Happy Birthday Husband

Today is Zach's birthday, which makes for a sadder day than normal. He is 21 today, and I wish we could have done something special for him, because he made my 21st birthday so special. I didn't write last night, so I will write once this morning and one more time tonight. Yesterday, Rea slept until nine, which is pretty late for us. I packed a little more, and put the laundry away from the day before. After Rea's midmorning nap, I made her stay awake. I wanted to be tired when we went to Brittany's house, but she was CRANKY, all day! Cameron was too though, he was on a roll getting into trouble! He kept looking at his mom, and then pushing Rea and making her cry, she was being over dramatic. He would get into trouble, and then just do it again like it never phased him. He is such a typical boy! I love it. After dinner, we headed over to Brittany's house, and Chrissy put Cameron straight to sleep. Rea wasn't having that game, even though she fell asleep in the car on our way over. Brittany's husband Dave had his friends over, and they were playing beer pong. Once Rea finally fell asleep, I sat outside and watched the guys, and talked with the girls. Chrissy had never played beer pong, so we decided to play, we just threw, other people drank our beer. Since we are sissys. I didn't get home until late and I was way too tired to write. We went straight to sleep.

Yesterday, at four, it was technically Zach's birthday. His time, and today will be his birthday until midnight our time, and midnight Alaska time, which gives him about eleven hours extra of birthday! Sounds lucky, but I still wish he was here and only had 3 extra hours of birthday. I really was looking forward to spending the day at the lake and making him a cake. I also wanted to cook a huge breakfast for him with steaks and eggs and pancakes. He deserves the best and I hope that he gets something special, or gets to do something special today. When he comes home, we will celebrate all of the things he missed.

Dear Deployment,
Becuase of you, I can't see my husband on his birthday. I can't celebrate a milestone birthday with him. But I am not going to be depressed today, maybe a little sad. I may eat a little more sugar today than normal, but I am not depressed. I love Zach, and I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with him. Happy Birthday Zachary Lance, I love you with all of my heart. I can't wait for you to come home, your the best and you deserve the best. Love, Elsa...