Richard was sent to Camp Perry, OH on 1 July and was due to return 14 July. Well, they extended him 2 weeks and now he is due to return 29 July. That's not set in stone, tho. His commander wants to extend him to 20 Aug. So, we're still waiting. He's really ready to come home and I'm ready to get him here! Once they realized his computer skills, they set him to work on computers. Some days he works 12 hours on the firing range and then another 4-6 hours in the evening on computers. He's wiped out!
Still no news on the civillian job front. I'm praying that this commander of his in Ohio will take the initiative to get the ball rolling and put him back on orders for his knee surgery. If that happens, he would be able to go active duty once he is healed. I don't know what God's will is for us right now. We have this strong feeling that we should be HERE in the Ft Wood area... but we're still not sure HOW we can make that happen. But, with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE and we hold tightly to that promise. He's brought us this far, he's not going to let us go, now.
My first new Women At Rest military group meets this Sunday for the first time and I may not even be there for it if I'm picking Richard up at the airport. We're still teaching Sunday School and loving our class. Life remains busy.
I just got back from speaking at a Women At Rest conference in Orlando, FL. It was an AMAZING weekend and such a blessing to share my testimony with over 100 women. Some of them came to me afterwards to talk and to pray, sharing that my story was not much different than theirs. A handful of them were military wives - wives of Reservists and Gaurdsmen. It was an amazing opportunity and SUCH a huge blessing. I also got to spend that time with my good friend Melissa and her husband Jamie. As soon as I got off the plane she shared with me that they are expecting their first child to be born in the spring. I'm so excited for them! It was a great weekend with Jamie & Melissa and I'm so happy that I got to spend it with them.
The kids are here with me this week... just in case Richard doesn't come home this weekend, I didn't want to make ANOTHER trip to St. Louis. My friend Mindy is keeping them during the day while I work (along with her own 6 kids!) and that's been absolutely WONDERFUL. Her hubby is out of town this week, too, so we're doing dinner together each night. I love our friends, here. They are family. The thought of ever leaving here makes me so incredibly sad.
Tonight Miracle and I are about to have a girl's night. So I guess I need to go dig out the toe nail polish and start popping the popcorn!
24 July, 2007
07 July, 2007
It's hard to keep this blog updated when it seems I don't know what's going on in my own life from one day to the next. It's an exausting roller coaster and it's even more exausting when I bring other people in on the ride. It's just easier to not share what's going on when I'm sure things will change.
Right now Rick is at Camp Perry, Ohio. He was sent there to be a medic for the NRA's national competition. He left 1 July and is "supposed" to come home 14 July. Once they saw how good he was at fixing computers, they reassigned him and he's now working on computers. He has 4 laptops and a handful of desktops that they want him to fix TODAY! They're short on medics and MSgt Biaz wants to keep Rick 2 more weeks... so he's looking at the possibility of being extended. I am in no way prepared for him to do that. I just want my husband back home. I understand that it would pay good $$$... but I just want him back home.
The kids are all in St Louis and have been sick. I haven't been feeling well either and I'm going crazy down here by myself. My kids are sick, my husband is gone and I can't do anything at all about it. I don't even know what's going to happen. One minute Rick is sure he'll be extended, the next minute he doesn't think he will. It's the battle of uncertainty and that's just what military life is all about. It's also the part that I hate the most. I am a strong woman and I can deal with alot of things... but it's the not knowing that is so hard.
Right now Rick is at Camp Perry, Ohio. He was sent there to be a medic for the NRA's national competition. He left 1 July and is "supposed" to come home 14 July. Once they saw how good he was at fixing computers, they reassigned him and he's now working on computers. He has 4 laptops and a handful of desktops that they want him to fix TODAY! They're short on medics and MSgt Biaz wants to keep Rick 2 more weeks... so he's looking at the possibility of being extended. I am in no way prepared for him to do that. I just want my husband back home. I understand that it would pay good $$$... but I just want him back home.
The kids are all in St Louis and have been sick. I haven't been feeling well either and I'm going crazy down here by myself. My kids are sick, my husband is gone and I can't do anything at all about it. I don't even know what's going to happen. One minute Rick is sure he'll be extended, the next minute he doesn't think he will. It's the battle of uncertainty and that's just what military life is all about. It's also the part that I hate the most. I am a strong woman and I can deal with alot of things... but it's the not knowing that is so hard.
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