It's hard to believe that on May 5th, Jon and I celebrated our one-year anniversary. Well, it wasn't exactly a celebration considering we couldn't be together, but I did get a phone call from Jon in Iraq and hearing his voice was gift enough. This year has truly flown by so quickly, and three days before our anniversary, Jon left for Iraq for his eight-month deployment. Although I will desperately miss him, I have fun plans of my own for the summer as I will be returning to Texas.
I've only been back four days, but have already had Tex-Mex several times and am re-adjusting to the Texas heat and humidity. I have stayed in my parents house numerous times since graduating high school, but this will be my first time to live in my old room for four months since high school with no car. Therefore, I feel I'm returning to the age of 15 when I would have to beg for rides from Mom and Dad and had all my household chores. Truthfully, I'm so excited to be home again and really won't be at "home" all that much. There are so many friends I look forward to re-uniting with, weddings to be a part of, vacations to go on, etc. Really, I'm looking forward to an outstanding summer with the family, and what an opportunity to spend so much quality time with my parents even as a married woman.
Jon will hopefully send updates on the blog periodically during his deployment although he worries that it will simply be a recount of groundhog day. Regardless, we plan to still update the blog even if we won't have travels in Europe to write about (at least for four months). This summer will be dedicated to my hometown return and all the adventures of reunions with family and friends.
Thank you for continuing to read the blog and for your support of Jon and me as we endure this deployment. One thing is for sure, we've both been through the long-distance dance before - this will be a piece of cake.
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