Well, he's home!! He came home a couple weeks earlier than had been expected and the night he came home will forever be burned into my brain, just like the night I saw him for the first time after Iraq. I had been counting down the days in my head but never wanted to get my hopes up too high just in case the date would change. When I finally got the actual date of when he would be home, about five days prior...I was so excited! I kept myself busy by deep, deep cleaning our home and playing Call of Duty with my brother. When the day came, I was so nervous!! When I say that I was nervous, not many people understand because after all, I'm just seeing my husband. And I don't really know how to explain the nerves, but I'm sure all military wives can agree with me that homecomings are nerve-wracking!!! Sadly, I have no pictures...which really bums me out now but at the time, I wasn't too worried about pictures. Having him home and around has been amazing. I think we both grew a lot during the summer and we have just been trying to make the most of the rest of the summer. His work schedule is back to being out of control, but who's surprised??
Now let me backtrack a little bit because although I was without David, I did have a fantastic vacation to Denver and Boise in June. Denver is a little piece of home that I love so much. The majority of my family lives in Colorado and it's always a nice little escape for us. My mom and brother met me at the airport and we spent about five days there and can I just say that being with my brother, who is one of my best friends in the entire world, was just what I needed. While there, we went to the mall, to dinner and lunch...the usual. But then!! We went to the Colorado Renaissance Festival!!! I hadn't been in a few years and it is always one of my favorite things to go to. I think every person needs to experience a renaissance festival at least once in their lifetime. It's like you enter another world, with different food, clothing, pastimes...different everything and it is SOO much fun. That was probably one of the highlights of my summer. I love going to Colorado!!
After Colorado, I traveled back to Boise with mom and Tony. I always love going to Boise and this trip was nice because it was the first time that I was there during the summer since I had moved. I mostly spent quality time with the family and being there during Father's Day was a nice touch too.
After I had gone back to Texas, I had about a month left until David was home so there was a lot of hanging out with friends and doing a little bit of partying to pass the time. When July 25th came and gone, David and I left for Boise on the 27th! Not only did we have very little time to prepare for this trip, our parents were given a one-day notice. :) While I wasn't too excited to drive across the country for the third time, the fact that we were traveling during the summer was a nice change of pace. Since we didn't get on the road until after midnight, we ended up finally rolling in to Boise around four in the morning. But like always, as soon as we made it to our destination, the drive was behind us and we were excited just to be home!!
During the first five days of our vacation, I was posted on the couch because I wasn't feeling well at all. It was a drag, but it gave me some time to chill out and gave David some alone time with his parents. Usually our trips are jam-packed with seeing people and places...but this trip seemed more relaxed. We didn't really plan anything and just played everything by ear. At the end of the first week, we drove up to Crouch and stayed with a family friend at his cabin. It was beautiful!! We drank, laughed, shot a few guns and David spent over an hour trying to get a dirt bike running. :) We mostly spent a lot of time with both of our families. We had a few barbeques, went to a few bars, and popped a tube going down the Payette. We both had a lot of fun and this trip proved to us how much we really do miss being home.
Since we've been back in Texas, business is as usual! David is being worked to the bone and I am back to the usual routine, with the exception of trying to find some type of income and trying to stay cool in this ridiculous heat!! I'm pretty sure we have had close to three months straight of temperatures over 100. Yuck!! These next few weeks are going to be busy for David and lonely for me with field problems and shooting rockets every week. Our second anniversary and my parent's 25th anniversary is coming up too! The Army will have my husband on our day once again but I know that someday we will finally be able to celebrate our anniversary together...possibly in a year and a half. :)
With the holiday months coming up, we will be staying busy and keeping our fingers crossed that we will be able to go home for Christmas. Hopefully everyone had a great summer like we did!! And I will try to keep this darn thing updated. :)
