Single parent time....

Well Jake finally made it to his training, after spending way too long in airports along the way, because of the failure of someone else to do the things that they are supposed to. Its way to long of a story to put all of the detail here, just know that having to rely on someone else to do things for you sucks when that person doesn't really care if you get all the things you need or how long it takes for you to get where you are going as long as you get there. I'm pretty sure that thanks to same said person he will only be gone 2 weeks, which is good and bad at the same time. It just means more trips later this year. I think that Lexie was having flash backs of when he was in the Middle East cause she was having a really hard time all day Saturday, but was much better when she got to talk to him later that night. He hasn't been gone long enough for Ashton to really start missing him yet, it almost just seems like a normal military weekend so far, but that is going to be changing when he doesn't come home tonight. Not that much going on around here other than that, at least for now. I guess that we are in that February rut, when you are sick of winter and longing for spring but it just seems so slow in coming that you could just die.

I'm already stressed out!!!!!!!!!!

Jake came home from drill this weekend and informed me that he has a school to go to in 12 days; and he will be gone, to Missouri, for 2 weeks. (I already knew that, but I was hoping that if I pretended he didn't it wouldn't happen----whatever that didn't work!!) Well it is stage 2 of a 4 stage class that he HAS to take, the first stage being a Internet stage that has totally been monopolizing him the last month. What I didn't know and why I am stressed out is: he found out that he can take the classes all in a row, which I will give it to him will be easier for him. But that means that he will be gone for not 2 weeks, but a very LONG 5 weeks which include our anniversary and my birthday. It's okay he can go, this is our life I am very used to him being gone for military things. It won't be the first time we have been in different states for those two days. (on the bright side we will be on the same continent twice in our married life we have been on different continents for those two days.) What I am stressing about is this is the first time he has gone anywhere and left me home with THREE kids, and the first time that Ashton will really get how long his Dad is going to be gone. Its going to be really hard on the little guy. Thank goodness for cell phones and email; they always help and hopefully this time we can try out our web cams and actually get to see each other sometimes while he is gone.