Home Time

Hubby's in California!! Could it be? Could he finally be coming home? This is the second longest he's been gone and boy am I ready for him to come home. It's been far too long!!

Scheduling home time has probably been our biggest battles on this journey. At first we had no problems. We wanted him to be home for a scout court of honor and he made it home. He was late, but he got there before it was over. Then we had the big family reunion and he made it home and enjoyed the weekend with us. I was starting to think hubby either worked for the perfect company or all the horror stories about home time were great big exaggerations.

Sadly, since then he's been snowed in, shut down for ice storms and for some strange reason, he keeps getting stuck in South Carolina. Now I don't mean stuck as in stuck in the mud or stuck in the snow. I mean he should be traveling west and he's toodling around in Tennesee and South Carolina. I know I shouldn't hold it against that state. I'm sure it's a lovely place to visit, but honestly.... I cringe every time I hear that he's going to South Carolina. I think there must be some kind of magnetic pull that attracts his truck and tries to keep it on the east coast.

For the most part, we know this is just how it works. You have to be flexible and understanding when home time is delayed. The only problem I have with this whole thing, is scheduling doctor appointments. Now that I think about it, maybe that's why it's been such a pain lately. It wasn't just a matter of him being late. Whenever he's late we have to move mountains and change appointments and it just gets annoying. We haven't quite mastered the perfect scheduling technique. If you schedule him home too early and he's on time, then he needs to leave before his appointment. Schedule him closer and he runs late... and he misses his appointment.

And that's why he's home so late this time. He had appointments scheduled for March 27th, but he wasn't going to make it. We either had to put his appointments off for another month and do it all over again, or have him come home a couple of weeks late. But since I'm a silver lining girl.... I do think it worked out pretty nice. He's coming home for Easter, Josh is speaking in church on Sunday and we have a big party at dad's house. I miss him terribly, but I have to admit, it will be nice to have him home for a holiday.