Day Six

This week has gone by pretty fast. DJ had school, we are now in his last month and I'm sad. He has so much fun playing with his friends and learning new things. Fortunately, I have exchanged phone numbers with some of the mom's, and there are some great parks around here, so we have already been discussing playdates.

I made a construction paper chain, which has 216 links. One for each day Steph is supposed to be gone on this deployment. It could end up being shorter, could be longer. You never really know. DJ and I will remove one link everyday, until his mom comes home.

Today was Lakefest. We live in a part of Laurel known as Laurel Lakes. This is because of the lake down the street (imagine that!), and I guess they have this celebration every year, to kick off the spring/summer. The weather was nice (upper 70's, a little overcast, a little breezy), so we packed up the stroller and walked down to the lake. DJ was far from impressed, even though he could have climbed on a fire truck, watched a police dog demonstration, hold a snake and a lizard and numerous other things. Oh, but he did see a kite. He whined and complained and wanted to go home, almost as soon as we got there, but we stayed. We watched a goofy singer and some children's dance groups.

Oh yeah, DJ got a haircut. This isn't really news. It was needed. Its summer short now, even though it will need to be cut again in a few weeks.

I'm surviving alright. Taking care of DJ is not a foreign concept to me and the day-to-day routines are the same. The only real difference right now is that Steph doesn't come home at the end of the day and I have had to make some sacrifices in my personal life. DJ seems to be completely unphased by the entire thing, which makes my job a lot easier.

I miss home. I miss my family. DJ and I haven't had a chance to revisit the church we attended around Christmas. Maybe tomorrow....