Day 30 : Where oh where has Tammy gone?

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I’m here!!!

I decided to take some time off and enjoy a mini-vacation. The girls and I  went to visit my friend (and VA) Tricia for a couple of days over the 4th of July weekend. Overall, the trip was awesome and we had a great time.

On the trip down there, things were going well. We were making good time and the kids and dogs were doing just fine. Everyone was getting a bit antsy.. so we decided to stop at a rest stop in Fort Morgan, CO. The girls and I were walking the dogs over to the dog run and playing in the open area.  I guess we were gone about 20 minutes or so.

During that time, some jacka$$ decided to steal my laptop bag right out of my car. (of course the laptop, my anti-anxiety meds and several other items were in the bag) I didn’t realize until we got to Tricia’s house.  Great. What a way to start off the vacation.

Like I said, we had an awesome time hanging out with Tricia, her family and all the various animals. We even managed to get a little work done and do some brainstorming too! Tricia graciously let me use her PC laptop but I missed my Mac so badly!

Emotionally, it was a hard weekend! I had to go cold-turkey off my anti-anxiety meds (something my Dr warned me not to do), didn’t have much communication with SGT Daddy those days and it was the first holiday since SGT Daddy left. I think I cried on and off most of Friday night and Saturday. I was supposed to stay till Sunday but I reached a point that I just wanted to get home. (I had a long drive ahead of me)

Things are all ok now … well except for I don’t have a new laptop yet. I love my Macs but they are so darn expensive. Although, on the way home, we actually got to see a funnel cloud in the distance. It was so cool and I’ll add the pics soon. I know most people would freak out if they saw a funnel cloud but I loved it. I would love to go “storm chasing” one day.

It’s hard to believe it has been 30 days since SGT Daddy left. Some days it feels like it was just yesterday … and some days it feels like its been ages since we were together. I’m so grateful that we get to talk (phone, email and IM ) as much as we do. I know lots of other Army wives go days/weeks without talking to their husbands.

So here we are .. one month down and we all made it through unharmed! (even though the deployment gremlins are trying their best to throw everything they have at us)

Also – since the laptop was stolen, my deployment videos are on hiatus till I can get a new laptop.  : (