Lonely

Today I'm feeling incredibly alone, I've not heard from Mr Half since before the news the other day and while in my oh so practical head I know only too well that he hates making phone calls, and if he's written it will take at least a week to get to me I'm still beginning to feel those evil tendrils of concern which are working their way through my heart and crumbling my otherwise strong mindset on just getting through this tour. I finally sought out the battlegroup welfare page on facebook and joined but the posts appear to pretty much all be from unrelated people and are written with that delightful combination of 'txt spk' and idiotese which make deciphering it all but impossible thus finding support or comfort in the words of others dealing with this period equally as impossible.

A subdued Return

It's been too long...

The main reason for which has been the fact that Mr Half has finally deployed and while I want and need to write about it for reasons of OpSec (Operational Security) and PerSec (Personal Security) I have been self censoring to avoid making it too obvious with which unit he has deployed and the dates he is away for. Those posts which are currently saved in horrendously rough draft form will be polished - in the hope that you really can polish a turd - and posted at some point, not necessarily in chronological order and in as deliberately vague manner as I can possibly convey the feelings and thoughts I have experienced during this period I have been living as a 'single' celibate woman waiting for her other half to come home.

In the mean time I break my self imposed posting ban to ask you all to take a moment to think of the families of the 6 brave servicemen tragically killed in Afghanistan this week. May they Rest in Peace for they have done their duty and given their all.

R.I.P