Home for the Holidays

I constructed my own dresser all by myself today. It, of course, came in a box from Ikea and has been sitting in my bedroom for the past month since I bought it. I was going to wait for Stephen to come home for a weekend to have him help me with it, but I decided that I wanted to spend what little time I have with him at home doing something other than building a dresser and moving furniture around our bedroom. It took me three hours to build, but it feels good to have my bedroom complete since we moved to Utah.

I am really looking forward to the upcoming holidays because that means I get to see Stephen not only at Christmas, but next week at Thanksgiving! I am so excited because he wasn't planning on coming home until Christmas. He called one day and told me he bought a ticket to come home for Thanksgiving, and he is so ready to come home. Stephen is almost half way done with training; key words being almost half way. I get to see him for both holidays, but after Christmas we have to go a whole other three months without seeing each other--what a drag. I have to give mad props and a lot of respect to military wives and husbands, especially when they are gone a whole year on active duty. I could never do that.

Stephen is doing very well in all of his classes and physical training courses. He is the kind of person who makes friends very easily and seems to be a class comedian by all the stories I've heard; he is very witty and quick on his feet. He is learning a lot and having lots of fun at the same time, but is ready to be home; as I am also ready to have him home too. He is such a great provider and husband; I love him and miss him very much.

I have been doing pretty well here at home with work and my new calling in the primary teaching the sunbeams. The next best thing to having Stephen home is having my family come visit for a weekend for family home evening in December. I have been planning and shopping for all the things I need to take care of everyone; it's going to be so great!