Monday, December 1, 2008

Rough Night

Whew, that was tough.

We had a nice but long dinner at Johnny Carinos.  It was between that and Texas Roadhouse as I predicted.  Dominic usually isn't big on Italian food but I love it.  He picked and said that Italian sounded good.  So we got there and their computers crashed or something.  The food was slow getting to the table but it worked out fine.  We had a small group of three people next to us.  They sat talking long after they finished their meals.  Once they got up to go, they stopped to talk to the boys.  They complimented Christian on his drawings (on the kids menu) and told Dominic and I what a beautiful family we have.  They were so nice.  They said several times that they were impressed how well behaved the boys were at dinner.  Its always so nice to hear those things and people in Texas aren't shy about saying things like that.

Dad called Dominic while we were at dinner to say goodbye.  It sounded like Dominic ended the conversation quickly then when he hung up and I looked at him I knew why.  He was crying.  He has been so sad about leaving.  Everyday he told me "I don't want to leave you guys".  That's hard, on both of us.

We got home from dinner and it was time for the boys to get to bed.  I changed Mason's diaper and Dominic put his jammies on while I made his bottle.  Dominic put him to bed and cried the whole time.  Then he read the boys Green Eggs and Ham and put them to bed.  He had a very tough time even getting thru the book.  It was heart breaking to watch.  

Dominic and I went to bed.  His alarm went off at 2:30 am.  He showered and I laid awake waiting for him to say goodbye.  He dressed quickly and came to say goodbye.  This will be the longest amount of time that we have ever been apart in almost 9 years of marriage.  Its going to be really hard but we both have our minds on the goals ahead of us.  We are both confident that the time will pass quickly.  We will both be busy with our "missions".

My mission for the day...get the Christmas tree up.
Dominic's mission for the day...get to training.

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