Must I Always Be Waiting on You?

The days for Kenny's r&r are getting closer and closer.  Needless to say, each day is bringing more and more anticipation.  It is a tease to know he is so close to coming home, but it still seems forever away.  I feel like such a dork, I have a countdown on my phone any everything, but it helps to pass the time and it gives me something to look forward to.  Every time I look at my phone, I see how close I am to having him home, even if it's only temporary, I absolutely love having that to look forward to.

I wasn't sure if I should let Caiden know his daddy is coming home, and I've decided not to until we are on our way to the air port to get him.  Since he is too young to understand the concept of time, it will just confuse him more.  But I am so looking forward to the excitement on Caiden's face when he gets to see his daddy.  Just thinking about it makes me happy.

This past Saturday the kids and I went to Kenny's armory for family day.  It was weird being there, I've never attended family day without Kenny, and there aren't many soliders there now.  It was completely different than what I'm use to seeing.  There was one other deployed family member that attended, which was awesome, and it gave me and her a chance to really sit down and talk, and it felt good to be able to do that.  Although I do FRG so I email family members back and forth a lot it's completely different to be able to have a discussion face to face and really just talk everything out, and it was a relief to be able to do that.  The biggest advantage was Caiden got to spend the day running around like the psychotic 2 yr old he is, and burned a lot of energry....made an easier day for mommy, so I can't complain on that one. All in all, I feel family day was a success, but I'm so glad the planning for it is over with!

I have been busting my ass with my school work, and I have successfully finished the first portion of my schooling, I am just waiting on my final grade before I move on to the second half.  I previewed the work I'm going to be doing, and it is A LOT more than what I had in the first half, but I know I can accomplishs it, I just need to pace myself amd not try to rush the process.  I'm glad I was able to get as far as I have already in just a matter of a couple of months. 

I do know that when Kenny comes home on r&r, I will not be focusing on school work, I will only use facebook to upload my daily pictures of the kids, and I will be on an FRG hiatus (or I'll just deal with FRG late at night if I start to get the emails).  I'm taking a break from everything and focusing on my family, and that's it.  So to be blunt, everyone else will just kiss my ass.  =)