Hello all. It’s the Mrs. dropping in to say hello and let you know what’s going on here.

Readjustment has it’s ups and downs for both of us. AS is going through a lot of differnet things- medical issues due to his injury, anger. anxiety, sadness. He has gone for his medical exams and things are improving, just very slowly. He is still finding it difficult to go places but we do it together. I try to be aware of his physical ques so that I can help calm him. It is still very difficult for him to ride in the car- he sits on the edge of his seat and is always looking around. And he is still not sleeping well. He’s up until all hours of the early morning trying to occupy himself on the computer.

As for me it hard to watch the one you love so much in such a state of emotion. Some days I feel at a loss as to how I can help him. You hear the old addage “time and patience” but I feel there has to be more out there than that. I mean, he needs physical comfort- for me to hold his hand, or just to rub his neck and tell him it’s OK, or just to be close. As well as his mental needs, how do you meet those? It’s not just about him getting used to being home. It’s me trying to help him help himself and understand that things are OK and will be OK and that he is safe. And it can be frustrtaing for both of us to always communicate that.

Some things that have been going on since he’s come home… We just got all his gear back today. It was very emotinal for him to go through those tough boxes. For an injured solider to go home and have his things sent back from war all cleaned and labled like they do if he had not been so lucky really strikes a nerve. I think it may have made him realize that this was over for him. At least for now. For me it was neat to see some of the things he had in his room or some of the gear he wore while out on missions.
He wanted to make a garden when he got home. We have done that. It’s nothing big, just an 8 x 10 raised bed with a few rows of our favorite veggies. He loves to go check on it and water it each morning.
And the best thing of all is that we’re having another baby! We had talked alot about it while he was gone. We both thought it would take a while but it happened right away. So needless to say we were both shocked and excited. So this will bring the number up to 5! He’s looking forward to having his own little fireing team.

So that’s all the happeneings in our little world. Thank you for all the support and well wishes. They are greatly appreciated!

Mrs. AS

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I don’t give a rats ass if he doesn’t know how to properly load/maintain an M249. Does this dimish the fact of who he is? It’s the media playing the ‘look he is a dumb dumb game’. The MSM’s are a bunch of asshats, well not all but if the shoe fits, wear it!

Why was this even news? Why can’t the MSM’s show the progess in Iraq intead of trying to play fuck fuck games about Al Queda’s leadership? Who really cares?

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A British Helicopter crashed in Basra, Iraq. Unless you are living under a stone or have tuned out the MSM’s then you would know. Well the aftermath is what is disturbing me. The people reacted not by helping but celebrating in a mob affect. Basra as you know is controlled by the Brits. Basra has been one of the safest places to be in Iraq, you wouldn’t know that from the MSM’s.

Well according to them because they do post partial facts at time states that a Helicopter crashed. Video which is floating around the net shows the edited versions and then if you do some more searching you can see the unedited version. I don’t know what the hell happened in Basra but they pieces of shits were messing with the dead, pulling parts from the copter, etc.

Black Hawk down anyone?

It makes me sick to think that the people whom we lay our lives down for would act like this. I don’t give a rip about what people say about a mob affect. If a person of influence speaks in Iraq the people listen. There are religious chiefs and Amir’s all over, and I bet one was in that crowd. If those gave a rat’s ass they would have told people to stop and help rather than act ‘a fool!

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