I was a bit worried at first as to how I would deal with being without family for Thanksgiving. As it turned out - it was completely fine. I don't eat meat anyway, so I didn't miss the turkey part. Jonathon watched football ALL day, so I was in and out of the living room with him. Jonathon made snow crab for dinner, with some pasta, corn, etc. We took Bella on her walk, and went to bed. We are so old!
We're getting super excited about going home for Christmas. We leave Maryland the 19th of December for Omaha. Jonathon graduates from ALS on the 18th, so we need to be here for that. We leave Omaha to go to Colorado on the 22nd. I'm so thankful that this year we will be with family for Christmas - especially since we can't guarantee that for next year. We'll be back in Maryland just in time to ring in 2009. I can't believe how fast this year has gone!! I'm looking forward to next year starting - hopefully we won't have quite as much going on as we did this year! It's great to just have the deployment over with, and moving over with - and finally just breathe.
My best friend, Shawna, is getting married in June. I'll be going to Texas for that by myself. Jonathon and I are planning on going to Michigan in July to visit his friends and my family. It's so great that we can see so many people in one trip. I'm looking forward to just going boating and relaxing! We're hoping to train the dog not to bark so that she can come, too.
