Day 11

Wow...the last day of February already!  Where on earth has the time gone?  It's one of the conundrums of life that the time leading up to a deployment always seems to go by much faster than the time during a deployment.  I guess it's all in perspective.  The more you want to savor each moment, the faster time flies.

Along that vein, today's picture is my 'Donut of Misery':

I'm not sure who originally created the donut, but it has definitely taken off with military spouses.  It's an Excel spreadsheet; you plug in the service member's departure date and projected return date, and get a bunch of different time related statistics about the deployment.  The actual 'donut' part shows the percentage done and percentage to go.  The 'to go' part was actually red when I downloaded the spreadsheet, but I changed it to purple.  I just wish the purple would turn green a little bit faster than it is.

We have now survived weekend #2.  The weather was gorgeous this weekend, so the kids got to get outside and play quite a bit.  Unfortunately, the weather is going to take a turn for the worse in the next couple days.  I just looked at the forecast, and they're calling for possible snow Tuesday evening through Wednesday.  I'm less than impressed, but Gabriel will love it.

And with that, I'll 'see' everyone on day 12 - or, as Taryn said before she went to bed, "See you next month!"