Army Life Update

I know it's been awhile since my last post. This time the brief hiatus was due to hosting and entertaining many family visitors in the past week and a half. The primary reason for so many visitors (8 in total) around the same time was because everyone wanted to spend time with Josh before he deployed. While having so many people temporarily 'living' with us (9 including us plus our dog at one time in our 3 bedroom house) was a bit overwhelming at times, spending time with family and having family come to us was a real treat! Some of the highlights included having our deck built, Josh's grandma helping me learn to use my new sewing machine, giving our visitors tours of the area, and home cooked meals.

Last week, after most of our visitors had left and while my mom was in the middle of her stay, I received a text message from my husband with the final answer that we had been waiting to hear for the past 3 months. You see, since my husband received orders back in December-ish for Fort Campbell, where my husband was going and when has remained up in the air. At first he wasn't going to be deploying, then he was, then he wasn't, then he was. Last I knew and reported on the blog, he was deploying. Then we learned there was only 1 slot available and 2 people available and planning on filling it, Josh being one of them. Therefore, this meant waiting to hear back about which one of them was going to be chosen for the slot to deploy. While waiting, Josh remained on pre-deployment training. When we were almost 2 weeks from him possibly leaving for a year, I finally got the news...

Josh will not be deploying anymore. Instead, he will be switching units and is likely to deploy Fall 2012 (but we all know how that can change!).

I cannot begin to describe how relieved I was to have an answer regarding our future. Most people think I was relieved because my husband isn't deploying so soon anymore, but really, I was most relieved just to know something. Mentally and emotionally I had prepared myself and was in the mindset that my husband was going to be deploying for a year and leaving this month. We had thought maybe a quicker deployment would be best for his career and our family, and so we were good with that decision and ready for it, but God had other plans, and we are good with the plans he has for us.... I just wish it hadn't involved so much uncertainty, waiting, and patience.

So my husband and I will remain together for now until the Army decides to call him away from home for real next time. I'm thankful to have him by my side as we start our journey together at Fort Campbell.