I wish I could remember to do this more often... But I guess it's kind of a good thing that I'm keeping myself too busy to think about it.

Joel LOVED his Father's Day box. I hadn't gotten to talk to him for almost three weeks, so I didn't know if he's gotten it or not, but he was finally able to call me yesterday morning really early and he said he got it - he said that he knows that I've sent him alot of packages since we've been together, but this one was the best. I hope he liked all of the ultrasounds and pictures I had for him of Tristan, I didn't really get a chance to ask because we had to keep it quick, his phone card ran out. He said he would try to call me again soon - I hope so, it gets really hard going multiple weeks without hearing anything from him. I know it's not because he doesn't want to talk - but there's always so much I want to tell him and ask him about. I want to tell him about what's going on with the baby (11 oz this week and almost 7 inches long!) and try to get things figured out.

I've hit a snag with my plan to go back home to NC. But I think I'll have to just move forward with my plans and hope that everything works out, because the appropriate decisions haven't been made yet.

He said he put a package in the mail for me the other day with the gifts that he bought for me in Italy, and a letter, and (finally, yay) my Power of Attorney so I can get our housing lined up. And now I'll be able to fully handle any emergencies that might come up (knock on wood nothing bad happens).

I sent him out another care package yesterday, bought some more stuff for the baby (this child, I swear, has so many clothes) and ordered my custom diaper bag! I think the reason I buy him so many clothes, besides the fact that I can get them for so cheap right now, is that I don't really have that "nesting" ability my other friends have. They're all busy putting together nurseries, and I just can't really do that until well after he's born. So I'm trying to take care of the other things the best that I can.

Bright side, we're almost another month down - the crappy part is I had to adjust my countdown because I have a feeling they'll be gone longer than we originally thought (which was already much longer than normal, but that happens). I've got lots of stuff planned to keep me busy this summer and little things to look forward to instead of just focusing on the end. I would go crazy.

One super cool thing that has happened - my boss told me that they have decided that they would like to keep me on after I have the baby and move. So I'll still have a job, I'll just have to have him and then move and get settled, and I can start working from home! I'm really excited about that because I was worried about being out of work, but I didn't want to put him in daycare when he was so young, especially since the wait lists are ridiculously long. So that's ONE less thing I have to worry about.

Alot of us girls from this MEU have gotten really close - I'm looking forward to going back to NC and being closer so I can meet them and have some more friends there. Most of them will be at Camp Lejeune, but Jacksonville isn't that far.

I'm not doing too bad today - feeling alright. I'm sore and tired, still haven't slept through the night. But I'm not depressed or anything. Will be 21 weeks in a couple of days and I'm looking forward to just getting closer and being done with all of this.

Must find breakfast now. I can't eat enough anymore =/