It was so nice to see my husband!!! The best part is that they are letting them come home early for thanksgiving so He'll be here tomorrow!! I get a whole week with him before he flies off to Vegas for the final part of training.
BB, he'll start deploying next year, probably in the fall. No matter what happens in Iraq, he'll be deploying to somewhere in the world to at least try and keep the peace. That's our life!!
Update: I spent the past couple of days in Hot Springs with family. My step-grandmother passed away on Sunday. Don't send any condolences, really. I don't wish to speak ill of the dead, but she was a wretched human being. I adored my grandfather and was very close to him, but never understood how he could love or be with such a horrible woman. She is my uncle's mother so I was there to support him. My grandfather passed away 4 years ago while I sat and held his hand in the hospital. I haven't seen her since then, and never wanted to. I just kept in touch with the others. She went out of her way to ruin people's lives. I remember her getting mad at my mother many years ago for something stupid like a borrowing a washer/dryer. She told my mother she'd get her back so she wrote my dad a letter saying my mother was cheating on him. Who does shit like this? My grandfather had to intervene and stop her from trying to break up my parents' marriage. She has had little to do with us since. My grandfather and I made it a point to visit with each other away from their home so she wouldn't try to start something. I think he pitied her for being obviously crazy. He was a very patient and compassionate man. Needless to say, hardly anybody came to the funeral and none cried. they just shrugged off her death as if it was no big deal.
It really made me look at myself and the kind of person I am and want to be. I could never imagine hurting others around me to the point that they wouldn't give a damn if I died. I wonder what made her such a heinous human being...
Anyways, other than that, I did enjoy spending time with my other family. They are a good bunch of people with big ol' hearts. I will be trying harder to stay in touch more with them. I've missed a lot.