Another week closer to his return

Today started off with a 6:30 phone call from Aaron. He called again at 7:30...both calls kind of ran together and I can't remember exactly which conversation was with which phone call...I was dead asleep. But he had talked to the retention guy (the guy who handles reenlistments) so he wanted to let me know what he said. Basically two of the places we had talked about going...Redstone Arsenal and Ft. Rucker...were pretty much out of the question because Aaron's job wasn't at either of those places. Which we kind of expected but both are close to home so we were checking just to see. There were 3 other places we had talked about and he said those 3 would work out without any problems. Ft. Benning, Ft. Campbell, and Ft. Carson. Personally I am leaning towards Ft. Benning just because Aaron could go be an instructor for a school for a while and we MIGHT could take a break from all this deployment crap. Aaron loves Ft. Campbell and I do too but we know going there would only mean another deployment probably not long after we moved there. And Ft. Carson is in Colorado so it's a little further away from home than where I would like to be. And they get snow! I don't want snow for a while! I asked Logan today if he would want to move somewhere that had snow or if he wanted to go somewhere that was hot. His reply..."I wanta go somewhere that it's hot!" Spoken like a true child of mine!!!! But Aaron hasn't made a definite decision on what he wants to do so as of right now getting out is still an option. His window to reenlist doesn't even open til March. Meaning...he can't sign any reenlistment papers until March. So we have some time to think. Which is good. I don't want to rush this decision.

After talking to Aaron the boys were still asleep and I went right back to sleep myself. They let me sleep until 10:30...that NEVER happens. It was so nice! Logan, Lane, and I went over to Susan's and got to see Diesel. Logan was so happy to see him and Diesel was happy to see us. For those who don't know Diesel was our dog that we got not long after moving here. He is a huge Akita but despite his size is still as pup. He just turned 2 last October. Aaron and I made the decision to give him to a friend of ours who doesn't have any kids and was basically spending the deployment alone. I knew I wouldn't have time to spend with him and I knew I would not have patience with his hyperness especially when he would be stuck in the house during this cold. I love him but at the end of the day I need a break from him! Aaron was the one who spent most of the time with him and he was truly Aaron's dog as he didn't listen to me hardly at all. Aaron misses him...sometimes I think more than he misses me (LOL) and he wishes we hadn't given him away but I feel it was for the best that we gave him to Susan. She loves him like a child and he has more room to run there because she doesn't have a house cluttered with toys. I do miss him lots though. Logan was playing with him like he would always do at our house. They had the rope out and Logan was playing keep away from Diesel. Lane was even happy to see Diesel and he was petting him. So cute. After leaving there I took Logan over to play at Heather's. We stayed there for a while and then headed home. Lane is already in bed...he was so give out since he missed his afternoon nap. Logan is still up but will be heading to bed soon. School and work tomorrow. Mondays are always crazy at work so I better get some rest. Busy day!