I've been such a slacker...

So sorry about the lack of information coming from me! Well, I've been staying pretty busy meeting new wives and hanging out with the ones I'm already friends with. We (about 4 other wives and myself) try to get together once a week and do dinner, but this coming week we probably won't because one of the wive's husband is coming home tonight! So we are giving them the week together and since it is usually at her house we just figure we could wait a week. So other than that it is random meetings and pot luck dinners. Oh and tomorrow (Monday 24th) I start a week long course that I have to take just to be a substitute! So this coming week should also be pretty busy.
I finally heard from Rush yesterday! I hadn't talked to him since last Thursday and he said it would be a week because they were taking the phones to another unit, but after a week I just tried to think that nothing is wrong he just hasn't gotten the phone back yet. And there wasn't anything wrong just my mind going places I don't want it to go. So we didn't get to talk as long as I would've liked, but I'm grateful to be able to talk to him at all. He is still doing alright just tired and ready to come home. He's already told me that he wants to go swimming when he gets home, even though it'll be winter! So I've already got some pools scoped out, or I'll make a weekend trip and we can go somewhere that has a pool. Oh! I never thought to ask him this until yesterday, but Rush has a mustache! I giggled for a bit and told him he has to at least take a picture and then he might keep it until he gets home. We'll see because they might make him shave it before he gets back. :o)
Well that is all I have for now, I'll make sure I am more timely on my updates in the future!

Help feed my fishies!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to ask y'all to feed my patriotic fishies whenever you drop in so they don't get hungry! All you have to do is click your mouse in their box and *ta-dah* you've dropped in fish kibble. Just make sure you click enough fish kibble in to feed them all. Thanks!

Well I got to talk to Rush yesterday afternoon for about twenty minutes, and he said that he is doing good, just misses his Copenhagen and gatorade powdered drink mixes. Oh and me of course. ;) As of now he is staying pretty busy in an area where either the phones don't work or they don't have one, so he is trying to call me once a week but it is still pretty random. And apparently even at 2 o'clock in the morning over there they still have a line of guys waiting to use the phone! So that's why our calls have been so short. It's a pretty big tease, and really frustrating when you can't get everything out that you want to say. He did mention to me that when he gets back (and even though it'll be winter) he wants to go swimming! So I've got to find a pool that'll be open in the winter, or he might just have to go swim in the Atlantic! Hopefully the Cooling Neck Scarves I made for him and a few of the guys will get to him while it is still hot. I'm not sure what the fall and winter are like in Afghanistan so I might be sending him sweats soon, who knows?! That and it takes forever for mail and packages to get to him, the average is about 4 weeks. But with his position now I am thinking that it is going to take longer. Well again he doesn't get to tell me much about what he is doing, and his usual answer to how he is doing is "fine." So I don't have much other than that to update everyone on. As for me, I am finally back in North Carolina to stay until Rush gets back. Mom drove back with me and we made a pit stop in Athens, GA for Baba's memorial (which was beautiful.) So I got to see my in-laws again which was nice. Then once mom and I got back to my house, we've been blowin' and goin' with getting everything looking like a home. She has helped me decorate just about every room in the house, and given me some great ideas for in the future. Then now that dad has gotten here (he flew in yesterday) we have managed to get just about every big picture hung up where it needs to go. So now I feel like I am walking into a totally different house (and I love it!) Thanks Mom and Dad! So now that we've worked hard, we are hoping to play hard at the beach tomorrow. :) Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Well, it's time to hit the sack so goodnight and sweet dreams everyone!

Sorry! I haven't forgotten about y'all...

Hey everyone! I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've just been going 90 miles an hour and I am just now starting to slow down. No excuses though, I'm sorry. From this point on I am going to try my darndist to stay up to date. But not tonight because it is really late and I have a feeling I mom and dad are going to wake me up really early, and I really need my eight hours of sleep. So I look forward to blogging for y'all real soon! Take care everyone.