Thankful We're Leaving...

Time is passing...very very slowly. Now that the bulk of the move is almost finished, finding things to do is getting harder and harder. I vowed to not let my brain go to waste, but I think it's starting to turn to mush. I read and watch the news everyday, why not be up to par with current events. I figure the best thing I can do with my time is better educate myself. I could be failing miserably at it, but it never hurts to try. I think we should all be aware of what's going on in our community, our country, and the world. What can I say, I lead a pretty boring uneventful life...

I was watching the news last night and they showed a ceremony for the Navy Seals that died in Afghanistan. I looked at Ernesto and just about lost my breath. I am very lucky to have him safely home...that's an important thing that I have to remind myself. Again, I don't think there's enough emphasis on the fact that these are real people who are dying. The closer we get to leaving Hawaii, the more I start to realize how happy I am that he'll be in a non-deployable unit for a few years. It didn't really hit me until last night, to fully understand how staying here another enlistment could've affected us. Again, I know what it means by him staying in the military. I know this is just be a break, but it's a well deserved one.

Ernesto told me today that his re-enlistment package was approved...it's another official 4 years. He was supposed to have had all his paperwork done months ago, before we even got Quantico. Oh well, the Marine Corps isn't known for getting paperwork done in a timely manner anyways. After this enlistment, just 2 more and he'll hopefully be retired and we'll finally be ready to move on. God, 20 years may not seem like a long time to some...but that's a good chunk of time! I'll admit, even with all the deployments and bullshit...the Marine Corps has been very good to us...

Oh yeah, we had a great quiet anniversary yesterday. I was so overwhelmed with his kindness, I had to ask him if he was going to turn back to a frog at midnight! We lounged around and just enjoyed being in the company of one another. We kept joking about how old we are now and how we don't know what we were thinking to make it last 10 LOOOOOOOOOOONG years. Insanity maybe? Ha ha ha, it was good and fun times honey...THANKS!