Countdown....

A busy month is ahead! I can't believe we are already in mid November! Thanksgiving is next week for crying out loud! I think I'm beginning to stress as I write this. A month from today I'll be back in TN awaiting my husband's arrival home!!! AHHHH!!!! I can't flippin wait!! But the process getting there is a stressful one!
Ok so first Wednesday is my birthday, my last year in my 20's! whoa that's weird. Next week we plan on putting up the Christmas tree. My parent's are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year so they will be away on vacation for the first week of Dec and when they get back I'll be getting ready to head out so we are putting up the tree a week early so it will be done before they leave. And to think Christmas is only 37 days away! AHHHH My present couldn't be more joyful! There is a chance Luis will be arriving ON Christmas Day! He better have a bow around him! lol
So...I need to get a few gifts for Ashlyn to wrap and take with us. I plan on getting a tiny tree when I get there for our 1 bedroom temp. apartment, make it feel like Christmas. But it won't be the same it not being in our own home with family but I'll give that up for the chance to see my husband again! Wow, this year has flown by. It didn't feel that way the first half of the deployment but after he came home on leave the second half went by fairly quick, which I'm thankful for.
Santa is getting Ashlyn a kitchen which she will get when we get back to TX so she'll have a big gift when she gets back and so Daddy can put it together this time.
Luis is still high on the list for APD so it's almost a guarantee that he will be hired on and start the academy in March! So we'll be switching from soldier to officer. That will be weird.

The transition out of the Army will be a bittersweet one. It's all I've ever known with him (besides when we first met) The uniforms, the deployments, the trainings, the PX, the Commisary, Army Wives, the list could go on, it will be weird not seeing him in his uniform. We know it's the right time to get out, the politics of this whole war since 9/11 has gotten the best of us and it's time to step away. The time apart is not worth it anymore. I guess I will always have a fear no matter what job he has, soldier to cop does not ease my fears, just changes them a little.
But I am very proud of him, he is such a wonderful husband and father. He takes such good care of us, always concerned about us when he's away. I told him the other day that I was dreading the car ride back to TN (15 hours or more) and how I bet he was dreading his long flight back. He said "no, this is going to be the most exciting plane ride I've ever had" It was so sweet. He can not wait to get back to the states, to see his baby girl again and have home cooked meals, to be with us everyday, to sleep next to his wife at night and to get far away from the Army and all the crap it has brought his way lately. What a way to end the year! I can hardly wait!
I didnt intend for this to be so long, I was just going to mention how fast it's going by and thinking what all I need to get done before I leave and then my thoughts carried me to my best friend, the love of my life..he's coming home in 1 month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!