Things I've learned:

As the ..military business trip... has gone by, I've learned a few things. 

It's been a good little trial run of a longer trip, for sure, and I can't wait to see the goodies C (or rather... Hochi, now..more on that later) is bringing back. Regardless I'm certainly firmly in the "ready for you to come home now" camp. I won't say much more than that, for OPSEC, PERSEC and all the SECs purposes. (I could not resist, I am so sorry.)

Now, to what I have learned so far. 

1. Take Sunglasses, especially if Hochi is flying one of the jets over. This serves two purposes. Shielding your poor sensitive eyes from the beaming rays of the sun. They also hide the fact that you're basically sobbing, from everyone else around you. Don't worry, they cant hear you over the A/B. 

I have never been so happy for sunglasses. 

2. Having family there makes it a lot easier. Granted, I knew this from all of my Dad's deployments, but it is arguably different when your spouse deploys instead of your father. We had a lot of fun, and a full house (7 people, including me)

3. Dogs are great, but probably don't rely much on them for conversation after everyone leaves. 

Also, you know you have reached adult status when you are super stoked to finally have a fence installed in your yard. 

4. If there is a chance Hochi will be gone for your anniversary, He definitely will be. 

No big deal though, He sent me a lovely gift (365 reasons he loves me!) and some beautiful flowers, and we can celebrate when he gets home. 

This is less of a thing's I've learned, and more of a super sneaky random update on how things have been going while he's gone. 

Tricked you. 

Fly Safe,

Barb