Tuesday, February 22, 2011 & Wednesday, February 23, 2011
I was really missing my soldier yesterday. I subscribe to Netflix, so I watched a few episodes of Army Wives and let myself cry a bit. It's strange to feel that "connection" with T.V. characters, that you feel like they are going through the same thing, and you know how they "feel." Even though, you know that really they are regular people.. But it does help sometimes, so I'll take it!
There was one episode where they had a going away ceremony and a bunch of the guys deployed. Although it was bringing back all those feelings from the first day, it was still somewhat therapeutic.
I know I shouldn't be, but I have been thinking about the next deployment. We lucked out this time around and he had a short deployment. After his 18 month home stay, he will most likely be deployed to Afghanistan for a year. This of course depends on the world events between now and then. Maybe some miracle will occur and things will be at peace for a while.....
I swear I will want to pack up my stuff and go with him. I just don't know why they send them for SO long. I'm sure for efficiency sake, but geez. Anyway, I need not think about that right now. He hasn't even gotten home from this deployment yet and I'm already thinking of the next one! I'm not the only one though. I know it is on the minds of the other ladies, especially the ones with children.
It sounds like my soldier will only have a couple more days of scheduled duties, then it will be waiting for a couple weeks to come home. They will only be reporting for formation in the morning and then pretty much released for the day. This is kind of a catch-22. It's nice to have "time-off" but when it's this close to coming home, having long days of nothing to do makes the time go extremely slow!
It is going to fly by for me. I have a lot to do in the next couple weeks. A lot going on with school, and trying to find a dress, cleaning and organizing the house as best as possible, getting all the groceries that my soldier will be looking forward to, and of course finding the perfect outfit to be wearing the day he comes home!!! I welcome the busyness though.. I get butterflies a little thinking about what all my "to-do's" are leading up to!
It is a beautiful day here today and the sun is shining. I hope to be productive and get a lot of my to-do list checked off, and hopefully I am exhausted at the end of the day and can sleep. That is still something I struggle with. I'm sure there are a lot of contributing factors to it, but having my soldier home will surely help!
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