He's Coming Home!

Man has this been a crazy 3 weeks. It seems like is has flown by and drug on at the same time. How is that even possible? Mine & the boys emotions have been up and down, up and down. But Richard is coming home! He will be here this weekend & we are stoked! It's been wierd having him gone and gearing up for deployment again. Its been a LONG time. Last time he deployed was in '06 and last time we geared up for one was in '08. BLUGH. But I have come to the conclusion that NTC is just as important for the family as it is for the Soldiers. While they are preparing to deploy we are preparing to have them deploy. Having the gone with relatively no phone access and no internet access is a big part in getting used to how things will be. No, we dont really have to worry about their safety, but just gettin life on track with them gone is hard enough and we need to get ready to have to do that. So as bad as it sucks & has sucked I am glad they have NTC. It's preparing my family for what is about to come. And we are all better off prepared. We are looking forward to having him home tho! I can't wait!

Here is a pic of the last time we welcomed Richard home from NTC. 

NTC...

Well we are back to typical Army Life. Dick left for NTC Friday morning. For those that don't know NTC is National Training Center. Its in California and its where they do their predeployment training. Predeployment training = upcoming deployment.. :( Totally bummed about it. But Dick did volunteer so I guess we just have to deal with it. Although the deployment is going to totally suck it was the best move for our family and his career. While he's deployed he SHOULD get his E-5 (SGT) and will make way more money than he does here so we should be able to get out of debt. So all-in-all this is a good thing. I was doing fine with all of this til he left and has started getting tentative dates. (I will NOT be posting those on here. If we are close you to we will let you know what they are. Otherwise y'all when know after he's gone. Gotta remember LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS!!!) But now that he is actually preparing to leave everything seems so real. Its not just something that MIGHT happen it's something that IS happening and it blows. The boys still dont know the exact details of whats goin on. We will be explaining everything to them when he gets back.
So our lives are about to change drastically. I haven't done this since the boys were 15 months and 6 weeks. (Well he got back when they were 1 & 2) So this is going to be a VERY different experience. I will have the boys feelings and emotions to deal with on top of mine. They will actually be missing their Daddy instead of pretty much forgetting about him. Plus I will be home this time. Thats good and bad. One I will be around family and wont be missing them. But no one thats not military understands what you are goin through and I wont have my military girls this time. I dunno how I woulda done it without them last time and it's gonna be wierd doin it without other wives this time.