On The Way

Well, The day finally came:( I'm on my way...I'm sitting in the USO in Baltimore waiting for my flight out later this evening, It's been a long day already and I still have 20 something hours of travel time to go. The good bye this morning didn't go too bad, I think the kids would have done alright if I could've held it together but as Nikki says, I'm a big baby.:) I did decide this morning that I will never do this again, I understand my responsibility as a military member and will do as I'm directed. However, I'll have 18 1/2 years in the military when I get back so I'd rather retire than have to leave my family again. I'm not looking for any sympathy or complaining, there are many soldiers/sailors/marines/airmen that are gone longer and more often then myself and I think they are great people for doing it!! I just won't to do it again and I'll be lucky enough to be in a position that I'll have a little more say and I'd bet that most anybody that could, would rather be at home with the wife and kids. As you can see, I've started to ramble so I'll say, "Goodbye" for now.