Sometimes you just have to do it

Growing up with the military, it's common sense not to publicly announce any sort of date or location unless told that it's ok. Parker told me the specific people he wanted to know when he was coming home. I shared it with a few close and trustworthy friends who he knows have kept me strong since he's been gone, as well as my family so they can start preparing for the days that he will be spending at my house soon after he gets home.

Of course, his mom was on the list of people he wanted me to tell. No big deal. All my friends and family know not to share this date with anyone and when they talk to me, they don't even mention the day, just that he's coming home soon. Apparently she doesn't know any of that and posted on Facebook a date saying that that is when he is leaving Iraq. Seriously? I laughed when I first saw it because she got the day wrong and I know I told her the correct date but I soon got over it and sent her a message telling her why she needs to take it down. If she thinks I'm rude for telling her to take it down, so be it. This date has not been publicly released and I have been getting an email a day from the FRG since this date was given to the soldiers in Parker's company reminding me about OPSEC.

I really do hope she takes it down soon....

Day of GREAT news!

If anyone else has good news for me, please tell me now! I've received two wonderful pieces of news in less than an hour and I'm as happy as can be right now.

First piece of news: Parker's homecoming date has been moved up!!! Forget having Christmas with me, he'll probably be having Thanksgiving with me now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Second piece of news: I got a call back about a job in Austin! They want me to do an online assessment so that they can decide whether or not to continue with the interview process.

So excited right now!!!

Letter

Ever since Parker left for Iraq in May, the one thing I've wanted is for him to write me letters. I write him every few weeks and I hoped that would push him a little to write me every once in awhile. He sent one letter before R&R and it really made me happy! I read it over and over again, especially when I'm feeling sadder than usual about the deployment.

Well, today I got the second "letter." I'm actually not sure what to even call it...he sent me sticky notes! What a romantic :P I sure know how to pick the romantic guys. But it really is the cutest thing. It's only 7 sticky notes stuck to each other but it's the guy I love that put an effort into putting together little pages of things that would make me laugh and smile so I'm going to cherish this so much!

All in all, it's the thought that counts and he put effort into it and it's still making me smile after flipping through it about 10 times :)

Picture Blog

Finally updated my picture blog! Let's see if I can at least post one picture every week since it's starting to become impossible to do one every single day