Whirlwind week

It's only Wednesday?!!?!? You've gotta be kidding me..........I've done so much in 3 days, it feels like more days have gone by.

Well, Monday I found out that I'm going to Iraq. Tuesday I spent the day in M-16 training. Where, might I add, I qualified better than I did the last time, and forward progression is ALWAYS a good thing. I even did my 'Go Me' dance. Today was busy as hell. I tested for E5 all morning. Right up until lunch, which for me, is at 1100. I got my papers signed so I could go get Desert uniforms without paying for them, and met Ziggy for lunch. After a quick lunch with Ziggy(I love my husband, he's so good to me, I'll explain in a minute), I went over to the deployment office and shuffled crazy amounts of paperwork that I need to outprocess with. After that, off to the Supply store to get desert uniforms. While I was there, Ziggy called my cell and said that the shop superintendent was looking for us, and he wants a meeting with us. So, off to the shop(this is about 1:30PM). Ok, so we let him do his blase blase bullshit speech and off I went again to the alterations to get all my stripes and patches sewn onto my deserts. Then I went to military clothing sales for the brand spanking new Air Force PT uniform, that's only available to deploying personnell. It's actually not that bad looking, I was impressed. All together, the whole thing, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and a running suit cost $141. Of my money, not the government. Which sucks a bit, but hey, it wasn't the $900 for my deserts and all that stuff! Back to the deployment office for more papers. Then off to the hospital for lab tests, shot records check(I don't have to get the small pox vaccine!!!!) and dental records check. Made some appointments, and PRESTO, back to the shop just in time to help clean up(3:15 PM). Cleaned up, left work at 3:40, got gas, headed home. Stopped at the college to drop off my tuition payment for summer semester, picked up Scout, and made it home right at 5:00. I've had a busy day. And more of the same, sorta, tomorrow.

Ok, why I love Ziggy. Ziggy has always had a way of knowing what I'm thinking or how I'm feeling without my saying anything( and from a guy who can't take a hint without a Mack truck coming with it, that's very cool). So I've been getting all the MiniZiggy hogging time I want, hang with Scout time, all that. But the best part is last night. Actually at 3:10AM today. I wake up from a sound sleep(I sleep like the dead) and am suddenly wide awake. Ziggy knows my mind is running like crazy with things I need to do, places I need to go, et, etc before I go to Iraq. Ziggy wraps me in my favorite position to sleep with him, my head on his left shoulder, me kinda flopped on his left side, his arms aound me, and promptly goes back to sleep. The especially cool part comes when my right arm goes numb, and I turn over onto my left side......he turns over too and wraps an arm around me, pulls me to him, puts his nose by my right ear, and goes back to sleep. I just loved it. Every move I made, he went and snuggled with me. To give you an idea of our heights, Ziggy is 5 foot 9 or so, and I am 5 foot 3.

So this deployment has me nervous. Mortar attacks aren't my idea of fun by a long shot. And I'm going to miss so much with the kids this summer. MiniZiggy has started crawling, and standing is sure to follow soon enough. And I'm going to miss it. Scout is playing baseball right up until the end of the school year, which is mid-June(the schools here are insane to go that long!!!), and I'm going to miss it. My parents are coming to North Carolina for vacation, and I was going to go down with the kids and see them, and well, I can't now. And dammit, Ziggy bought me Toby Keith tickets for Mother's Day, and I'm going to Iraq, so I can't go! Yea, I feel like I'm leaving all the good stuff behind to happen while I'm away. Not that I'm saying that I won't be serving a purpose over there, but that I feel I will miss lots of importnat things while I am gone. I just want to be home beofre the baby turns 1.