deployment

I have been living with Heather and Tejay for the past month, and for the month before that I was in Utah visiting my parents and a few other siblings. Dean left for Afghanistan June 5th, and so I'll be expecting his return sometime around that time period next year. He will get to come back for a visit in November to meet his son and spend a small amount of time with me and our baby. It has been two and a half months since Dean left, and even though every day seems to drag on forever, those two months seems to have gone by quickly. Hindsight goes a lot faster I think. The first several weeks were a lot harder. Missing him being around day to day. Now for the most part I have grown accustomed to his absence, and as bad as that seems, it does make the distance easier to handle. I still get an occasional day where I am consumed with loneliness but those days are getting fewer and farther between. Especially with Heather, Tejay, Natalie, and Ammon to keep me busy. I talk with Dean either over the phone or online nearly every day, and that helps too. We are still staying close despite the vast distance between us. I just hope that Dean won't have to deploy again for a very long time if ever. This one is hard, but I think if he has to go again while we have children, it will be even harder.