Yep, it has been four months since my husband left for Iraq.  I haven't gone crazy (yet).  I have made huge strides (with the help of meds and sheer necessity), been shopping,  flew  across the country, asked for help.

I am still not 100%, or at least where I want to be.  I still think about PAs a lot.  I still worry when I am out that something is going to happen.  Aches, pains and random sensations still get my attention.  But I am getting there....

4 months....11 to go.  Still seems like a very long time.  Maybe once we get to single digits it will sound better.  February will come and go quickly, then March will be 6 months, and planning for Easter.  Hopefully sometime in April, he will come home for 18 days of R&R.  It will be hard after he leaves, but end of school year stuff will start up, and that time always flies.  When school gets out it will be 8 1/2 months.  Summer will be filled up with swimming and camps.  By the time school starts, it will be 11 months.  Then the countdown can begin.  Halloween, Thanksgiving, and hopefully home by Christmas.

Still a long time to go...but we will make it.

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rippelk2 said:

	... you are such a strong person, I admire you. What an amazing attitude :) I hope you realize what a wonderful woman you are.
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rippelk2 said:

	... you are such a strong person, I admire you. What an amazing attitude :) I hope you realize what a wonderful woman you are.
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maddie said:

	... I had a fiance serving in Northern Ireland in the 70's. Those tours seemed interminable. Trying not to watch the news programmes, yet irresistibly drawn to them. I do feel for you. You are doing so well - who knows this tour could be the end of panic attacks forever! :) Keep going. As you say, the time will pass. There's Easter eggs in the shops here already!
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maddie said:

	... I had a fiance serving in Northern Ireland in the 70's. Those tours seemed interminable. Trying not to watch the news programmes, yet irresistibly drawn to them. I do feel for you. You are doing so well - who knows this tour could be the end of panic attacks forever! :) Keep going. As you say, the time will pass. There's Easter eggs in the shops here already!
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ceejay said:

	... AWESOME!!! I love your attitude!!! You're totally inspirational!!!
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ceejay said:

	... AWESOME!!! I love your attitude!!! You're totally inspirational!!!
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