Hi! Welcome to the Arsenal. Here's your ticket to Iraq!

Ok, so that's not exactly what they said to him, but it might as well have been. John started work last Tuesday. He came home to tell me that he was traveling that week (last Wednesday through Friday), this week (Tuesday through Friday) and that he would be going to Iraq in August. Only for 3 months. But it's the Army, so I'll plan on 6. I'm not really surprised as I knew this could, and possibly would, happen. I just hoped it wouldn't. And at least it's not 12 months, or 15. Gotta look at the bright side, right? On a very funny side note is that fact that John has to be one of the only people who, while flying this week, carries on their luggage but still manages for it to get lost. When he was flying out of Huntsville yesterday, the plane was too small for overhead bins so they took his luggage along with that of 5 other passengers and stored it below. Well, at least that's what was supposed to happen. Sounds like someone forgot to put their luggage on the plane so he made it to Fresno sans suitcase which meant sans uniform. The suitcase finally arrived this afternoon with enough time for him to change and make it to his meeting. I bet he'll keep tabs on it after that.