A rough day

Hello all again.

Well, lots of stuff has happened since the last post. David had decided back in January that he was going to accept a job in Afghanistan. I'm ok with him leaving, though I do in fact have my days. He's on a one year contract and then he's coming back to me :) He'll be making some money over there, so that will help us, whenever we decide to get married or whatever the future will bring us :) Let's see. His last day on Kwaj was on Feb 26th and we decided that before he started training at Ft. Benning, GA, that we would take a vacation together and spend some time with each other and he could meet my parents and all. Well, meeting the parents went off without a hitch.. Mom and dad just love him and my grandparents had came down from Nashville, TN and they love him too. I knew they would! =) We spent some time in Huntsville, AL (where I'm from) and we also spent some time in Calvert, TX (where he's from). I really like his parents house.. that's the house that I want.. nice brick rancher that feels like home when you step inside. We went to David's cousins' wedding and I had a blast. I met the bride and groom and they seem like really nice people. I met David's other brother, Scott and his girlfriend Beth. They both seem pretty nice. Fun was had by all.

In a week and a half, we made it through TX (Calvert, Austin, Houston) and Huntsville/Madison, AL.. That's alot of flying.. at least I'm accruring miles.. and hopefully I can fly first class from here to Hono whenever I take a vacation... =) *crossing fingers*

It was pretty hard to say bye to David when I had to fly back to Kwaj.. Man. that was hard.. ugh.. just makes me sad when I think about him not being here with me on Kwaj..

Moving on... when I got back on Kwaj, I had some bad news come to me when I got off the airplane.. One of our friends, Ralph had passed away the morning that I got back on Kwaj (which was last Thursday).. Man.. that was rough too.. Ralph and Sabrina (his fiance) were supposed to get married in April.. Not sure what had happened to Ralph, but some people think that it was a heart-attack or something.

Last night, we had a memorial service for Ralph and lots of people showed up. I'm glad too, because, I know that Sabrina appreciated it. It was a rough night but we all got through it. Even me :)

Neways.. Well, this post is just getting long, so I'll post more later on..

David, If you're reading this.. I love you sweetie. I miss you and I'm always thinking about you.