Less than a month until we start The Year. So many things to be done. So few free days to do them in. It's always like this the closer we come to the actual date of deployment.
Paperwork to be done. Wills to be made. Gear to be purchased. Household chores to be completed. It's a never ending stream of "must do."
The real "must do" things always fall to the bottom of the list. Spend time with the kids. Take plenty of photographs. Make storytime videos for the kids.
The run up to a deployment always becomes "I wish we already had this thing underway" when it should be "I will savor the time he is here." So I'm turning the "must do" list upside down this time. I will not spend the next "less than a month" wishing K was already gone. I will spend the next "less than a month" making every moment count.
