Eric's Home!!

....and leaving again soon!

I picked up Eric yesterday morning and couldn't be happier to have him back. We were both pretty tired--and he was definitely jet lagged--so we spent the day napping and watching movies. Quite exciting. But, like I hoped, he brought me gifts!!!! 2 adorable dresses and a couple interior design magazines! He's one smart guy!

But then today...a few hours ago, he found out one of his trainings is being pushed up and he has to leave Monday!! He's going to be gone 2-3 weeks so it will be pretty rough but again, could be worse. The training is EFMB (stands for Expert Field Medical Badge) which if some of you remember correctly, Eric had last spring as well. It was a total disaster, he only made it through a week and a half, and ended up having to miss Tiffanie's (his sister) wedding. Later Eric found out that it had been a lack of communication and he actually didn't HAVE to go, and therefore missed the wedding for no reason. Needless to say it was a stressful and upsetting time in our lives. He thinks he's going to do a lot better this time around, especially since he won't have all that added stress on him during this time. It's a lot of cognitive and physical training: land navigation, physical fitness testing etc. So send him your positive energy thoughts!!!

He'll be about 3 hours away from here, so MIGHT be able to chat occasionally, we'll see. We have a 3-day weekend together starting Friday, so we plan on having lots of fun before he goes. It feels like every time we start loving the Army, something annoying happens again. But like I said, I'm trying to be more positive about it considering we are sooo incredibly lucky to be where we are, when we are. Feel free to ignore me if I get too whiney from time to time.

PS--Photos of our new decor to come soon!