Big Changes Coming

     Well, I've been in denial for quite a while, but it looks like this is going to be our future for the next year.  Derek is headed to South Korea for a year, and getting through the year is going to be quite a feat.  Joining the military you know that time apart is part of the deal.  Sometimes the idea of deployment seems far off, and unrealistic.  Deployments are usually short term, limited to a couple months at a time.  This assignment however, being a full year is very very intimidating!
     I think it would be an easier adjustment for me if he had been on more TDY's, a chance to get used to him being gone...slowly.  I just never want to become "one of those wives" who can't wait for their husbands to leave on a deployment.  I'm very thankful though, this year is going to give us lots of opportunities as a family!  Living in Italy (if the Air Force doesn't flake out on that) is a pretty good trade off!
          We found out about this two weeks after Riley was born (so I was a mess) and have been adapting/preparing since then!  There is still TONS to do, and so much that we still don't know...but the day is coming (sooner than I'd like) so I figured it was time to put it out there.

     So the kids and I will be moving back to San Antonio in about a month, and we are looking forward to lots of time with family and friends!