Today flew by in superspeed. That's a good thing and just one more thing I count as a blessing. I don't want time to slip out from under us because every day is a gift with new experiences and new blessings. However, I do want it to be time for my husband to come home so we can share our days together. It isn't really any fun to wake up in the morning without getting a kiss on my forehead before he leaves for pt or to go to bed every night without my three goodnight kisses. It's no fun eatting my lunch without his company. The tv shows we watch together just aren't the same without his arms around me. Nothing is really the same when he's on the other side of the world. When a day goes by fast it's a blessing because although we are miles apart, it's one more roadblock that we conquered together on our year long journey. It's one day closer to being back together.
Trint called us on skype this morning just as I was getting the kids up. They only have an hour to get ready for school so I sat the computer on the island while I got their breakfast ready. It was kinda great because Trint got to spend a little time with us doing what we do every morning. It probably was more of a comfort for me than him since I was here going about my morning and he could only watch. For me though, it was a comfort to have him in the room with me and to carry on a conversation with him like we usually would if he were here. It was so much like a typical morning with him home that I had this strong desire to just fill up a plate and hand it to him. If only that were possible. I feel for him having to be away from us and watching us from a distance. I know it's a good thing for him to be able to see us, but just as I wanted to make him a plate, I know even more so he wanted to be able to take that plate and sit down at the table to eat with us.
I think I kinda irriated my husband later on in the day, although he'll never admit to it and I didn't do it intentionally. I'm blessed with a husband that does his best to hide it when he's irritated with me, and he never lets it get to the point where he's mad. He just lets it roll off his shoulders and does whatever it takes to show me he loves me. He's always thinking of me and just wants me to be happy. He's pretty amazing! He knows I wasn't trying to irritate him anyhow and that I just miss him terribly. However, I could tell in his voice and demeaner that he was irritated. Whenever he turns his computer on Skype automatically logs him in so it pops up on my computer that he's online. I happened to be on the computer this afternoon when he logged on so I instantly called him. I just wanted to see him again and hear his voice. He answered of course, but I'm sure only so as not to upset me and as usual to make me happy. He was just stopping by his room for a few minutes before he had to be somewhere, and that somewhere is a place I made him promise me he'd go. I'll get to that later. We talked for short while, longer than he really wanted to I could tell since he hung up so quickly, but I was happy with just seeing him for a few minutes. I know he was happy to see me too, he just hadn't planned for a phone call. I'll do my best from now on not to call him everytime I see he's logged in. It's just hard not to talk to him every chance I get, but I understand that he has other things to do and I know he will call me every chance he has time to. I think I'm just at that point where he's been gone long enough and I miss our ordinary routine more and more everyday.
After I picked the girls and my friends two boys up from school today we had to go straight over to Syd's theater class. Usually Wednesdays are short days so we aren't in a hurry and they have time to do their homework before theater. Today however was a regular day and they get out 5 minutes after theater has already started. We quickly made our way there and Syd was about 15 minutes late, but it wasn't a big deal. I took the opportunity to sit and relax until class was over while the boys and Shay ran around outside. Earlier in the day I had to go to the commissary which is never any fun and always crowded. I did run into a woman from church in the parking lot as I was loading up my groceries. I have her daughter in my Sunday school class. Very sweet girl. It was great running into her and chatting for a while. Anyways, back on subject. So anyhow, relaxing outside for a bit was great.
After class we came home and I started getting things ready for my friends to come over for dinner. I have decided to start an sgo here on post. There are several military families at our church and I know some of them are here on Schofield. Having the military life in common I think it would be great for all of us to come together, pray with each other, study God's word, and be here to support each other. Plus, we have to drive a little ways to get to most of the groups so with one on post we also have the added advantage of staying close to home. Tonight was just to kind of see how many ladies would want to get involved and if we could make it work. There were just 4 of us tonight, but that's enough to get started. After all they are small groups. Next week the woman I ran into at the commissary is also wanting to start coming. Hopefully my friend who is my leader connection will be able to come next week to better get us organized. I'm really excited about how God is working it all out and I can't wait to see where He takes it from here.
