Goodbye.

Yesterday was probably one of the hardest days in my life so far... I took Matt to the airport, so he could fly to Japan: where he will be for the next 25 months. Saying goodbye was devastating, and I can't imagine how in the world the next two years are going to be. It has only been about 36 hours since I saw him last, and I already miss him like crazy. This entire experience is VERY overwhelming, intimidating, and a tad bit scary. I love him and am PROUD to say that he is my husband, but these two years are going to be very hard and very trying... I'm lucky enough to know already though, that Matt and I are GOOD at long distance. We did long distance for 10 months before we got married, and that is VERY reassuring to me. AAAND now I have an excuse to travel to Japan, and for decent prices if I take a military flight, too! We have friends from Lemoore, which we both adored, that live in base housing there, and I can't wait to see them and their son again, either. Oh man, so many different emotions at one time...

Anyways... To break it down, he will be home in:
25 months... or 106 weeks... or 759 days... or 18227 hours... or 1093640 minutes... OR 65618434 seconds, LOL! I think I prefer to count in days :) Side note: I did not figure these out on my own, I used an online countdown calculator!

Hobbies, I need them! I am going to unpack my sewing machine and get back to practicing my straight lines again :) Maybe I can start organizing the bedroom... or painting or something, too? Wish me luck... maybe I'll even blog more regularly!

BTW: I finally heard from Matt, he is in Japan... safe and sound... just a little jet-lagged and feelin' a little tired and goofy :) Keep him in your prayers while he adjusts and acclimates to all these changes!