Leaving him at that airport was one of the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. It’s amazing how attached you become to someone so quickly. When you spend an average of 16hrs a day with someone you seem to expect them to be around all the time. John and I have been dating for 9 months and “living” together for a while too so not having him around is the weirdest thing.

Right now he is in a hotel room in Baltimore, waiting for his plane to take him to Germany and then to Iraq. He will be there for four months. Doesn’t really seem like a lot because well, it’s not a lot in terms of deployments. 120 days he will be in Balaad, Iraq making and sending bombs that are protecting the men on the ground. He will not leave the base and it is in a safer place so I am not too worried about his safety. I am more worried that he just isn’t here. I have no one to watch Family Guy with. No one to rub my feet when they are tired, and no one to cook me weird but yummy dishes. When he gets back we will see what we can do money wise about an apartment together. It will really depend on where I am with school and if I can get a job right out of school or not. Either way, we do plan to spend more time together when he gets back.

I guess it’s just really going to suck not having me best friend around for a while. I will live through it I’m sure. I am planning on staying busy with school, work, the gym, and some extra book keeping for my mom. It’s going to be hard but, I think I can handle it.

This Thanksgiving was the first Thanksgiving in two years that I have been able to spend with my family. Don’t get me wrong, because last year I was lucky enough to have friends whom invited me to spend it with them and their family. This year, at 5:50am Leanne, Jeff, Kayla, John and I headed to Canada to meet our parents and good friends, Paula and Richard. Even though it’s not the “Real Thanksgiving” according to Canadians, they cooked us a wonderful turkey dinner. We over ate so much we were all sick. It was awesome. Then we got to spend the next few days relaxing, spending time with good friends, and getting some doggy time in. John got to experience a little taste of the dog life. I think he loves the dogs.

You can check out more pictures here at John’s gallery.

We came back on Sunday and it was back to work on Monday. That was when John was told that he would not be going to Kyrgyzstan after all. He was suppose to go for 4-5 months, from January to about May-ish. It sucked but I was sort of, kind of, maybe just a little bit, getting use to the fact that he would be gone. So was he. He was looking forward to paying off some bills and saving some dough. Well, that all came crashing down. Now, on December 31, he needs to be out of his current apartment and into a new one. The only problem is that Christmas took most of our money. So here we are broke and trying to find a cheap apartment in a not too bad neighborhood, while we have no money. Wish us luck