Homecoming Info!

Tom's flight finally came up on the FRG website with a homecoming date and time. If everything goes according to plan, he will be home in less than 72 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The End Is Near

An Anti-climactic Answer

Now that I've kept you all hanging for FAR too long, the only news that I have on the baby front is that we are, in fact, having one. We were unable to get a clear view of the sex, so we're looking forward to the next ultrasound which will be done shortly after Tom redeploys to the states!

Keeping it short and sweet, here's what the donut is looking like. He'll be home next month!

IT'S A............

Well, we actually don't know yet. But we should know tomorrow after our ultrasound!

Get your guesses in now before the big reveal. :)



And a small donut update. We're finally getting there! It's sounding like our current dates will hold, but we'll see. Cross your fingers that we don't get pushed back!

I Can't Believe That I Forgot...

to add this!!!!!!!!




And so begins the downward climb!

Home Sweet Home

To make a long story short, I made the difficult decision this week to put my life in Colorado on hold and move back to IL with my parents. Things were getting too hard out there alone, and I had run myself ragged between work, school, and everything else. It's a huge relief to be back in familiar territory surrounded by family and pets that love me. :)

Jasmine and I have been settling in over the past day, and she appears to be adjusting well after the long drive.


We've been watching the corn surrounding the house being harvested all day, which I suppose is better than watching the corn grow in the spring. It's great to be home in the sticks!

And now for the best update of all:

Home Sick or Homesick?

Was feeling awful this morning, so I left work early, bought myself some organic macaroni and cheese (the only thing that sounds good), and have been home relaxing/napping the day away. Been having a not-so-great week, as I think all of the alone time is starting to get to me. I guess this is the beginning of the slump to 50% that everyone talks about.

Thanksgiving needs to hurry up and get here.

D-Day Plus 3

I did end up receiving a phone call from Tom on Thursday night. We were only able to talk for about 2 1/2 minutes, so I don't really have much info to share. He arrived safely in Kuwait, where he'll be for several days to acclimate. It was early morning there when we spoke, and he told me that the temperature was already in the high 80's. He told me that he was going to be attending some briefings over the next few days before hopping a flight to Baghdad.

I haven't heard anything from him since so I assume that he has not had any access to communication. Hopefully I'll hear something soon so I can update on how he's doing.

In good news: the donut has moved! We're already 2% done, which means that time is moving much faster than I had anticipated. It'll be at 50% before we know it!

D-Day Plus One

After saying goodbye yesterday, I was expecting today to be especially tough; however, it proved to be a relatively good day. It started with a 4am wake-up call from Tom, letting me know that he was at his first layover, and it was so wonderful to hear his voice. After lazing around this morning and early afternoon, I had the treat of talking to Tom online through Yahoo messenger while he was at his second layover. This layover was abroad, and we were pleased to find that the call feature worked very well- we were able to talk for about a minute before he had to turn it off due to a lack of privacy. (Literally the whole terminal could hear that we were talking, poor guy. Thanks, hun, for putting up with my silly requests!) Hopefully the Internet connection in Iraq will be able to carry the signal and we'll be able to chat often.

He's now on the final leg of today's journey, on a plane between somewhere in Europe and Kuwait. I'm expecting to hear from him again after he arrives, so hopefully I'll be able to update with that info again later.

As for me, tonight I'll be enjoying the Grey's Anatomy premiere and preparing to go back to work tomorrow. I'm almost looking forward to it, bratty kids and all. Seeing as I spent most of my day watching the computer to see if Tom would log on, I think working will be a more productive use of my day.

One last thing: military wives use something called the "Donut of Misery" or the "Deployment Donut" to keep track of homecoming in a way that doesn't violate OPSEC. Since we can't say "he's coming home in 43 days," the donut tracks the percentage of the deployment that is complete. Here's a snapshot of today's donut. Pretty depressing, huh?