HALFWAY!!!!!

Yesterday was the halfway mark for Ken's deployment. At least the part where I haven't seen him. It has been 16 weeks since he left and we have 16 weeks to go. On the one hand it is great.... I made it this long and it seemed to go by quickly. And on the other hand I think... I have to do that all over again?! He gets to call quite often which is great. And I haven't been commited yet so I am optimistic!! I have been blessed that Ken spends all his time in an office on the base. But he hates it of course and would rather be out in all the action. He is MR. G.I Joe. When Ken left I gave him permission to lie about things if he thought I would worry as long as he promised to tell me everything when he was home safe. So a few weeks ago he gave me some story about communications would be down so he wouldn't be able to call for a few days. At first I bought it no problem, but quickly knew it was a cover for him going out and not being able to call for a while. The few days turned into 2 weeks and even though I knew he was out there and not in his office, I felt good that he would be alright. And I was actually happy for him that he got to because he would not be happy to spend the whole deployment in an office!! But once is enough for me. He had his fun and now he has to sit back at his desk :) He sent me a slide show of some pictures that I can't figure out how to get off the video or I would post them. So instead I just included a cute one of me and Ken:) I think of him and miss him every minute of every day. It is the hardest thing having him gone, but I know we will be better for it in every way. I can't wait to have him home and am happy to be on the downward side. And summer is coming so hopefully it makes the time go even faster than the first half. I never in my life thought that I would wish for summer to go by quickly! ;) But then again I never thought I would be a soldier's wife either :) Life is just full of surprises!!!