We arent in this business for the "Thank you's"

So while I sit here listening to both my boys snoring away in their beds I am reminded of what happened recently to me. I went to eat lunch at our favorite resturant and was enjoying a quiet lunch alone like usual lately...a couple walked in and well I really began to look at them. It was unique to watch them, because well, they were a military couple. Navy to be exact..SN: GO ARMY!..I got to watch what it looked like as a military couple from the outside. Upon being done I walked over and told him thank you, shook his hand and he was shocked I figured out he was military. The saying my mother once said, "You see one, you know them all." I then turned to his wife and thanked her for her support of him. She was taken back and thanked me. I walked out of the resturant and was on my way to my car when I heard. MA'AM I turned to see his wife. She walked over to me and said, "He is deployed isnt he?" I never once told her I was an Army wife. I said yes. She gave me the biggest most sincere hugs I have ever received. She looked at me and goes Thank you! I almost cried getting into the car. I do hear people asking me to tell my husband thank you for them, but its a rarity to get a thank you for supporting a soldier or sailor, or even airmen! It was just much sweeter from another spouse who knew what was going on without even having to strike up a conversation. Before she turned she looked me square in the eyes and said, "How are you doing?" She said I can see the sleeplessness in your eyes. I smirked a little and said sleep, whats sleep? She smiled hugged me again and said darling thank you! And walked away. I really am not in this line of work being a wife for the thank yous nor is my dh in it for it either. He does it for the simple fact of the freedoms that everyone of us takes for granted. He is really humbled when someone tells him thank you as am I, hence the teary eyes earlier...SOOO to all the other milies out there "Thank you and How are you doing?"

I was sitting in class yesterday and I looked up to see someone who resembled a very very close friend of mine who was killed in fallujah. He laughed like Kev and goes you look like you have seen a ghost. The scary thing is that he laughed like Kevin. De jevu is a really horrid things sometimes. Our minds play horrid things on us at times. Especially when we are emotionally drained and at our emotional lowest points. So as I listen to Mariah Carey and finish this entry out I hope that everyone has a magnificent wednesday.

The Islamic Center near Ground Zero

I am honestly torn between either agreeing with the building of the Islamic center. Its rather hard to personally in my heart to say yes for this center to be built, for my husband fights EVERY single day against the extremist of Islam. And the builidng of this building personally is a slap in the face to the Americans who were traumatized by the events of 9/11, but then in my heart I have to say well America is all about the freedom of religion and where would we be if we didnt have religious freedom hundreds of years ago? Burning at the stake like our ancestors. Yes, Islam is a newer religion in America and I am not saying that we need to be hypervigilant, but to my knowledge Islam is about peace. EVERY single religion has their own extremist. Yes, the extremist of Islam carried out their hadith and wrecked havoc on a super power. But the interesting aspect of this whole thing is that WE are waging a war against Islamic extremist and their jihad, but not against the Islamic religion. That atatement alone is how I feel about this whole thing. Why are we fighting against a peaceful religion where they want to worship? People say that is it sacred land that they are attempting to build on, but have they google earthed that block and to see just what is around the corner from where they want to build their mosque? It happens to be a strip club and 3 bars? What is so scared about strip clubs and bars?
So all in all is America changing its values on religion? No this nation was founded on religious freedom and to be able to practice without persecution. Those are the fundamental values of the nation I call home, so I stand behind the ideal of the mosque building, but not without a very heavy heart. Do Americans fear what is not the everyday norm for them? I do believe so!!

IF anyway I have offended anyone on my personal views from this post then I am sorry, but this is strickly a blog on my thoughts!! I will not keep the things I wish to talk to my husband about, but cant from my blog which was designed in the first place to vent or post my ideas, or emotional breakdowns while he is deployed! If you do not agree with my politically CONGRATULATIONS you just practiced your American Rights which were given to you!! Now just think on what I have said, you dont have agree. I know a lot of people may not agree with me. I still love all my followers..you guys make life interesting!!

today is just one of those days

Soo as the title protrayed today just happens to be one of those days were I wanna just sit down and cry. I am so tired from this past labor day weekend. I enjoyed my time with my in-laws down in Louisana, but I am just physically exhausted from everything that happened and to be honest there wasnt much we did!! My son went fishing for the first time in his life with his Poppi and it was soo sweet. He came in with such a defeated look for not catching anything!! SUCH a fisherman!! lol, sad thing is he will never be fishing with his momma nor his dad!! Soooo I am sitting in class and yet have had lunch because the resturant on campus DIDNT want to make my food because there were the same thing in the grab and go but YET didnt tell me they wouldnt make my order, I didnt want a pizza from there because well it was BURNT....I am soo livid about this!! I might pass out in classes this afternoon from their inablitity to be able to get off their lazy butt and just make me a new one!! I ordered a new one, NOT an old one!! Plus I am so tired of just surviving while waiting for my husband to come home from Iraq and I really wish he was just home! Yet tomorrow maybe a whole other day, and understand that what I sacrifice for the freedom of every other American and what my husband goes through is for that as well. BUT I DONT WANNA THINK THAT TODAY...I WANT MY HUSBAND HOME SO I HAVE SOMEONE TO CRY ON THEIR SHOULDER TO HAVE HELP WITH EVERYTHING!! I am just tired of all these professors arguing about the war and Iraq and afghanistan and I JUST WANT HIM HOME NOW!!! I know after this rant I will just pull myself back together like I always do and will soldier on and deal with life like I always do.

YAY

27 DAYS TILL I SEE MY HUSBAND!!!

That is all for today..I really cant talk because well if I get going I would be able to stop and you would be bored after probably about the first 3 sentences!!