all is well on the home front

It has been some time I know, sometimes I feel like I am just becoming numb to this deployment, and there is not really anything significant to say. I miss Derrick all the time but in a dull empty pain kind of way. When I am feeling the absence the most is really mostly at home when I don't have anything to do or nights when I can't sleep, then I am painfully aware that I am alone. Not having him around to listen to my, what seems to be lately, constant bitching (mostly about how much I hate the winters here in Ohio), sucks too. One thing that Derrick is really good at is tuning me out, without me thinking he is doing it.

Derrick seems to be in good spirits, we are both starting to get really excited to see each other in May, we are trying to finalize our plans but it looks like it will be around May 10th-24th or so. I am really excited and just really can't wait to see him.

I was out with some of the old gang on Friday and had a ton of fun. Sometimes I feel guilty about having fun because I know that Derrick is missing out. His biggest complaint about being over there is that he is bored and misses hanging out with friends. I can't imagine how lonely and icolating that would feel. With the exception of missing Derrick my life is pretty much the same as it was before he left. I feel this 400 days for him is more like a prison sentence.