THE WORD OF THE DAY

CIVILIAN.
Sometime this afternoon Matt got his papers declaring him a civilian.
I'm headed to Seattle tomorrow to join him for the ride home.
So the journey that started with profound pride and sadness more than three years ago will end in profound pride and happiness, and a long ride home.
Hope to take a lot of pictures to share.
My heartfelt thanks to those who have taken the time to stop by here and offer words of encouragement.
I can never express how much it has meant.
It's difficult to show emotion through this media.
So all I can do is tell you that time and time again I have been moved to tears by the generous support of people I have never met.
I stand in never ending support and with the utmost respect for our men and women serving this great country.
God bless.

FINALY SOME GOOD NEWS

Word on the grapevine is that the 4th Brigade received notification today that their deployment orders were changed.

This is second hand news, and unverified by yours truly, so I am cautiously optimistic.

What I'm not sure of is exactly what the change is, but Matt messaged his brother that it meant that the stop loss order will no longer affect him, and he will separate from active duty on 5/12/09.

We will keep our fingers crossed.

THREE WARS ANYBODY?

I'm starting a pool.
Pick the date on the calendar closest to when we will have troops in Pakistan.
Any takers?
Just what we need.
A third war.

Our soldier and his brother and brother's girlfriend are in the right field roof top seats at Fenway as I write.
The dreaded Yanks are winning 2-1.
Hope they don't ruin Matt's homecoming and Sarah's birthday.