7 weeks.... I think I was off count before

Gary when he was at BMT

I GET TO SEE GARY IN LESS THAN A WEEK! I have actually gotten a little nervous. Leaving Gary at BMT was SOOOO hard on me. I am a little worried (or maybe a lot) about leaving Gary again. I keep telling myself that this time is different because I am preparing my mind, because he'll only have 5 weeks left when I leave, because I have a full week to spend with him, and because I have a few things planned after I leave and before he gets back to keep me distracted (plus its summer). I also want to not have these knots in my stomach the whole week I'm with him. I want to just enjoy and take in every moment.

This past week has been pretty good. One night though I had a hormonal night or something. I was talking to Gary and was totally fine. When he wanted to end the phone call to go to bed I instantly got tears in my eyes and was so sad. Then I had a huge "I miss you so much" session with tears streaming. It was quite strong feelings and it really came out of no where. So I decided that if I had my period back it would have been this week with that crazy hormonal night.

My first Mothers Day was WONDERFUL. I got to serve! I made a big dinner for my family. They came to my house and I had meals that accommodated the men and a different one for the women. Lasagna for the men and quinoa stuffed squash for the women! :) It was fun and glad I did it. I was well treated as well. My wonderful sister brought me a "first time mom pampering kit" full of fun stuff. She is always so good at that! Thanks Lisa! She also had her cute kids write answers to some questions and here are the results. (they were all asked at different times so they didn't hear each others responses.)

                              Austin (age 11)              Dylan (age 8)            Sadie (age 6)        Real answer
How old is Julie?                       29                               40                           39                    27

Favorite food?                      Salad                            Pizza                      Salad        Zupas! :)

                                 Go on walks with        Spend time with      Talk with people    All of them
Favorite thing to do?   friends and talk a lot             Jackson

What does Julie do     care for Jackson            If Gary's there       Feed Jackson        All of them
during the day?                                            she'd talk all day.

What does Julie love      Jackson                     her husband           Jackson          they are good!

If Julie were to be      
famous what would it     singing                     being nice               because she's        ?????
be for?                                                                                       a rock star

What is Julie really         planning things         Handling when           Playing basketball     ????
good at?                                                 someone's bugging her