100 Days & GREAT News

Today marks 100 days that Dan's been deployed, but I received great news this morning. Dan has a flight home! He is scheduled to leave Afghanistan and then has a flight back to the US on the 16th of May. He doesn't know times yet, so we're not sure if he'll be back here in CA on the 16th or 17th. Either way, this is fantastic news. I've secretly been concerned they wouldn't send him home early like they're supposed to do.

(Inset picture is Dan on April 14th, 2010)

He's been doing great these last few weeks. They changed his job from standing in a watch tower for 12 hours a day wearing heavy gear to being the "gunner" two convoys a day to a base about a mile away (he still has to wear the gear, but he gets to sit down and the convoys only take a few hours each). He really likes the change - he's able to have 'normal' hours, use the gym and Internet, and use the food galley. Plus, he gets to nap sometimes between the convoys, which he loves. He says this change has really helped the time go by more quickly for him, so that's good.

I've started researching places for us to rent up in Grants Pass. We'll be moving up in the middle of July. I've also contacted the hospitals in the area about jobs for myself and I've started setting things up for school for Dan (he doesn't get enough time online to do these things). The housing up there is looking good (definitely a lot cheaper then down here) and we're excited for what's to come in the next few months.

Thank you all for your wonderful encouragement in the last few months.