Patience

Patience. This is a word that I have learned the defintion to slowly but surely in my life with Travis. It all started when he left for West Point. The separation, the waiting on flights, etc. We finally were able to be together for a couple of years, and now we are back at the waiting and separation. We have almost made it 6 whole months. I can't believe we have not seen eachother in 6 months and we have to double that time until he is finally home again! phew! I know we can make it, I just can't imagine it. Travis is doing really well in his new job. He is super busy, but from what little I hear from him I think he is really happy in it. He gets to skype about twice a week, once with me and then once with his parents or yvettes family. Going from everyday, to not knowing when we will talk, to once a week is hard, but I am grateful for every second I get! We can never plan it anymore since skyping is now dependant on a computer being open with a camera. So, sometimes it does not work out. But some mornings, I wake up with the 'feeling' of just knowing today will be the day we will get to skype. I love those days.

Since I have been back to Savannah I hit the ground running. I have been SO busy, it has felt like the longest week. Before I left, I decided to do a yard sale when I got back with two of my other army wife friends. It was not the greatest success. It started raining right when I had finished setting everything out and then rained off and on through the rest of the day. We surprisingly had people show up, in the rain, and bought stuff. But none of my big stuff sold, which is what I was really hoping for. All in all, it was a fun day with girls.

Back up to the patience thing...my last week of visiting family I babysat for some family friends. 3 girls under the age of 4 for 5 days straight. The parents were given a trip from his work so they had asked me to watch their girls. I said yes for many reasons, but I was really looking forward to it. And us gals had a blast, minus a fever that struck the middle child my second to last day. I was not sure how I would be by the end of the week, but I don't think one time I felt frazzled and stressed. That is where my patience kicked in. I felt really calm the entire week. Maybe it was knowing that it was going to end, or maybe not. But I had a blast being a fill-in mommy!

Don't get me wrong, by bed time every night, I was falling into bed, but aren't those smiling faces so sweet?? They loved their bows and picking out their outfits every day. For those of you that know me, know that I loved that!

All-in-All things are going well in Savannah. Deployment is hard for not only me, but all my other new found friends. We all need the prays, so keep 'em coming! thanks for checking in and I will try to not be too busy to update the blog...last week was just nuts, but I finally feel caught up a little! Have a great week!