He's leaving
Dean took a few days off work this past week, just to use his vacation days before the fiscal year ended. Tuesday and Wednesday he spent cleaning, and rearanging the boys' bedroom, and planting a tree, mowing the lawn, and just getting a bunch of other jobs done that he has been putting off for a while. Thursday he was just going to take for himself to play games and hang out with friends etc. Thursday morning I walked Deano to school, leaving Isaac and Andrew with Dean. It was a long hike home up steep hills, and my belly and back were aching pretty badly by the time I got back. I collapsed on the couch next to Dean, dreading the rest of the days work if I was already feeling like this. Then Dean dropped the bombshell. He had received a phone call while I was gone telling him that he would be deploying, leaving in just three weeks. At first I thought he was kidding. I begged him to just be kidding. Then my pregnancy hormones kicked in and the tears started. I don't usually cry...