Army Communication...

Caption: "So the memo said 'Twenty one GNU salute' huh?"


The Army (brace yourselves here) constantly has micommunications.
I know (gasp!).
Crazy huh?

Well, Mike didn't have school today like he was told, it starts tomorrow!
At least he got some stuff done for his new apt. moving stuff and whatnot so it wasn't a total waste, but for us the first day apart is always the hardest. From there we're fine. I managed to keep myself busy today, but bless his little heart I just got a call and he sounds so sad! "I miss you.I know it's because now I can conentrate on it." Poor guy. He's just thinking about how he COULD have had another day. To us, these days are precious because he's stateside. (and in the Army life, EVERY day is precious! You never know what's going to happen!) Plus, it's getting harder to see eachother with gas being so high ($3.09!) and exercises and responsibilities requiring him to be near Ft.XXX more often, plus he's got some other several week classes coming up. I guess he's just feeling it all (we both are!).
Tough guy that he is doesn't show it and doesn't focus on it, but he's really good about making me feel cared for, loved, and missed (without being too mushy!)
He'll be fine, I just feel for him. He's got a lot going on and I know feels robbed of a day with me. (Not to say that I don't miss him too!)Sometimes, in this life you don't know how many days you have left till this order or that order or moving here or there. We're lucky that right now is pretty stable, but I can tell we're both starting to feel the pressure of it all. He won't admit it, and probably doesn't even realize it, which is great. I'm grateful for that.
I try not to "countdown"- that's the worst thing you can do. You waste a lot of time doing that, but when stuff like this comes up I can't help but get a little bit angry. That's when I start to think about "Oh Gosh, only X days/months left!" but then I get a hold of myself and realize that dates change all the time and not to focus on it.
Plus, I reminded him (and myself) that he'll be with my family for Thanksgiving, so we'll see eachother soon. (After that is another two week school! Most likely with very little communication, but for that one I knew about it and pre-wrote some letters for each day.) < I learned a lot of great tricks and tips from my mom!
Another day in the life of the service...
Onward and Upward! We'll take it one day at a time until deployment happens, and then well.. we'll still take it one day at a time!