Homecoming!

It is Saturday and Collin is already back at work. But first of all, let me tell you about the homecoming.

I had another sleepless night from Wednesday through Thursday because I was expecting THE call that night and therefore couldn’t sleep at all. Yet there was nothing. Just like Wednesday I decided to take a day off school on Thursday as well because I just couldn’t concentrate on anything else but checking my emails to see if the flight manifest would show up and staring at my phone to avoid missing the important phone call. Around noon on Thursday, my girlfriends and I decided to get some lunch because we all just couldn’t stand being at home waiting. Lunch was great and as soon as I got back home, I went online to check my emails and there is was: the flight manifest. All of our husbands names were on there. I started calling everyone and everyone started calling me. We were so excited. The flight was supposed to come into Nuremberg around 530pm. Around 8pm the buses finally went through the gate and passed the PXtra (shopping center) where we were standing to cheer and welcome them home.

Link to the videos of the buses passing us (part 1 and part 2).

About two hours later around 10pm the 5-min (Thanks God it was only five minutes long!) welcome home ceremony took place. After that… let’s have the pictures tell the rest!

Yesterday Collin had a day off that we spent in Nuremberg. Today he is already back at work because there is lots of reintegration paperwork that needs to be done. He will only have half-days throughout the next week which will be nice.

It is so great to have him home! It is so great to do everything together! I finally feel married again! Hehe. Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments!!!

YAY!!!

Someone is going to welcome home her husband today!!!

I thought it was today.

Well, that’s what everyone thought. Today would have been the day and it is not. I am still sitting here waiting in a very clean house that smells like cookies, is filled with lots of presents and is just so ready for Collin to come home. The last 15 month are definitely catching up with me right now. It is not the first weeks or the last weeks that are the worst, it is definitely the last day or days. I remember Sunday when I was like a child. I was giggling and laughing all the time while making cookies. Today I am the complete opposite. I have a headache, I can’t sleep, I have weird dreams. Today I actually have class but I didn’t go. I just can’t concentrate on anything. Instead I will be running a few more errands, meet up for lunch with another wife who is waiting just like me, go tutoring and attend a meeting at school tonight (I originally planned to attend it with my husband…). I’ll keep you updated…

Getting everything ready.

I have less than 100 hours to get this house cleaned and ready for Collin to come home. Time has been flying these past few weeks. School has kept me really busy and it seems like there is always something going on on the weekends. Last weekend my girlfriends and I went on a shopping spree to Nuremberg. I ended up with a bunch of new clothes that I desperately needed after I had cleaned out my closet a couple weeks ago.

Just now I got back from post where we decorated the barracks of my husband’s company. We put a set of sheets, pillows, toiletries and other much needed things into every room and decorated the doors and the hall ways. It was a lot of work but I am sure the single soldiers will appreciate it very much since all their own stuff is locked up in storage and this will be the only stuff they will have for a couple days.

I actually wanted to clean the bathroom right now but I need a nap so bad. Getting everything done in the barracks wiped me out and I am so tired. Tomorrow will be busy as well. I need to get groceries. I want to start baking cookies. I want to get everything ready for Collin!!!! It is so close!

Hello October!

It is October 2008 and this will be a month that I will never forget. It will be the end of our first deployment. Yes, that’s right. Collin is coming home this month. I might only be alone for three more weekends, two of which are filled with super exciting events with my fellow Army wives.

This upcoming weekend I have my hair appointment that I have been longing for for so long. Thanks everyone for the advice on how I should get my hair done. I think I will go with the lighter brown and honey/golden highlights. Also, I will keep my length as I said before. I am just in desperate need of a good trim.

Today was my first day of school. I am doing the 7th semester right now which is packed with classes, projects, labs and presentations. I am really motivated and excited about everything though. Well, it always seems as if everyone is motivated at first but i hope that this time I will be able to keep my motivation alive throughout the next 4-5 months. Hehe. The past few weeks, I have been looking for internships for next year (preferably from August 2009 until either January 2010 or July 2010). The internship of my dreams would be at the DC Water and Sewer Authority where I could work at the wastewater treatment plant doing lots of lab work. I have also been looking into smaller places such as Environmental Consulting companies like this one. Wish me luck!

So, hello October! You may go by quickly!