"Tired, but not the physical kind"

Those were the words my husband said to me today when I asked him if he was sure he was okay, and he was speaking for us both. We are pushing through these last few months of deployment, but were are both just mentally and emotionally exhausted. Yesterday I had a rough day. Today he had a rough day. We both explained them as being "tired." Of course, not just because we haven't slept. I think we're finally getting to that burnt out stage; well, we've been there from Day 1 considering even before deployment we were 6,000 miles apart. This is the real burnout though. I know I'm just tired of being alone. I hate having to make all these decisions and do all the paperwork with our pay issues, car-buying, and condo-renting by myself. Not because he doesn't want to help, but because he realistically can't. Don't even get me started with school. That's enough to drive anyone crazy. I honestly think that school stresses me out more than the deployment itself does. Really. But as he reminded me, I have less than 60 days left. Actually, half that many. THIRTY-TWO! That's just crazy. Then I get to move home! I'm so excited to move home. I love my little apartment, but I think moving home will be good for me as far as finishing out strong in the last few months of deployment. I think it'll be really motivating when I move home and start packing all of our stuff in boxes to send off the Army's movers. I'll be sending our stuff in late January/early February. And on Black Friday I'm going to look for our TV. I think I'm going to wait on furniture and trust him to get it when he gets there. Don't doubt he'll be getting a list of musts with lots of pictures ;)
My puppy is howling in her sleep--she's so cute!
I called Kenner (our Army Clinic) and apparently they're closed on Saturday's, too. Looks like I'll be driving back during the week amidst all my classes. This neck issue is getting out of hand. It's starting to be near excruciating like someone is holding a lighter up to my skin. Every little bump I hit on the road when I'm driving makes it "catch fire." Not cool.
So after a lot of pondering and discussion, David and I have officially decided 100% on the vehicle we want. We're getting the Ford Edge. It's a crossover. I think it's kind of girly, so I think I'll be driving it when we get a second car. Apparently like a month ago he said he liked them, and I said they were ugly. I guess they grew on me because today I said "You know what the Ford Edge looks like? I think I really like them." and he told me that was the car he talked about that I said was ugly. Oops :)
I've been watching the Giuliana and Bill marathon on Style today. They are the cutest couple in the world. This whole miscarriage thing is totally bumming me out though. I can't even imagine. And now, knowing she has breast cancer and that's the reason she hasn't been able to get pregnant--even worse. I don't typically get attached to celebrities and their stories, but they seem so "normal" on their show.
Anyways, time to go write up some lesson plans to teach on Monday. I'm doing a unit I've titled "The Power of Words: Writing a Proposal for Change." Hoping my Papa Johns delivery will get here sooner rather than later. I'm STARVING.