It's been really busy these last couple of weeks. About 2 weeks ago, Rick's brother Jack came to visit. It's crazy on how so alike they are, even though all together, they have only spent about week together in 10 years. Hopefully, he will be making his way back here more or Rick and I going to Florida to visit him. Jack and the face he makes in EVERY picture.

The weekend after his visit, it was our friend's Spencer's birthday. It was very chill, some cake and food and then just watching a movie on his BIG TV.

Spencer and his birthday cake (not and bad pic that I took!)

We knew that we only had so much time before he left today, so we out to dinner on his last night, hung out with a couple of people and then came home. I had planned to sleep in, have breakfast with Rick and then go out to lunch and drop him off at base. Well, we get a call around 9am the day of his deployment, saying that they don't have to come in for another 24 hours. Whoo hoo!! So awesome to hear! But then I got up and went straight to work, so that I could have the time off today.

So today, Rick finally left. It's been a long sad day. The house is quieter and WAY lonely. My cats have already noticed something is not right. Hopefully, they will sleep with me tonight. It will make me feel better. It's crazy to think that other people have to deal with longer and even worse conditions on their deployments. I have lots of respect for the spouses that have their loved ones on those deployments.