Labor Day!

[navygreen]

Philip and his convoy were the target of another explosion yesterday. However, this time his truck was not damaged at all - the bomb actually missed the truck and landed near to them on the ground. He did say there was still debris and rock everywhere, and to quote him, he was "still pissed" about it.

*sigh*

It's a two-edged sword, really. I know that if I wish with all my heart for him to come home soon, I'm also wishing for someone else to be sent there in his place. And I would never wish for someone else to be separated like this, to be put in such awful danger on a day-to-day basis. But still - I want my Philip home.

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Yesterday as the boys and I were pulling up to the base, two cops were out there lowering the 50 flags at Kenney Gate. When I reached the guy checking IDs, I inquired as to why the flags were going to half-mast. The guard told me it was because Chief Justice Rehnquist had passed away. I thanked him for the information, and he then went on to tell me, "You'd think they'd have been lowered already - for all the Katrina victims and people."

As I drove away, that got me thinking. Bush *did* order the flags at half-mast after September 11th. If I remember correctly, they stayed that way for about 2 months or so, even. Not only that, but they are ordered to be lowered each year on that day. Why aren't the victims of Hurricane Katrina just as important? Why doesn't our flag care about them as well?

Grr.

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The boys and I are meeting Heather at Golden Corral in just a few minutes. I love breakfast buffets, but GC usually only has them on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturdays are out because there's not time to get a full breakfast like that in before I have to work, and Sundays are about the same - we can't function early enough before church. However, GC is having a special full breakfast buffet for today - Labor Day - and so I asked Heather a few days ago if she would breakfast with us. She said, "That would be delightful!"

And we're off. Happy Labor Day to you all! :-)

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[navygreen.livejournal.com]

I'm screening this one, so don't reply to it - just remember the info and don't mention it anywhere yet, okay?

Philip told me about 5 weeks ago that it looks like he will get to come home early - as in, before Thanksgiving, even. The best estimate he will give me over the phone or in instant messenger is this: "about 2 weeks after Grandpa's birthday."

His grandpa's birthday? September 28.

*excited squeal*