Chad's R&R questions, answers

So a couple of you have asked how long Chad's R&R is, it's for 18 days with a possibility of 2 days with us from travel time. After his time here he will then return back to Iraq and finish out his deployment. Army has the longest deployments. It's just one of those lovely facts of life for us. I never thought a 12 month deployment would look so good, but once you're in the midst of a 15 monther you see things differently.

So in a couple weeks we'll mark 8 months down, wow I guess now we're officially at the half way mark of this deployment. Half way done and we're already at 7 1/2 months. I will say I'm ready. I'm ready to have him home. I wish he was going to be staying for good, but I accept that he has to return after our 2 1/2 weeks and finish out the deployment. It'll suck. It'll be hard for all of us, especially the kids, but we'll get through it and my goal is with a more positive outlook. I've not had that this deployment and I'm tired of being stuck in the mud about this. It's definitely not helping the deployment go by faster, and it's not helping my children. So I'm going to finish this deployment praising GOD! Praising him that he gave me a man who's a wonderful husband, amazing father, a man of Faith and Conviction, and a man who's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in and not afraid to die for those beliefs either!


Ok...I'm off, got to try and catch up on a few blogs and then off to bed!