John left yesterday. He called the kids on Tuesday night before he went to the airport and talked to each one of them. Sarah was the most out of it and about a minute into the conversation with sleepy eyes, she asked Daddy if he wanted to talk to Mommy and without even waiting for the answer handed me the phone and laid down on her pillow and was out again.
The next time I heard from him was at about 7:30AM on Wednesday during a layover in Maine. max was excited to hear where Dad was, especially since he knew where it was on the map. From there John was on his way to Germany. I received a text message around 9:30 that said "bye bye US" and then I received another call at about 4:30 in the afternoon from Germany. I have never gotten an international call, so when the number showed up on my phone, it was unrecognizable. Germany is 7 hours ahead of us so it was already bedtime for everyone where he was. He was trying to catch cat naps as much as possible on the plane, but it still is tough, so he sounded quite tired from the day full of airports and small seats on a plane.
John had another two hour layover in Germany before heading to his final destination, at least for a couple of weeks. He will be in Kahzakstan (finally figured out how to spell it) for about two weeks for aclimation and training, from there he will move into Afghanistan for the rest of his tour of duty.
It is so different this time around, I am overall more calm about him being over there for some reason. We have been through this before and I am ready to take on the next year. I probably won't be talking to him for days at a time now. I will be turning off his cell phone today and will rely on the phone provided by the military and the infamous SKYPE.
I miss you and love you, stay safe and come home soon!
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