He’s landed in Chicago and is now on the next plane headed to Lousiana!!! (If you are not a regular follower, this is my brother Tommie who is in the Army and has been stationed in Iraq) Countdown is on…We are going to be leaving here in about an hour and a half and heading to Fort Polk for the welcome home stuff and then we’ll actually bring him HOME for a few days too…..
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Tommie will be home from Iraq – not home for a visit, but home! At last notice he would be rolling in/released at 1:15 tonight/this morning!!! I’ll be heading to bed soon probably so that I can get some rest and make the 2 hour drive to his base and back tonight, but can you believe it?!?! It seems like he’s been gone forever, but then again, it doesn’t seem all that long at all. And now he’s home 0r close to home anyways….I’m so excited.
On a crappy note, I was right and I’m probably looking at $2,000 to fix my car – possibly a little more. *sigh* I hate my luck.
MY BROTHER IS IN TEXAS!!!
Yes! He landed in Dallas today and is back home now! He got back really late tonight so Cameron was already asleep and we won’t see him tomorrow, but I’m already so excited just knowing that he’s so many miles from Iraq right now and home!!! Yes, I know….a short post, but I just had to share the news with everyone out there!!
We’re Having Christmas Early!!!
That’s the announcement my mom made to me this weekend, and I’m thinking, “WHAT!?!?!” I’m not ready for Christmas. Yes, I have most presents, but not all of them, and they are all in storage! But my brother will be here any time from Iraq, and Mom wants to celebrate while he is here. Now that I’ve gotten over the shock, I’m kind of excited. It will be nice to celebrate the holidays with Tommie. But now that I can think, I’ve got to also get some clarification. Are we having all of Christmas? Or just exchanging our gifts to and from him? I mean I do love him, but what will we do on Christmas day if we have full fledged Christmas on Thansgiving? I’m still looking for the answers, and also inventoring who I’ve bought for and who I haven’t. If I do have to finish up rapidly, what will I buy for everyone. I know that one brother wants work boots, but I don’t know what to get for Tommie. I mean I hate to buy him something that he just has to leave here when he heads back to Iraq, but I want to get him something special. And if this means I have to make decisions for my parents, I’m really in trouble. They are always the last two people do be marked off my list. I never know what to get for them as they buy anything they want for themselves. Yikes!! Those 45 days I thought I had left may have just turned into just a few days! Ideas?!?