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Location: Alabama, United States

Married to a National Guard soldier. Just waiting for his departure overseas. This will the second go-round...I feel like a pro this time!

Sunday, August 27, 2006

He's on American soil!!!

YIIIIPPPPEEEEE!!!!!!

I got the best wake up call at 6 o'clock this morning......Jeff is at Fort Bragg!!!! I hadn't spoken to him in a week a two days....and the first phone call I get I found out he is on American soil....what a great feeling! It makes me want to get in the car right now and drive up there, but I know i can't. He still has to fly to MS and process out. SO....I have taken the whole next week off of work. I am driving to MS tomorrow to be there right when they let him go. They may cut him loose Monday, at the latest Tuesday....either way I am going to already be there! We are planning to stay in Jackson for a few days. I have reservations set up....the last night at a really cool B&B that a Southern Living travel editor suggested I check out...its going to be so cool! I anticipate alot of hibernating! We will probably just stare at each other for awhile and be amazed that we are actually in each other's actual physical space!
I am a little nervous....not sure why. I know all the information about PTSD and the FRG has given us some great information about dealing with your soldier coming home from a combat zone. Because Jeff is a police officer, we sort of deal with a certain amount of stress on a day-to-day basis here at home. I know that war is a totally different environment, but I can't help but feel like we won't have too much adjusting to do. His attitude is one of a hardened cop and soldier, so I really don't anticipate alot of the expected problems that some soldiers might face. That's not too say that we aren't aware of the problems, I guess I just feel more comfortable than if he was a young soldier coming home from his first deployment to a job that is 180' different from the military. In a nutshell, he still has to wear a vest and carry a gun to work everday...if you know what I mean!
Anyway, I can't believe that I can actually say I will see him maybe tomorrow. At least by Tuesday! This has been a long year... I can't believe in September it will be a year. He is a week or two early, which is fine by me. This time last year we were getting ready for all this and now we are getting ready to be together again....its crazy!!! I know we have both learned so much and will continue to do so. I just can't wait to get my hands on him.

1 Comments:

Blogger kbug said...

Wow!!! Great news!!! And I bet you've got your arms wrapped around him right now...since it's Tuesday already..... :)

We won't get to wrap our arms around Seth for another 3 months yet...but it will sure feel good when we do.

Hope you guys enjoy your mini-vacation, you deserve it...and much more. Hugs to both of you...

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