One Day Closer To You

So it's finally hit me like a big ole mack truck hauling butt down the highway that this deployment is coming to an end. We're down to single digits in the percent AND actual days. Still can't tell you over the internet, but it's close. So close! The next thing you know I will be posting pictures. I'm so excited. Speaking of pictures, here are a few to brighten your day (or night as the case is now).

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the tragic unfolding of 9/11/2001. My first thoughts are wow, it's really been ten years. I remember I was in 8th grade when this event happened. We had just gotten back to Boone Middle School from our morning algebra class and were playing chess or checkers. It was a sad day really, but at the age of 13, I wasn't really AWARE, if you know what I mean. I was a silly child of sorts. I still didn't truly understand the loss or the impact this event would have on our nation for years to come. We truly will never forget the men and women who gave their lives both willingly and unknowingly. I think of today as a day to honor, remember and mourn those lives, but to also thank those who continue to serve. Our police, firefighters, EMTs, and military just to name a few, put their lives on the line daily to protect this country from enemies both foreign and domestic. Today is a day to thank all the people who helped pick up the pieces of our b

So here we are down to the wire in this deployment. I've waiting for this since March when Danny left. I know we're coming up to the end! I just know we are. BUT I haven't heard anything from the Family Readiness Officer or any of the volunteers that work with him. So now, I am sitting in limb, waiting for information.  I really don't want this homecoming to end up being a rushed sort of thing. I want the anticipation. I want the wait. I want to go with a friend who's hubby is returning too! I want pictures. I want memories. But the way it's looking now, this homecoming will end up being the kind where I know nothing until last minutes. Possibly even just getting a call that they're back stateside and I need to pick him up. I'm hoping and praying that isn't the case and I will be haunting my inbox all day Monday for a response from the FRO. I'm just so over this deployment already. I can and will hang in there though. It's not that

I've been on the planet called earth for 23 years. I'd love to tell you I know everything, but it isn't true. Please don't return the encyclopedias you were going to give me for Christmas. They may be useful yet. I have learned hard lessons and some pretty easy ones too. I've learned useless facts and not so useless ones. I know that you can almost never stay friends with an ex boyfriend (or girlfriend for any guys reading). Friends come and go. People you vowed never to part ways with at graduation are suddenly in your life less, or not at all. People will use you to get what they want, and when they're done with you, they'll ditch you like you never existed. I've come to realize about myself that I'm better off without some people in my life, and the ones that mean the most actually strive to stay in it. I've learned to drive a manual transmission. I'm really good at it, even though it's only been 6 months. I'm not afraid of