September is fast approaching
I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone by already. It has been a mixture of fast days and slow days. Usually it has felt like days with infinite hours, and months with finite moments. It has been unreal. My family at home has gone from many to a few. I have lived in 3 different homes, and I am missing my guys something terrible. I am hoping that the days leading up to their leave time is fast, and the time we get together is slow — just a nice, slow and relaxing time. It feels like an awesome dream to me to even contemplate it.
In the meantime I am gritting my teeth and bracing myself for September. It’s funny because September used to be a month that was neither here nor there for me. This year I hate it. We just have a lot to get through this month. Will we see an increase in the number and intensity of violent attacks in Iraq? Will the good General’s report be favorable? How will we handle “the anniversary” this year? Don’t get me wrong. I am not going to hide in a closet and stop living, but it’s just one of those things where you feel the need to brace a little — even though you know things will probably be just fine. Still you stiffen up just a tad.
I just wrote a blog entry about my adventures in DC on 9/11/01. I think I will post it tomorrow. I don’t want to post it in September. I have written about it once before — not here. I think it is good to share it where I can keep a copy of my memories and thoughts. It’s good to write it out and let it take on a new form instead of being an old memory that is drudged up and stewed on for a while.
The one good thing about September — other than the fact that it makes me one month closer to seeing my son, is the fact that I will be with Mr. Hooah! on the first day of September. That makes the whole month seem a little sweeter and a little more tolerable.
Have a most wonderful time this Sept 1st.
Thank you NGW! I bet your September is just a little brighter too! :)