March madness

I hate trying to play catch up on the blog. All my good intentions of keeping it up get lost in the shuffle.

We welcomed Tory home from Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago. I love that when he comes back it is just like he never left. The three and a half months went by pretty quickly and it was mostly uneventful. The week that Tory came home was by far the worst -- I lost my wedding ring (now found) and hit a parked car (now fixed, but a totally stupid accident). It doesn't seem possible that he has been gone since before Thanksgiving.

I took a few little trips with the kids to local castles in the last month he was away and we enjoyed our time with friends in the area. School and sports and activities kept us busy and out of trouble.

We all spent a long weekend in Garmisch, Germany on the German/Austrian border where the kids enjoyed a day of ski school and we wandered around Garmisch and Innsbruck. It was cold, but sunny and beautiful. I really love visiting Germany.

There are so many amazing places to see - for the travel and world experiences I am thankful.

The weekend of travel and relaxation abruptly ended with Tory having to fly back early to work. His squadron, along with many others, was being sent out on a short-notice deployment. Less than three weeks from his return he was heading out again. And with that we sent him off today after several days of delays. It just does not seem fair to have to say goodbye again. We are hopeful for a quick turn around, but the state of world politics is just not good.

Interestingly, I received a reminder card today to fill out my Air Force spouse survey... do they really want to know what I think of my Air Force life this week???