Tuesday, January 29, 2013

January 29, 2013

Brian was gone for 4 short days this weekend and it was as if reality punched me in the face.  William would go from room to room multiple times throughout the day and say Dada? Dada?  Where Dada?  Like I was hiding him or something.  Naptime and bedtime started to get rough.  He wouldn't sleep without a picture of Brian positioned next to him in the bed.  Now that Brian is home, he wants Brian to lay down next to him as if Brian will vanish again if he isn't right there.  It really breaks my heart to see Will go through this, and I know this just the beginning.  I want to make sure that I am the strongest I can be for him and Brian during this time.  It is definitely not easy.  I have so many stressors already, that I am starting to feel weighted down.

On top of teaching classes at MCC and being a graduate assistant, I am also taking 3 graduate level courses and looking for full time work.  It is a lot and I know I can do it.  I just need to be patient and take care of myself.

Here is the information that I found out after this weekend:
  • They are still MOB at the end of April, but the going away ceremony is probably on 3 days prior to the MOB date and he can't come home after that... doesn't that make MOB 3 days earlier... ugh!
  • They will be at Ft. Bliss, TX for about 2 or so months months and prior to leaving the states he will be granted a 4 day leave to come and visit.
  • They are going to be stationed at the Air force Base in Afghanistan running the corrections facility there and training Afghani's on how to run the facility on their own.
  • Brian thinks he is going to be incredibly bored... I told him that I would rather he be bored than me be worried
  • Hoping to gain more insight at the yellow ribbon informational weekend in a few weeks!
As always, keep us in your prayers and know that we are fine...
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. K.April 5, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    Hi Rebecca,

    So glad that I found your blog! My boyfriend will be deploying with your husband and the 344. He'd been out of the National Guard for almost two years when he received a call on Feb. 13th asking if he wanted to go to Afghanistan for a year to do a corrections mission. He had his papers signed the night of the 14th (happy Valentine's Day, right?!). This will be Chris' second deployment (Irag, '07) but our first deployment together - and I thought drill weekends were hard! Ha ha! One month ago I never would have thought I'd be preparing for Chris to be going to Afghanistan for a year but that's exactly what we're doing! I can't believe it's two weeks away.

    Anyways, I just wanted to say I'm so glad you're writing this because there is literally more information about their deployment in this blog than even what he's been told. And because we aren't married of course I won't be privy to any information from the Army while he is gone. It's awesome to know where they'll be and for approximately how long - now I can go home and tell him! And I agree, I'd rather them be bored than us worried! So thank you for the little sense of relief that this blog has provided.

    Praying for you and Brian and your family.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)