Well, it’s been a few months since I’ve added anything to this blog. I know that there are hordes of folks who have been waiting with baited breath for my next entry – NOT! Anyway, this provides an outlet for my abysmally small amount of talent for putting the written word down on paper. So, I would ask that you bear with me should you care one way or the other.
Wow, lots of things have happened since my last entry. In no particular order, Dave graduated from UVA and was home for three plus weeks, the hugely expensive backyard project was completed after 10 months of frustrating construction, Dave joined the working world and moved away to New Hampshire, we visited Mother in Law in Charlotte, NC and then Dave in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Trey just this week, deployed on his second tour to Iraq. I really feel like an empty-nester now. Last year when Trey deployed on his first tour and Dave was away at school, it felt temporary, now it feels permanent. I was so bummed out this past Tuesday it was almost unbearable. Carol, usually very adept with dealing with my mood swings even didn’t want to be around me. But the day past, Wednesday was a new day and I even got excited about hearing from Trey. Thursday I did hear from him. He is at a location outside of Iraq acclimating to the region, time and heat and will shortly be moving in-country as part of his unit’s advanced party to make ready for their arrival. That brings you quickly up to today, so let me go back to each event and fill in a little detail:
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