeting changing locations. I just got added to the email list, so I hadn't heard anything about this meeting to begin with.

I sent a text to one of the other spouses and asked her about it - she said it was info about our guys' home-coming. So I got ready and headed up there within about 20  minutes! I was late, but still got some good info. It was nice to see a couple of the spouses there too and chat with them.

It sounds like my soldier will be leaving Iraq on March 7th and then will be home a few days later, just depends on how long it takes them to travel. It could take up to 5 days they said. So if it does take 5 days, let's say, then that'll be 84 days total.... so potentially 60 more days (Or Less!!) for my soldier to be back home in my arms!!! Hooah!

Some days that seems like a lot, others it doesn't seem as bad. This afternoon it would have seemed like a million years...but this evening, it's manageable.