Two Weeks Down....

We are two weeks into DH's deployment as of Tuesday. So far it doesn't seem to be too bad actually. It seems like it's going by pretty quickly. I think part of that is the fact that he didn't have 2 months’ worth of training before hand and had to leave straight from there this time around. He only had the 3 weeks’ worth of training and he got to come home for almost a month before he left again.

This deployment will only be about 26 weeks total, which most AF deployments are. I know that it's going to seem really long by the time it's over but I still think that it's going to feel much shorter than the last one.

Another reason it feels like it's going by so fast is because I'm not constantly worrying about something happening to him. He is in the Middle East at the moment but he's in a country that's relatively stable and has a tolerant leader so there's a considerably smaller threat level. I feel a lot better about him being there than I did about him being in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, DH likes jobs where he's being put to his full potential and he feels like he's being underutilized in a job where he stands at a gate and checks I.D.'s all day. At home he's a cop so he's used to doing things a little more high speed than gate checks.

For his future deployments he wants go places like Afghanistan. I fully support him in everything he does. I know that this is going to be one of those things that really sucks for me. It’s definitely going to be kind of a struggle because I worry so much. Eventually I’ll be home by myself taking care of the house, the dogs, the bills, the yard, and the kids on top of worrying about him like crazy. But this is the life I signed up for and I wouldn’t trade DH for something easier.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. Thanks for reading : )