Travis has been home since the 4th of February and sadly, he leaves on the 15th...I absolutely love having him home...I rarely change a poopie diaper and that is just the beginning. Since he has been home, we have managed to get Isaiah's room put together. He stripped all of the wallpaper in our master bath so we can paint. He cleaned the yards. Cleaned up the garage so we can park BOTH cars inside of it. Helped organize our spare room to make it "visitor" ready, hint hint. But above all...HE'S HOME!!
I had no idea what he signed up for last spring when he called me and said,"hey, there is a slot available, we'd be able to go back to NM." Well, OKAY...closer to home should be good, right? Little did I know we'd be closer to my family but he would be miles away for whats going on almost a year. Each day I try to wake up and be strong. I always keep in mind every military spouse that has their significant other deployed to various parts of the world. I also think about my friends who have triplets, yes TRIPLETS, who's husband works overseas for six weeks at a time. There are days I get down, but I try to remember that he is so happy doing what he is doing but in no way does he want to be doing it away from us. He would much rather be home with us but for the time being he cannot. So I just have to keep on keeping on.
I have a deep respect for single parents, how do they do it alone? Well, I guess if thats the only way you've ever known then it makes sense and you do what you need to do. Sometimes when he returns we have a day or two of "adjustment" time, I know thats the way I do it, but daddy is home now, so let him do it his way...do you know how hard that is for a LEO. I'm still amazed what an extra pair of hands can help me accomplish and I appreciate him each and every second we are together...sappy I know but thats just how it is.
