The Leaves are Changing

Well, I have to say that fall has come officially. It has been pretty nice thought for the most part. I LOVE this time of year. It's sooo gorgeous outside, with the leaves changing and all. Halloween is such a fun holiday in my opinion. I don't really celebrate it much anymore but I sure do have some wonderful childhood memories from it. Up here in our apartment we back up to a field & some woods, so we get to see all the beautiful colors everyday. It almost feels as if I was at home back in Mason. Pumpkin is one of my favorite flavors and scents, so it obviously fits this season!

Sky should come home in a little over 3 months, which could not come sooner.  Lately it's been tough to talk a lot because I've been so busy with school and he has been busy as well, but we Skype whenever the opportunity is there. I tell him all the time how much I wish I could just fly over to Afghanistan and bring him home right now. Its so tough sometimes when we are apart because I feel like I just need his advice right away or I need to call him up to tell him something, but I just can't do that.  I don't think I will ever get used to that until he is back home and everything is back to normal. I have such a hard time with understanding what information he as a soldier can give me without breaking the law or whatever it is considered. I see him upset, and it makes me upset. Lately it's been affecting my mood a lot, and I feel awful for letting it do that, so I try my best to not let it show. Thank God for my roommates who can sit there and just let me vent all my frustrations out. I honestly couldnt be more proud of Sky for what he is doing. I know he is BEYOND ready to come home, and obviously I'm ready for him to come home too, but we are finally on the last stretch of the long journey & hopefully he will never have to be gone like this again. I give so much support out to all of the wives, husbands, and families who go through deployment multiple times in their lives.  Gosh, that has got to be so hard. I see pictures on the internet, or watch coming home videos and I just cryyyyyy because I have never been so excited for something in my life. It's all I can think about these days. When I am stressed, I just think about what that moment is going to be like.  I remember from the day he left, we stood on the side of the road watching the buses drive away as my mom & Sheri stood behind me crying as I was balling. I didnt cry that entire day until that moment. I was so proud, scared, anxious, happy...every emotion in the book I felt that day. I just can't wait to watch those buses pull back into that parking lot again. It's times like these that I will never, ever forget.