posted November 26, 2003 11:28 AM           

I know that I've been asking ya'll for a lot of white light/good energy/prayers as of late, and ya'll just might be all tapped out...
but, eh, what can asking one more time hurt?

Jase's borderline pneumonia's still hanging on - he got Sharpshooter in BRM (Basic Rifle Marksmanship) with a 101 temperature, but is now out on a 3-day BIVUOAC (Camping with Cammo and Weapons) still sick; last we talked (on Sunday) his lungs're still giving him trouble, and have made it difficult to make his required 2-mile run time. He told me that he was feeling really down last week (incredibly down, actually - it was hard to hear how down he'd been) because he's gotten into protector and provider mode and is concerned about his performance.

posted November 26, 2003 11:52 AM         

How are you doing? Getting big yet?

juniperb

posted November 26, 2003 12:43 PM         

You'll get to the other side of all these challenges together and find a beautiful life together, I just know it.

posted November 26, 2003 01:05 PM           

*edit*
And Thankya Trillian
(I saw your post after I posted.)
I know we will, too. I mean, heck, it's already wonderful in too many ways to count, after all.

I just did some laundry and took took a shower...and then was on my bed for a good 15 minutes with my hands resting on my belly just feeling the kiddo kick and roll (I think that I felt the shoulder brush past ).

Re: my size: Well, these pics don't quite give the whole picture (because the "whole picture" just might include too much ), but these're part of the ones from Monday that I sent out to Jase:

^--almost directly to the side

^--slightly more frontal view (that thing hanging down is my part of the medicine bags that we exchanged)

Re: how I'm doing otherwise: Fine, fine - keep getting dizzy spells and am not gaining quite as fast as I should be, but I eat constantly so I'll point my finger at the probable little Taurus in the making on the above counts; and I'm picking up a few extra shifts at work because I'm getting enough cash together to get Jase a one-hour massage as one of his Christmas presents (#24 on the list "How to Make a Taurus Moon Delirious With Joy").

OH! And I didn't tell ya'll!
On Sunday when Jase called the first time, he told me that he was going to get back in line, make another call, and then hopefully get the chance to call me again.
"Oh, you gonna get ahold of your 'rents?"
"Nope - Iiii caan't tell you what the other call's for, but it will make you very, very happy."
"Gah! You suck!"
"What? YOU give me surprises and tell me just enough to get me curious!"
"Yeah! But that's for a Christmas present or something! GAH! You can't do this to me!" which was met by smug Aquarian happiness on the other side of the line.
When he called back, he said, "OK, sorry - that took longer than I thought." *fidget* "OK, I'll give you ONE hint: It's red and green and maybe yellow, but I don't have much control over that, and about 3 feet tall. And that's it."
"That's it?"
"Those're the ONLY hints you're getting."
"OH! I KNOW what it is!"
Disappointed, "You do?"
"Yep! A single gigantic sock."
"Wha- Yes. I'm sending you a single gigantic sock."
"Yep, see? I'm just that good. I guessed the first time. A single gigantic sock. I shall go around with nothing else on my other foot."
"Yep. A sock. I'm sending you this because I didn't get much of a chance to send letters last week because of BRM; I'd write out there using my weather-proof paper, but we'd get back too late and leave too early to send anything. So you're going to get envelopes with 5 sheets of little green paper at a time."

On Tuesday, I came home to find a dozen red roses is a vase with a yellow ribbon tied around it, with the following cadence (typed out as I saw it on the card):
AROUND HER NECK SHE WORE A
YELLOW RIBBON SHE WORE IT IN THE
SPRING TIME AND IN THE MONTH
OF MAY AND IF YOU ASKED HER WHY
THE HECK SHE WORE IT SHE
WORE IT FOR HER LOVER WHO
WAS FAR FAR AWAY
YOUR LOVING HUSBAND JASON

In the letter that I wrote to him yesterday, I said:

Hey my Love -

The sock is lovely.
Thank you.

on the first page, and then while at work I printed-out a dozen color-in-able roses, colored them red with a permanent marker, cut them out, and then wrote a few words on the back of each one to say:

posted November 26, 2003 04:17 PM         

juniperb

posted November 26, 2003 07:36 PM         

You two sound like you have an exceptional kind of love. I'm so happy for you..

An your big belly is so beautiful!

posted November 28, 2003 02:25 AM         

Hubby just puny cuz he can't see ya -- poor thang. Wishing some "feel good" for both ya!

posted November 29, 2003 12:03 PM           

Lioneye - Yup, and it's growing every hour.

Juni - We'll find out this Wednesday

Harpyr - Thankya

NikiSpeedy - I hope not; if so, we'll have a rough time of it during his extended training and deployments.