On October 21st, I hurried to the airstrip at the base, thinking I was 30 minutes early, and saw the DC10 had already landed and a crowd of several hundred were all ehugging each other and taking photos. I couldn't believe that I had missed the landing, but after a minute or two, I found my sailor!! It took us all of 5 minutes and things were as if we had never been apart! Ah...the joys and blessings of being married for 34 years! :)
We spent the weekend hanging out, catching up on stories, walking, eating, driving around, etc. It was really wonderful. My only complaint is that my dear husband hasn't driven in 7 months and seems to have forgotten that those lights that hang in the middle of the intersections actually turn red, which means stop! Same with those octogon signs that read S-T-O-P! :) Thank the Lord that I haven't lost my touch in backseat driving, so I have kept us safe and ticket-free! :)
Dan is back at work this week, so I kiss him goodbye in the morning and go for walks, read, watch TV until he gets back. Then we go out to eat! Really, can you describe the perfect situation any clearer than this?? Alas, I will be leaving on Friday morning, and hopefully Dan will follow the following week. He will be checking out his kidney stones, and going through the de-mobilization process.
Now that the year is over, it seems to have flown by. I know we didn't think that when we were in the middle of it, but it really did. We look forward to some sort of "normal" though we don't know what that means. In my time on the beach yesterday, I spent time looking at different scriptures that speak of making our plans. "Be careful...we don't know what tomorrow will bring" Good reminders for me.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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