Just Me Being Hopeful

I think when you’re away on business (especially for the military) letters and correspondence is very important, both for the folks deployed and for the families and friends at home. At least, I hope it’s important to the friends and family at home.

I know for a FACT that every letter and package I got while away last time meant the world to me. I was in an unfamiliar place trying to get used to very unfamiliar settings and unfamiliar routines and the letters, packages and emails really did mean a lot. It didn’t even matter if it was just a card with no writing in it. There was some thought behind it and that’s all that mattered to me.

This time unfortunately I will not have nearly as much access to the internet so emails will not be able to be read and I think this is going to hurt quite a bit. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining or anything but it WILL suck.

It will also mean the letters received will mean that much more.

I was thinking maybe these blogs would be cool to those who know I’m gone (when I’m gone) because even though they aren’t letters from the field, they are new thoughts for you to read. Maybe you think it’s cool?

I’m hoping my WIFE thinks it’s cool.

Letters from out there all start to sound the same after a while. It’s hot or cold, can’t wait to come home, I miss you guys so much, the food’s good, you know, that kind of stuff. My wife likes to say that when I’m gone I write some seriously depressing stuff. I do. I lament my mistakes from my misspent years in college and blame these mistakes for me being gone from her right then. I write apologies for dragging her into this situation too.

I am just awful with letters from the field.

But maybe these blogs will be a good replacement of my depressing letters. I certainly hope so.

I feel like my communications home are going to be so limited this time and it sucks. SO I have to write a serious amount of blogs before I leave. Kim says she doubts I can do it. She won’t bet me because she always loses bets, but she’s pretty confident that I can’t do it.

Oh, but I’ll prove her wrong on this one and in the process give her a hopefully pleasant present in her Google Reader every morning.

I think she’ll appreciate it.

As for you, other readers, you may or may not know if I’m gone thanks to the ever-so-awesome scheduled post dates, but I hope you find some level of enjoyment from the daily blogs and the idea that they might be coming while I am gone.

I don’t know. To me, that stuff is cool. If Kim were in the military I’d count down the hours until her daily blog came out. I’d be VERY into that.