CrAzY WEEK!

We found out the day before I was to leave NC that AJ's Gunny and Captain in Iraq E-mailed him and told him to go home for my sisters wedding, that they would be in late Sunday (Today) from Iraq. We went back and forth about spending the money and bringing him home for such a short time. We came to the agreement that we had saved this money and why not use it for something like this. I have to admit that I was worried about him coming home for such a short time and so fast after we left. But, it did make saying good-bye in NC easier because it was only a few days. He felt very guilty about coming home because his guys were still in Iraq, but all his work was done and he was just waiting. So, I didn't broadcast that he was coming home. He knows that anyone of his Marines would have done the same thing give the chance. We are all glad he did and that we spent some extra money yesterday to have him leave later in the day today after we heard the Marines were delayed a day.

Having him home earlier then expected was wierd. I was worried because I hadn't had the things done to the cars that needed to be done, had his closet done, and just some of the random organzing I wanted and needed to do. He said it was alright, but there were several comments about the cars. I have to admit that I knew I was going to make him mad when he went to turn on my van windshield wipers. One of the blades was literaly hanging off. I knew I could take it to the auto shop, but really didn't want to get to it. I went and did that the first thing after he left today. Check mark number one before next weekend.

This weekend we were constantly running. Spending a lot of time in separate places. As hard as I thought it would be, it all was fine. It was nice to have him take care of the boys yesterday morning so that I could be with my sister. The boys were upset that there was no time to play Wii or wrestle. We literally were busy from sunrise until almost sunrise again. It was wonderful waking up to him every morning and having that warm body at night.

As I said earlier, saying good bye was rough again today. I just held him and cried. My sister noticed him getting teary eyed too. I am just so done with being strong and doing this on my own. When he is around things are so much easier. The boys listen better, everything is less chaotic. As soon as he left, I wasn't really sure what to do with myself again. I just don't feel whole when he isn't around. Even though it is 5 days, it just sucks.

Well, it is time to regroup and get everyone to bed.