Almost there........

Can you believe it????? This stinking deployment is just about done. My head is swimming these days. Most days I am not functioning on a normal level. It is rather stupid actually. The other day I am going along talking to Zach and paying little attention to my surroundings and low and behold I get pulled over for speeding!! I was so pissed at myself, can you stand it? What is my deal with cops in this town? I hae to get my shit together or these next few days are going to be torture, well.... more torture than they already are!

Mark got some fantastic news the other day. He found out that he made it into the masters program thru Annapolis, the Naval Academy. He is going to do a year at the University of Maryland and then two years teaching at the Naval Academy. I am so happy I could spit! He wanted this so badly and I so glad that he got it, he so deserves it! So, we will be leaving this lovely city called Jacksonville come April. That is going to be so weird, I have lived here for
8 YEARS, we moved for five months for a school and that was it! This is all I know. It is going to be hard, but I am so ready for a change, to get away from this place that is associated with deploying and sadness, I just want my husband home and to be a family, permanently. These few years have been quite difficult, but I am so very proud of my husband and his marines. They have accomplished things that we as civilians cant even begin to understand, especially since the media refuses to show anything "GOOD". When I start to get down on things ,I stop for a moment to think about what these brave men have done for us and our country and the people of Iraq, and it amazes me. It truly humbles me.

Anyway, Zach and I are doing what we can to make this next week and a half go by quickly. He is in gymnastics and loves it! I love to watch him do all his new stuff. He was doing head stands the other day! This is actually something that he gets excited about and looks forward to; there is no arguing or crying or pleading about not wanting to go, he ASKS me when its time to go!
How 'bout that?? School has officially started for him. He is in Ms. Val's 4 year old preschool class, much more grown up than the three year old class. heehee He has been doing a very good job so far, and has been bringing home wonderful projects and worksheets that they have worked on in class. He is learning how to use scissors and write his name. I love it! With Zach being back in school it gives me time to do my own thing! I make sure and get to Beans, my favorite coffee place, and I read my book and drink my coffee and enjoy the solitude. The good thing about the quiet and the solitude is that it is temporary. I know that in a couple hours my world will once again be filled with endless questions about why we cant get another puppy or hear him change his mind yet again about what he wants to be for Halloween. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
We are so ready for daddy to come home. It will be so wonderful to be a family again. Its been a long time coming. Almost there.......