There Goes My Husband.....

So I woke up at 430 yesterday morning to take John to the bus to see him off before he went to Iraq... It was very stressful and a long day... We laughed we cried.. we hugged for hours.. And before I knew he was on the bus heading out... It was a long day after that for me.. He was gone but it didnt seem real... He finally called at midnight here... He was in Maine.. It was 4 there.. It was so good to here his voice though it was tired and raspy.. He's a gaurdian angel ( a guy that stays up and gaurds the other guys with an M4 with live rounds while they travel on the bus and airplane) so he didnt get to sleep at all and only a little time for a phone call to his wife... It was nice though and he seemed chipper through it all... The call definetly put me at ease for the rest of the night... I finally got to sleep like a baby.... But then I woke up from the phone ringing at 950 this morning.. It was John!!! He was in Germany getting ready to bored the plane... He thought it'd be okay to call since it was 4 in the afternoon there...  geez I wasnt expecting phone calls at all hours.. But if thats the case then I'm down for it!! Anything to talk to my hubby wubby bear! Reality finnally kicked in this morning when he called though... I realized he is really gone... Its really depressing...  But in the end I know he'll be alright.. He's the best damn machine gunner they got.. with honors... and he's protecting the colonal.. That means something right? The colonal's boys are only the best..so everyone says... So I have nothing to worry about right?? Except havoc has broken loose again over there in Iraq!! So I have everything to worry about!!! I tell you though the hardest job in the Marine Corps is being a wife!! I do admit I am having a little trouble with it... But please keep John in your prayers.. He's fighting for you!