Mike leaves on January 8th to report to Mississippi for school. It is going to be a pretty interesting school for him. He will learn to give IV's, put a breathing tube in someone and navigate his way out of anywhere. All skills we hope and pray he will never have to use but if he does, we hope he saves lives and finds his way home to us. He will also be shooting guns a lot. Fun for him, I guess. After he graduates from this school he heads to San Diego for a month of just hanging out. Yeah, we were not too happy with this but, it is what it is. The next school will start in the beginning of March and will be a month of serious physical conditioning as well as other skills needed. He will then come home for 30 short days before leaving to go to Bahrain for 12 months. We are so thankful for the technology that we have today. We will be able to talk to him and even see him on Skype just about every day. This will help us all a lot. His job in Bahrain will be Mobile Security. He will be going on missions during the year to provide port and vessel security in foreign countries. I guess it will be more exciting than his last few jobs. From all we hear Bahrain is a nice place to be stationed and the only downfalls are the obvious. Distance from the ones you love. He will get paid more but that will not make our home less lonely or our hearts full. We will miss his dearly and he will miss us even more. But, he will be busy learning a new job, working out, going to school and keeping in touch with us. We will be busy too. I have plans. Lots of them. They all swirl through my head constantly!!! And these plans, along with communication and our faith not only in each other but in our Lord will get us through. Wish us luck, pray for us all often, especially for Mike and I hope to be able to see you and/or talk to you this year!
This year I will:
1. Stick to routine - especially bedtime routine for the boys :)
2. Learn to love and communicate with my husband in a whole new way
3. Chat more with my wonderful girlfriends - call me after 9:30
4. Become a healthier me - workout and eat healthy
5. Scrapbook - must finish both boys first years
6. Have girls nights at my house occasionally
7. Use and enjoy the babysitting coop
8. Go to church - not a fan of going with out Mike but I am going to try
9. Blog lots - I have blogs in my head all day, they just don't get on here
10. Revamp my business and step it up in photography
11. Plan a trip to Disney
12. Work on getting out of debt
13. Simplify my house - yard sale etc...
14. Update pictures and frame in my house
15. Clean out many nooks and crannies in my house
16. Re-do the playroom
17. Read more books - and report on them on my blog
18. Miss my husband and Best Friend like crazy!!!!
19. Survive
Each and every one of you will play a part in our sanity this next year. I hope if you have to time you will plan a visit or a phone call! Please feel free to keep in touch with Mike as I am sure this will be lonely for him. I will send his address' as I get them and you can always contact him via Facebook, e-mail and Skype!!
Now, I am off to enjoy my amazing husband before he leaves Sunday! I am so proud of him and want him to know just how much he is loved by us.
xoxoxoxo
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