This weekend was full of excitement!! Saturday marked one year since J was deployed. One whole year! And Sunday I received the news I waited one year and one day to hear: J is back in the United States! He is safe and this deployment is almost over!
It's incredible really. I remember that feeling before J was deployed, and throughout the deployment, that a year deployment was an eternity. It seemed like an insurmountable amount of time that could never end.
But a year has passed! A year and two days in fact!!! How did we ever make it this far? It seems impossible!
I'm pretty sure that text from J, telling me he is in the USA, was the happiest news I've ever heard. That pure happiness just keeps on going! I couldn't stop smiling all day. I can't stop smiling now! All I can think is, "J is almost home!!" Since J is in the National Guard, he does post-deployment at a military base in the United States before coming home. This means he isn't quite home yet, but he's close! SO CLOSE!
Even though he's not quite home yet, life is already so amazing again! Today at lunch I called J, not because I had anything to say, BUT BECAUSE I COULD!!! Yes, phones now work two ways! He can call me AND I can call him! And you know what? If I miss a call, I can just go ahead and call him right back!! It is AMAZING! And text messaging!! I love it! It's like we can talk all day long!
It's amazing how happy I am just having J in the same country as me. I'm sure I will start dreaming of J's homecoming soon, but for today, I'm just happy to know he's safe and just a phone call away!
:) HUGE SMILE!!!
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