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6/17/2006 Why not me...Okay, I am so darn excited. Today was just great, Service and Charlie Battery got to Cedar today, and meanwhile my hubby is on a 2 day pass down in Pensacola Florida. He and six other guys rented a van and drove down there. I wish that they would just process them through (demobilize them) and get them home. I watched the news tonight and it made me cry, cause I want it to be me.
I am happy my hubby is safe and sound, but he probably won't be here till atleast thursday. Now haven't we waited long enough!! I am so excited, but I won't be at ease till my house is clean, laundry is done and I am on my way down to Cedar to pick his butt up. They still aren't for sure what date it will be exactly, which has me upset, but hey we are almost done with this completely and I am so psyched to get my arms around him.
Today was Brock's dad's birthday and we had a barbaque!! Hamburgers, potato salad, deviled eggs, watermelon, cantelope and grapes, baked beans, rice and strawberry salad, and cucumber punch!! The cucumber punch is just limeade, cucumbers and a few liters of sprite. It is surprizingly good. I had to rub it into Brock on exactly everything he was missing out on!!
I guess it's father's day tomarrow and I don't think I'll go to church, I am really exhausted and I need to work more on my house since I can ever get anyone to watch my kids for me during the day, I will be cleaning it tomarrow morning and then finishing up tomarrow night with the Laundry. I wish I could hire someone to do this crap for me, but no such luck!!
I wish I was in Florida with Brock, why does he get to have fun and I have to clean the house!! 6/13/2006 My busy day...My busy day started out with me sleeping in, then calling to schedule my tanning appointments for the rest of the week since Brock probably won't be home till next week. I wish we knew more, but all I know is that Brock is somewhere between Kuwait and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. I miss that man and can't wait to kiss him and hold his hand. I just want to look in his eyes for the first time in almost 6 months.
I am so proud of him. He was awarded 2 Army Acheievement Medals and the Combat Action Medal (I don't know the exact name of it) I am so happy that he was rewarded for his great attitude. I guess one of his awards was for uparmoring (adding armor) the vehicle they drove from Kuwait to Ramadi in, all on his own, he wanted to make sure his gunner was safe, and so he did it on his own time. It was also mentioned on the other award that he maintained the Hummer on his own time always making sure that it was ready to go on time, and that everything was in exact working order. Both officers that nominated him for both awards mentioned on them that he had a "Can do and will do attitude" It is so nice to read that others think that he is as great of a man as I do. He was awarded the Combat one, for a time when an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) went off as they were driving. Thank Heaven's that no one was hurt. He never mentioned these awards to me, because "they weren't a big deal" he said. I recieved them in a package he sent me. I am just so proud of him.
He should be calling me soon, probably early morning to let me know he is back on American Soil. I will then break out in to the song GOD BLESS AMERICA I am so happy this whole deployment is over and we can start living our life. I love my family and can't wait to get my hands on the man I love!! 6/12/2006 More Information on BrockUMMMMM..... is there anyone in the world who is more excited than me??? Brock will soon be home here are some tenative dates.
He is still in Kuwait, much to my dismay, but he should be leaving there on the 13th. So I guess that is in a few days. I am literally restraining myself from jumping up and down.
He should be in Camp Shelby, Mississippi for 5 days (this may or may not change) putting him home around the 20th.
I didn't think this would ever come and wonder why it feels like this part is the worst, even though he was just in HOSTILE territory. I am going insane waiting for him to be in my arms!! Atleast he is safe in sound.
Here is an email that he wrote me today, he cracks me up!!
hey babe haw are doing. i am fine only 2 more days in Kuwait. i cannot wait.
less than 2 weeks and we will be reunited. any way i don't have much time on the internet. so i want to let you know i will probably not call you tonight, becuase i have only 12 min. on my phone card. i will call you tomarrow night means it will be my last night in Kuwait. well got to go... Love you tons love your fat huspand now isn't he funny, he thinks he's fatter since getting to Kuwait. Ha ha. I love this man, he literally can make me smile just thinking of him!! I asked him if he was going to be drinking beer to celebrate his new found freedom, he told me no, but I don't know if I believe it. He uh can't leave the base once they get to Shelby, so I am not to worried!! plus, he hasn't been big on drinking since before we got married. I am glad too, I don't like the get drunk and all that kind of stuff.
