Well six weeks isn't as long as some deployments but when Daddy is gone nothing seems right. Finally Vince is back home and it is so nice having our family whole again. It's always a funny car ride home as the kids scramble to tell them everything that's been going on for the last month and tell him all the things they have to immediately show him when they get in the house. Even Axle is excited and whines with joy when Vince walks through the door.
Once we're home there is always a short awkward time where everyone is figuring out their duties again, but since this is our eighth go at it and we are improving on our transition time :) Fun snuggling and relaxing tonight and then back to the day to day routine, but so much better now that he is home.
Each time he leaves I learn how to do something else I never thought I'd need to know and this time I hooked up the Wii to the living room TV and mowed the lawn all by my self (well with a little help from the neighbor who came and started it for me). I feel good knowing that even when he isn't here I can be independent and self sufficient. As soon as he's home, however, I realize that he is the half to my whole, and when he is gone I always feel like something is missing. Being apart just makes us appreciate each other more and makes the hugs and kisses that much sweeter when we are back together.
So glad he's back home safe and sound!
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