Just wanted to post this as a Thank You to Ex-President Bush. He has kept my family safe and for that I thank you. He has kept his cool in the face of mindless, childish, idiotic attacks against his character and his intelligence. Through it all he kept to the high road and for that I greatly admire and respect him. I pray that he will enjoy his time away from the madhouse that has become American Politics.

Today

Today is just today. I have been rather down and out lately. The whole waiting on the Army thing is starting to wear on my nerves and depress me. Darrell's one dream is to go back active and be a Chaplain and until that happens, I don't know that anything is going to be right in our little world. He has been very down lately and when that happens he is not the man I married. He is not abusive or mean he is just not Darrell. I just pray everyday that things will begin to workout and Darrell will realize his dream.

We have finally gotten everything done for the IRR now we are waiting on a position in the reserve to be found. Darrell is hoping it is with a deploying unit. He has been sworn in (again) and contacted by various recruiters. Now the big delimma is whether he should go Reserve or just wait until August when he can resubmit for active duty. He is worried that if he attaches to a Reserve Unit now they will not want to release him when he is approved for active duty.

And so it goes with the Chaplain's Family.....

Pensive

As the Inauguration approaches my feelings of aprehension concerning Obama increase. I cannot understand the rose colored glasses his supporters wear. He is already breaking promises or backpaddling left and right yet they chose not to see. He is having the most expensive inauguration ever and not because of security or the like but because of the glitz and glamour, yet liberal media focused on the Bushes buying new China for the White House. I hope and pray I am wrong about Obama and I will always respect the office even if the man himself never earns my respect. However, I cannot make myself be excited about this Inauguration no matter how historic it is.