What a day, I am just down in the dumps even though i'm leaving at the end of the week.

I talked to my DH this morning and i have no clue when i will talk to him ever again. The FOB he is going to is iraqi owned and pretty new, all i know it is near the Iran border and it is very secretive so no information about this FOB is anywhere on the internet.

There will be no tent's over there, he told me he will be sleeping on cotts under mosquito netting, no a/c, no internet and no phones. Just basics. this does not sound good at all. He knows i will be leaving the end of the week. So i am hopeing he will get to send me at least letters while we are away but he forgot to take a pen and paper to write down my mom's address he knows the addy he just forgets the zip, so i was trying to brainwash him with it...lol

i'm just so down right now, because i know what he is saying is true about that area. i was able to google up not that fob but that area, and the british was over in that area and a reporter wrote that the british that were stationed there were living like nomads and that was back in october 2007. but maybe i'm just jumping the gun thinking the worse and maybe it will not be so bad.

i have a frg meeting to go to thursday so maybe i can ask questions there and someone will know something, i'm hopeing.

thanks for listening, i just needed to let this out to people who have been in my shoes as my mom don't really understand how i feel right now, all she keeps saying stay strong for the kids, My kids will be 18 and the other is 13 both boys, i understand stay strong for them but they both understand what is going on also, who is going to stay strong for me? my strength, my hereo, my strong one is in Iraq

Oh wow Lady.....I'm so sorry. That sounds incredibly remote and spooky.
I'll keep y'all in my prayers hon.

Ladybones,
Keep strong and keep faith. I understand how hard it is for you now and no words can make it any easier. I know it is frustrating because people just don't understand how we feel having our "strong ones" so far away and it being them we are worried about.

Come vent anytime, that is what we are all here for. But, try to enjoy your vacation and being with your family.

God bless you and yours.

Hang in there. It's hard when we know they have it rough. Makes you feel kind of guilty to have all you do at home.

Will keep all of ya in my prayers.


Mom

Thanks everyone, but i do feel horrible about going to visit my family and to try to keep busy as he will be in the Pitts of Iraq. and now the "what if's" keep flowing in my mind....Ok time for me to concentrate on my house cleaning to get ready to leave on friday, maybe once i'm away from this area i will feel better...You know everyday when you see someone in thier ACU's makes it tough.

I guess i need this vacation after all.