So the stomach bug has hit our house!  Not good!  Thankfully, so far, I'm still in the clear, and I'm hoping it stays that way!  It's one thing to take care of sick kids, but another thing when you're too sick to take care of kids who are also sick.  The oldest two can technically clean themselves up and are big enough to mostly take care of themselves.  Mostly :)  The little one cannot.  So, fingers crossed!

I got some fantastic news from the best friend ever, who happens to be living in Japan where her husband is stationed.  Yep, they're coming back to the U.S.!  They'll be on the east coast, rather than closer where we'd all like them, but at least they'll be within driving distance now.  No 14 hour flights!  It won't be until around October before they head this way, but still great news!

We happen to be considering stations to transfer to right now as well.  We like it ok here.  It could definitely be worse, but if we don't get Rusty into a non-deploying position soon after he gets back, he'll have to do another year-long tour a year after he gets home.  We're just not doing that!  So, wherever we end up, we'll end up, and we're all fine with that, because no matter where we'll be, at least we'll all be together.  That said, I really don't want to go further north than we already are, or to Alaska.  Somewhere warm and sunshiny would be nice :)  We always end up trying to move back closer to home, closer to family, but it always ends up blowing up in our faces and we regret being so close.  So this time, it will just be a matter of finding the positions and choosing from the locations that are open. 

In the next day or two, I'll be restarting the hcg diet.  I started it once, lasted 6 days (and lost 8lbs!) before I started feeling funky and weak.  I think I just didn't gorge good enough those first 2 gorge days, and should have chosen my protein choices better.  Aching muscles and feeling weak are not good, and I know if I'd just eaten a little more protein I would have felt better.  So, I'm looking to start Monday, while the kids are back in school, so they won't be eating yummy fatty stuff in front of me all day :)  Fortunately, I ordered 3 bottles of the drops, so even missing 6 days worth, I'll still have enough to complete at least the 3 weeks, hopefully longer.  If I can't do it this time with the hcg drops, I'll be ordering the injections, as they're more potent and will supposedly make it easier to survive on only 500 calories a day for anywhere from 26-40 days.  I think I'll update here, just for reference. 

Til next time...