Today was a good day. I worked 10 straight hours with about 10 minutes to sit still and figure out what I needed to do after my third micro lab of the day before I could leave for home (2 hours of stuff to do). Still though, I was just so happy.
I woke up (still) sick with the cold that has been messing with me for the third week in a row- and angrier than I was last night when I went to bed thinking about what the Dr I will not be seeing again suggested..."Well, you have a lot of stress, and I know we found Lyme's Disease, but...how about an anti-depressant..." AGAIN. I am not even kidding. I actually laughed and said "hmm... not sure how that is going to make my feet and body feel better..." I woke up even more annoyed this morning as I coughed and coughed and coughed and limped toward my bathroom.
I digress. At the end of lab one, I was THRILLED! All of my classes PCR's worked! Whoo HOO!! What a relief! The PCR thing is stressful and just think, next week, I have more PCR labs to deal with. So, at the end of lab, I get a text from Jennifer saying "2 HOURS and I pick him up- he just called!"
I said to my class "MY BROTHER IS BACK IN THE US FROM AFGHANISTAN!" and my whole class cheered. They did not know he was there, but we were all happy. Then I had tears and my heart was pounding. One student came up to me and told me her boyfriend is in the Marines and in Afghanistan and hopefully will be home in February. She said " I have gone 3 weeks without hearing from him. I just want him home and safe." I so know that feeling. He is stationed out of LeJeune too.
Michael is in a pretty good situation because of his natural talents, he is safer than a lot of Marines in Afghanistan, but still. Every time I hear of hurt or lost troops...
Michael is in Afghanistan
Every time I hear of a helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Michael is always on helicopters in Afghanistan
Every time I hear of a planned offensive
Michael is in Afghanistan
It is something I dont really obsess over or cry about, but hearing He was on US soil, I just cried and felt such relief for my baby brother.
2 weeks ago, I heard he was going to be involved in "fire" and I really was upset and asked for prayers. That mission got totally called off and instead, he was waiting at an airport for a week. I am ok with that. There is great power in prayer.
I am so grateful he is home, I wish it was for good from Afghanistan, but he goes back in 2 weeks and finishes his deployment in April. After that, I will be much more at ease. I am not a huge fan of him being there.
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3 comments:
Makes me a little weepy. I am so glad he is home!
what a relief! So happy to hear that news.
I'm so glad he's safely home!
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