So I am getting my hair touched up tomarrow and will be tanning everyday this week as to be as tan as possible when he gets here!! I also have a surprize for him, but since he reads this it won't be mentioned on here because then it wouldn't be a surprize.
Oh and if you are wondering why I am up so late?? Carter has insisted on sleeping in my bed without me and I can't get in there or he kicks me on the head, so have to wait to go to bed.
Kids, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. 6/9/2006 What the future looks like from here....Okay, I have taken it upon myself to think about how my life is going to change when Brock gets home, and what the ups and downs of this deployment have been, and also what I have learned and how it has changed me. So here goes, humor me if it doesn't make perfect sense it's my life and how I see things...
My life is going to change alot, Brock will soon be home and I will have to relinquish my hogging the bed all to myself. I wish that was all that was going to change, but it's not. Soon I will be seeing alot of the mad I married almost 4 years ago. I will be attempting to hand over alot of control back to him, not only dealing with finances, but with parenting and lots of other things that I have had to be the main decision maker for the past year and a half. Another thing that will change is money, Brock is an over-the-road truck owner/operator and his truck makes around twice the amount we are making now, but that doesn't mean that I'll get to spend it, we have to save, save, save. Not only for the truck, but for other expenses such as health insurance, truck equipment, taxes, a new house, and vacations we are wanting to go on as a family.
I know that we are going to have our moments with our marriage and adjusting to him returning from a war zone. We are expecting to have disagreements and for it to be difficult for all of us, our poor kids will not only have me breathing down their necks to be good, but now their dad that has been gone for far too long to have too much patience with them will be added into the mix. I only hope that it will be as smooth as possible.
I am so greatful for all that has happened the past 18 months, I have learned alot, mainly that if I had to do it without him I could, but that in no way would I ever choose to be a single mom. I have also learned that I love my husband more than I ever knew was possible. He has been so awesome about everything and we both have matured alot more than I expected. I have also learned that the military way of life isn't for us, It is so hard for him to be away and he just isn't all that into staying in, he has a hard time running and passing PT and he has a hard time with some of the way they run things. I have learned alot about my husband that I know I wouldn't have learned any other way. I have learned that he loves his country and willing to fulfill his duties. He may not have enjoyed, but he did it and I am so proud of him.
This has changed me, I have experienced things that I know I never would have, I have become good friends with my mother in law, I have learned to love her so much, and I have learned that family can always be depended on, when help is needed, and our families are very loving, forgiving and supportive, I have learned to love my dad probably more than I ever thought possible, more than once he has said things to others and to myself, and I have learned through that what kind of man he really is, He supported me and helped with my kids, he has tried extra hard with his patience with my kids and helped more than he had to, and I am so greatful for his love and support, and Priesthood Blessings he gave Brock and I whenever we asked for them. My mom has been very helpful and supportive, she has watched my kids during the day so I could get my house clean, go to the dr. or the dentist or the hair salon. And she has been a great support and my thanks to my parents and my brothers and sisters wil probably never equal to how much help they have given us. Brock's family has also been AWESOME They have helped so much more than they probably ever will know, I have learned to love them as if they were my own family, and have learned that they are willing to do alot of things for me, above and beyond what they have been asked.
Our families are really in truth jumping up and down because his coming home, means that they no longer are going to be expecte to help with our kids. I hope they know how much Brock and I love and appreciate them all.
I also have learned that there are some ladies, that have saved me from some of my darkest hours, by giving advice, challenges, and love and support. I am so proud to have gotten to know all the ladies of 222 YAHOO GROUP (even if I have only met a few in person) They have been so helpful and I love and appreciate all of them.
Now I would like to say that I have been having a bad day, my mom and I talked earlier today, and she told me my grandpa, her dad, was diagnosed with prostate cancer yesterday. I am upset to say the least and hope that the specialists and oncologists will know more and will have some good news.
