Another day marked off...

Another day is over. I'm not going to lie. For awhile it got pretty long. No, the kids weren't fighting-
I hadn't heard from my husband and was busy stalking his Facebook messenger status like crazy! When it got to "Last active 16 hours ago," I could barely stand it. How could he have had a few more stops and not had any access to internet?! My mind was busy and when my middle daughter told my youngest son in a silly sing song tone that he was never going to see his daddy again, I about lost it. After I made it clear to her that we were never to say such things and that it's not something to ever joke about, he messaged within half an hour. Oh the relief!

I was staring at my empty kitchen wall today, and I messaged a friend to see if she could help me with a "Deployment Wall." So- maybe we'll have something decent here after all! The girls continued coloring more pictures today. I even caught them trying to mail him a bunch of quarters.

We had supper with my in-laws. It's so nice  to live just a couple miles away from them.

I suppose I better end this since I'm falling asleep. Hopefully we can FaceTime again in the morning!




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