Ok, it's been a while

I know it's been a while since my last blog post so I thought I would give a quick update on our family. Life have been absolutely wonderful since Patrick has been home. I forget how easy life can be when there is someone to share the responsibilities of life with me.

One of the first things Pat did when he returned home is become assistant coach to Britnie's softball team. He loved the opportunity since he wasn't home in time to coach a team himself. He received a plaque at the end of the season and was very honored by it. As much as he loves this family, he has that itch to deploy again. He loves what he does, and unfortunately in order for him to do his job he needs to be deployed.

Britnie has been in Colorado for the summer with her biological dad and his family. She seems to be having a good time and is able to spend a lot of time with my parents. It's amazing how fast she is growing and it's hard to believe she will be in 4th grade this year.

Bianca spent 4 weeks with my parents this summer and was able to ride on a plane for the first time as an unaccompanied minor. She thought she was hot stuff! She grew about 3 inches in the time she was there and has lost 2 teeth since she has been home. She continues to be a bookworm and is anxious for school to start.

I should be finishing up my degree in March. I missed my chance to finish in December because of my last minute decisions. I had every intention of finishing in March and then decided (once Pat came home) I wanted to finish in December so I could start working. Unfortunately, I am unable to take 23 credits in the fall semester in order to finish my degree so it will have to wait until March.

We are still living in this disgusting base house, but there is hope in sight. They have moved out most of the people in the old houses and are currently on the cul-de-sac before us. This time next month we will hopefully be in a new, beautiful, bug free home. Keep your fingers crossed for us because they always find a way to post-pone our move.

Today is the day!

Only 7 hours left until our family is together, and it couldn't be going any slower. It has been so hard keeping it a secret from the girls. They think he is coming home on Thursday but like we always do, we are going to surprise the girls. Tomorrow is Britnie's birthday so Pat is going to wake the girls up in the morning (which is going to be the best wake up of their life) and cook the family a pancake breakfast. How awesome is that that he is going to cook, and I don't have too lol. I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they realize that daddy is right there infront of them.

My friend Claire came by earlier today and I ran outside when I saw her. We started doing our silly happy dance and jumping around like little school girls. It was so fun and exciting to have that burst of craziness. After our little dance, we came inside and started playing a card game called "slaps". For those who know how to play speed it is the same concept, but much funner. We threw a twist on the game by having my dad hide one of the cards so we ended up running through my house looking for the joker. It was so much fun and it did make the first few hours go by fast.

My girls should be home from school soon and then it will be time for girl scouts shortly after that. After we get home from girl scouts, they are going straight to bed so I can start getting myself ready to go. I'm hoping that the last couple of hours don't take as long as this day has.

So for now, this is the update of my torturous day. 6 1/2 hours and I will have my husband home!!! YAY!!!

Make the week end!

So.....here I am only a handful of nights before Pat returns home and I feel like I have so much to do, but no motivation to do it. I have accomplished a lot, but the things that really need to get done I keep putting off. I washed and put away all of his clothes the other day which I really enjoyed. I think that was one of the few times in my life I enjoyed laundry. My parents got into town this last weekend and they took the girls for the week up to Virginia. You would think this would be the perfect time for me to get things done, but I haven't. I have enjoyed the peace and quiet with no places to be but it sure makes the days go by slow. My school work is getting the best of me. I started my psychology class last week and have been working non stop to try and get ahead in that class so I'm not stuck in front of the computer working on school once he is home. My degree is already an accelerated major so our classes are only 5 weeks long. I am trying to get a 5 week course done in 2 1/2 weeks. It isn't working so well. I can't even seem to focus long enough to get the reading done. I feel horrible because I am stressing about it so much and all I want to do is get it done. Oh well, I guess I will just have to figure it out and get as much done as I can before he gets back. I'm not willing to ruin my 4.0 GPA because I want to rush through a class. I keep procrastinating to deep cleaning because i want to do that the day before he gets home. Tomorrow I will be taking his car to get cleaned and an oil change and other than the stuff already mentioned, everything is done. I guess it doesn't seem like a lot, but when emotions are high and you can't focus for 5 minutes it seems like an impossible task. Come early next week all of my stresses will be behind me and what doesn't get done will eventually get done in due time. I am ok with the fact that I won't get everything done that I would like too, but at least I have enough stuff to do that I will keep busy. (even if I can't focus.) The last time I heard from his he said it would be the last time until he returned home. I think it is harder now not being in contact with him than it was during the deployment. It must be the fact that I know he is in route home and I just want to know where exactly he is. So for now, this has been a nice rambling session for me and I'm sure it is hard for any readers to follow, but I just needed to get it off my chest and relax a little bit. Hopefully the next time I post on here it will be because I have more exact information. Very soon, but not soon enough he will be home.