Yesterday was a crazy busy day at work. It was Mother's day, which added to the chaos. Although I was exhausted at the end of the day, I made amazing money - over $400! I must say, all the walking and hassle was well worth the pay off!
Today I had a normal morning. Got up and got ready for work, Michael called a littler earlier than normal because he had a meeting to go to concerning is upcoming leave and rules pertaining to it (you know you are getting close when there are meetings!). I went to work and greeted my 23 smiling faces. And then, the teacher across the hall came into my room and asked what base my husband was at, and whether or not I had seen the news.
My. Heart. Stopped.
WHO ASKS THAT QUESTION WHEN A SPOUSE IS DEPLOYED?
I immediately assigned my kids some work and ran to the internet. Of course there wasn't much information to gather at the time, I simply saw the headline. "5 U.S. troops killed at base in Baghdad."
I mean really? They couldn't put any more information than that? The article went on to say the shooting had occurred around 2 pm their time, which would have put it at 7 am our time. I did the calculations quickly and realized I had talked to Michael since then, but sent him an e-mail anyway. When he didn't respond, my heart skipped a few beats. It took almost an hour, but he wrote back and told me he was fine. I guess so many other wives panicked, that they activated our phone tree to reassure everyone it wasn't our brigade.
Throughout this deployment, considering what circumstance we could have, we have been extremely lucky. I have gotten to talk or e-mail almost every single day. There are some who don't get to talk to their spouse for weeks at a time. So although this deployment is tough, it could be worse.
Tonight, my heart goes out to those families affected by this latest tragedy. It's hard enough that families have to deal with worries about terrorists and outside factors that could harm their significant other. We shouldn't have to worry about them when they are on their base.
My husband will be home safe (if only for 15 days) in 38 days.
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