GI Justin

I am feeling a wide range of emotions these days...I'm completely excited about starting my actual nursing classes.  At the same time, I am terrified of how hectic my life is going to be and the fact that Alana will be going to school everyday.  Then there's the huge fact that starting July 16th (yes, less than 2 weeks away), my husband will begin work-ups.  For those of you who don't know, work-ups is a nice way of saying he's not gonna be home much.  He'll be gone for weeks at a time, all the way until February when they will just take him away altogether on his 6-month deployment.  I can't believe he's already been home for over a year.  Those 8 months he was out before seem so close in my memory.  Please pray for Alana over these next weeks and months.  When Justin was on cruise in 2006-07, she was still young enough that I didn't have to explain too much...However, now that she is a big 4 year old that has been spending lots of "daddy time" while I'm at school...it's going to be a hard transition!  Oh, and of course, I need prayer too :)  But that goes without saying!  So this really isn't meant to be a depressing, sad entry.  In fact, amongst all of my negative (yes, I admit it) emotions, I also am very excited about something!  On Monday, another love of my life, George W., signed to make the GI Bill bigger and better!  It really makes our post-Navy plans a lot more brighter!  Let's just say, Justin will receive 100% of his college tuition paid in full...money for books and supplies each year...as well as BAH equivalent to an E5 with dependents.  (BAH=housing allowance).  This opens so many doors for us as a family!   Sometimes we fail to fathom the fact that our Father knows no limits.  I am happy to say that I serve a God that never ceases to amaze me!