nov 19

Today both the girls had early release, but for my little one that's actually a longer day than usual. This usually gives me an opportunity to take care of things that take longer than her usual two and a half hours she's away. I had only finished breakfast when Mitch called and couldn't sleep. We talked for so long about so much. It was SO NICE. It sounded like his REAL voice, like his usual happy self. He told me about his friend he's worried about there, he talked about the cold, we talked about what we wanted for Christmas..at which I exclaimed I didn't want no stinkin' Christmas..or presents. I know I still have to have Christmas for the girls but that I would rather wait to have Christmas or exchange gifts until way after he's been home a while. It just wouldn't make me happy at all to have something but not my someone its from. I told him I wonder all the time what it will be like when everything is back to normal with both the girls being in school now, I'm anxious to just get back to a normal day in the life of our family. He also mentioned that if I were going to mail anything to do now before all the mail going there gets backed up. So when we eventually hung up, that was the only other thing I accomplished was sending off his 3 packages: a game, a care package, and the toys the girls wanted to send to the orphanage. Those should make him smile.