Donut of Misery

We've got less than 2 and a half months left of this deployment. Time will eventually begin to drag on but right now it's still flying by. School and work has been keeping me very busy. Classes don't seem too bad... yet and I love my new job. The managers are great as are all the other servers I work with. PLUS the kitchen isn't full of a bunch of creepers :)

Two weekends ago I went to a Yellow Ribbon Event to prepare us for their homecoming. It was very overwhelming to say the least. Hearing stories from wives who have already gone through deployments kinda scared the crap out of me. Some said it took over a year to have things back to normal. I feel like Kyle and I are in such a different situation though... he's not coming home to a wife, children, and a house. I'm really nervous about him coming home and making sure I have time for him. This past year has been a routine of doing things on my own and being very independent. I'm a full-time student with a part-time job... I never had a job when Kyle was around. I don't plan on just quitting my job once he comes home nor does he expect me to. We have to learn how to juggle things in life because it's only going to get harder and more complicated.

I know that we'll be able to make everything work though. Luckily he has a 30 day leave when he first comes home. This will give him time to get adjusted to being home again and for us to spend time together. His leave falls right around my winter break which is perfect. I won't have to worry about studying for exams or going to classes. We plan on spending most of our time in Vermont with each other. Eventually reality will sink in and I'll have to go back to classes and he'll have to leave for various military schools but I'm not worried about it. We've made it through a whole year of not seeing each other... a few weeks will be a piece of cake.