The Longest Week Ever...

Greetings and Salutations!

So it's about 0400 right now, and for some ungodly reason, I'm awake. I was nausiated all evening, thought it went away, then awakened around midnight when it returned. I happen to be a total pansy about being sick, so it's no fun being alone like this. Especially when Blaze has told me all they've done since he got there is eat, take long naps, and they practiced combatives one day....OH WAIT! They also have been playing Spades in the barracks. So far, it's only 15 people from 4-25FA, the rest of the unit is still at Drum for some reason. In addition to that, the Army booked the flights with Delta before the bankruptcy, now they have no way home. Blaze told me tonight that in their one month stay at Ft. Polk, they are only scheduled to train for Iraq for 12 days. Needless to say, he's pretty upset about the whole thing, I'm not too thrilled either, but that just comes with the whole Army thing.

In other news, I received a letter from my brother, Ryan, today. :) For those of you who don't know, he's at Ft. Benning for Basic Training and I haven't talked to him since he left. It was great to hear from him. :) He actually seems to be excited about the baby which kind of surprises me, but thrills me all the same. :)

As for the baby and I, we're wonderful! I've been swimming every day, I've read it's wonderful exercise for pregnant women because you get a low-impact exercise that's great cardio and works every muscle group. I will say, I was a little more out of shape than I thought I was; I was dying after like four laps, I'm chalking some of that up to all the smoking I did before the baby. I've actually lost a couple pounds which scares me a little, but I had weight to spare beforehand, I'm taking my vitamins, and I'm eating right so I think everything is okay.

AHH!!! BLAZE IS GOING TO QUIT SMOKING! :D (or at least that's what he says) I'm thrilled. He never smokes around me anyway, but he always smells like an ashtray and I won't even talk about kissing him. I didn't even realize how gross smoking is until I quit and saw how much better I feel. Anyway, yeah, he's going to quit, he's already cut WAY back. I'm proud of him. :) By the way, if you tell him that I think it'll spark some sort of rebellion thing, so act like you don't know. I promise I'll keep everyone updated. :D

I'm going to attempt to get back to sleep now, I love you all and can't wait to see everyone when I come back to Texas in May. :)

Shannon