deployed

Yup. The Sergeant is in Kuwait.

Friday night the Little Mister and I dropped him off...and now we're alone. I've talked to him a few times, and he's doing well (it's very warm there, in the 90s, and here at home we have a fresh four-ish inches of snow!). He misses us, and we miss him, but at least he has wireless internet so we can chat.

The Little Mister seems unaware, most of the time, that things have changed...but every time we hear someone in the apartment stairwell he looks expectantly toward the door. So even though he acts like his happy little self most of the time, he's still waiting for Daddy to come home.

*sniff*

As for me, busyness is my friend. I've done countless loads of laundry, washed piles of dishes, cleaned the bathroom, done some organizing here and there. I'm reading The Will of the Empress, listening to Abhorsen (Tim Curry is an amazing reader!), and watching episodes of M*A*S*H. I'm spending extra time cuddling (when he'll let me!) and playing with my Little Mister. In short, I'm doing everything possible to keep my mind so full of outside stimuli that it cannot think. At this point in time, thinking could lead to a bad place, so I'm avoiding it. I'm even wearing myself to exhaustion before I collapse into bed, so weary that I just fall asleep instead of being kept awake by my usually buzzing brain. I know this is not a permanent solution, but it's working for now, and I'll be better able to cope in a week or so.

I hope.

the flag we made for Daddy for his birthday
(yes, Saturday was the Sergeant's birthday. Such timing.)

chewing on the flag we made for Daddy :)

a quick family picture, just before we said goodbye...

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I can hardly believe it, but this is my 99th post!! To celebrate my 100th post, and to cheer myself up, I thought of a fun giveaway. Woo hoo! I'm not gonna tell you now - don't want to spoil the surprise! - but trust me, it's good. ;) I'll be back in a few days with number 100!