Well, as the first day of 2012 ends I'm feeling very optimistic about everything that will unfold this year. It will be a year of many changes for our family, both big and small. I'm excited to see how it will unfold, since we still have no idea what direction things will head.
We're nearing the half way mark on this deployment, and I'd thought that would feel like a big hurdle. I was hoping for a sense of relief, for a weight to be lifted, a feeling of "it's all downhill from here- the hard part is over"...... but that is far from how I actually am feeling.
I'm more annoyed with the whole thing. I'm tired of it. I'm fine, emotionally I don't feel much different. I will say I find myself getting
aggravated easily over little things though, and that's not my style. It's a feeling of not being able to do anything to change the situation even if I wanted to...
There's also the reality, that if all our best laid plans come true, Dustin will be gone the majority of this year too. Our goal is for him to go back for additional training to allow him to change jobs after this deployment. He'll only be home approximately 2.5 months out of 2012. We only got him for about We only got him for about 4-5 months in 2011. So.... about 6 months together out of two years adds up to a lot of alone. And after a while, alone gets old. I will be the first to admit that there are times I love alone. I'm the perfect person to be alone.... but even I get over it at some point.
I wonder sometimes if our communication options were better if I'd not be so
aggravated lately.... who knows. Too many what-ifs to really know. What I do know, is I'm super happy to be getting our lives back to busy! We took a break from everything over the
Christmas holiday, and getting back in the swing of things will be helpful. We all do better when we have our routines as close to normal as possible.
Now that I've spent plenty of time complaining, I will try to be better about some fun exciting picture filled updates!
What are holidays without muddy puppy prints to clean up?
Jaceys most favorite gift turned out to be a hair set for her dolls.
Teenagers.... music, headphones, new books.... he's a happy camper.
The coolest new Nerf alternative.... no foam darts for the dog to eat!
Bitty Twins Ava and Aiden. Jacey is loving them!
Duke found his gift under the tree and was mad the kids wouldn't stop opening theirs to play with him.
Gavin loves art! He got a set of pencils and nice paper to practice on. Maybe his school work will have more work than doodles now? It was worth a try!
Bitty Twins Ava and Aiden. Jacey is loving them!
Duke found his gift under the tree and was mad the kids wouldn't stop opening theirs to play with him.