I have good news, so I hope all of you have actually read all of this or you'll miss out... Brock is safe and sound in KUWAIT!! He will leave for the U.S. on the 13th and should be in Camp Shelby for 5 days after they get there, and then its' SWEET HOME UTAH!!! I am so excited!! Thanks for bearing with me, and reading all this. I am off to bed, finally!!!
6/6/2006 sitting still....Have you ever just sat up in the middle of the night, and couldn't get to sleep. I keep waking up at odd hours and can't get back to sleep. I usually stay up till after 11 p.m. because that is around the time Brock usually calls. Tonight my phone rang and it was him, we were talking about something and all of a sudden the phone call was lost and I don't know if I made him upset or if they turned of the phone, but now I am worried that Brock is mad at me and hope that he will call me back pretty soon.
Time is going by so slow that it seems like I am sitting still and that it seems like It's going to be forever till I see him again. I am nervous, anxious, excited and happy for him to come home. I don't know what to expect and I am cringing and worried sick that I may say or do something to make him wish he was still back in Iraq. I hope that it doesn' t happen, but I am just so nervous, I am trying really hard to not expect much, but it's really hard, not knowing alot of things.
I wish I could have been superwoman these past 18 months, I feel like I have really been stupid and haven't really don't anything great. I have managed to screw up on alot of things, I hope Brock will forgive me for, nothing major, just things that I have or haven't done that could have made our lives lots easier. I just hope we can work things out like adults and get on living our life together.
I can't wait to get him in my arms and to hold him.
By the way finally got Sadie and I's birthday cards from him!! A little late, but better than never!! I sure do love that man!!
6/5/2006 ALMOST BETTERI am almost all better!! I am now being bothered by a slight runny, but chafed nose!! I am actually happy that it should be gone by the time Brock gets back.
Tomarrow I get my sony camera back, 7.2 megapixels I have missed you!! I love my camera, and it broke and I had to send it in to get it fixed. I paid lots of money but it was totally worth it. I am glad I will have my nice camera for when Brock gets home, since he didn't think I would get it fixed at all.
He told me when he thinks they are leaving and I am not excited about it all since they have to travel to the other place, then fly to Kuwait. Still it is safer than his way he came into Iraq, the first vehicle in the convoy I think I about pulled my hair out that week. I am glad he isn't doing that this time. I am so glad that time has wound down, and that we have had these experiences, I am not saying that if I had to do it all over again that we would do it again... But I am proud to say that my husband went to war and served his country. I am so proud of him and all his accomplishments, he was given some awards and was in the Richfield Reaper for one of them. I was so happy to see his picture in the paper. I think sometimes he thinks I don't care about stuff like that because I don't ask too many questions about what exactly they do, but I care alot and am very proud of him!! 6/2/2006 SICK...again!!Yes, we are all sick at the Abraham house, well except for Carter, lucky guy he'll get it later after I am better. Or maybe he already had it. Oh well. I got sick a few days ago and Sadie got sick yesterday. It isn't strep because the dr. did a strep test today, I hate those they make me gag till I almost puke, shoving a q-tip down my throat is not my idea of fun. Inow am waiting, and soon am going to wal-mart to get some medication for Sadie to knock her out tonight, and keep her asleep hopefully so she'll sleep good. I ran out of medicine the other day, not something you want to do when you're sick or your child is sick.
Well anyways, soon my hubby may be on his way home, who knows when, just as long as he gets here soon!! I have missed that man for way too long, it's time for him to come and take care of his family!! Oh I am so excited!! I can't wait!! 2 1/2 weeks from now and he should be safe in my arms, I hope!!
Well this weekend we are going to try to take it easy, but we may not be able to do that as we are trying to do everything that we can to get ready for Brock being home!! I can't decide wether to make signs or have them made for me!! I really don't want the mess here at my house so I am thinking of just having them made. I am going to have a sign made for each of my kids and myself. I don't know what to put, but I am sure I'll figure it out.
I better go, the kids are crying, in the tub!! They are fighting. (THE STORY OF MY LIFE) |
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