today is the day

that TJ comes home!
i was thrilled to pieces last night, and today i am nervous. (this is how it always goes when he comes back. wondering how things are going to be once he's back, it's the whole transition back in to the civilian world. some of them don't always adjust so great.)
i have cleaned the house spotless!
as i was putting the finishing touches on the kitchen last night i suddenly stopped dead in my tracks and thought "what am i doing?!!! i always clean the house from top to bottom when he's coming home from some long escapade somewhere and the same thing always happens: he comes in, MIGHT notice how neat and tidy everything is and then scatters all of his gear and unpacks all his bags and takes days to get it put away. not to mention all the dirt and gook that comes with him from being in the field."

ugh.
i almost wish i hadn't worked so hard. but i would have done it anyway b/c it helps me not go crazy. at least i get time to enjoy it.

his plane comes in late this evening. which means i still have, what, almost 11 hrs to get thru?
it's a total killer when i have to get thru a whole day before i can go pick him up!
and i have to find time at some point to get ready to go get him. you know, get all beautified from head to toe so that my apperance practically shouts at him "see what you've been missing?" the problem with that is i'm going to have to figure out how to work that around baby's naps. i can't shower now b/c come 8 ocklock tonight all the fresh will have worn off. so at some point i may baracade him in his playpen outside the bathroom door with some toys,unless i can get him down for an extra nap.

oh, and his flight comes in at nearly 2hrs past bedtime. i wanted to pull my hair out when i heard this!! no it's not that big of a deal. this should actually be an eye opener for me. to see how well little tj does up and out of the house way past his bedtime. i'm hoping he'll take a late nap just to take the edge off. more for me than him. but chances are, knowing that's what i want him to do. he probably won't nap at all today.
oh and another thing! he wants me to be waiting INSIDE the airport for him when he makes his big apperance! which i understand. he doesn't want to have to wait to see us. i was kind of hoping to pick him up at curbside or something. but he wants me to park in the parking garage and go in. and then he said after we get his bags one of us can go get the car. well i've got news for you buddy. YOU will be going to get the car! it's dark in there! i'm not going alone. i will stay with the bags. he has too many bags for us to carry, even if i didn't take the baby. he has his carry on which was a backpack and 3 of those big rucks. you know, the giant green ones that weigh like 80 lbs each once they stuff them full of their gear? when he came back off last deployment he only had 2 and i had to park way out in overflow parking and we had to stop like 3 times to rest. so if he wants me to park in the garage that's fine. but i seriously doubt TJ will stay with him willingly if i disappear and like i said, it will be dark in the parking garage and so i think that he'll just have to go get the car.


anyway, i am glad he's coming home. i'm sure some of that doesn't sound like it. but i am!


i suppose i will give little TJ his bath and take him to the airport in pj's so that, God willing, if he falls asleep in the car on the way home i can just unload him straight to his crib instead of have to mess with changing his clothes. dang it! he'll probably need a new diaper anyway! oh well, so much for that idea!

anyway, so if you don't see me around it's just b/c tj will finally be home and we will be learning the ropes of being a family again.
he wants to go look at houses and see what kind of financing we can get one day this coming week. hopefully that doesn't turn out to be a complete disaster. i'm hoping houses are selling better than everyone says they are.