I had an a-ha moment today about the bugs. We were standing waiting for G's bus and I felt myself getting bitten. Looked down to see my entire exposed shins and calves dotted with those evil sand fleas. I shook them off and then turned my attention to my kids to see if they were getting the business too. Nope. And then I realized it's because they were MOVING. They were chasing each other and jogging around and jumping and dancing and being kids. And I was taking a 5 minute break resting while I stood there. Completely immobile. A perfect easy target for the bugs. So I started to dance and act a fool on the sidewalk with my kids to get the bugs to leave me alone. Too little too late I'm afraid. My legs are worse today than ever.

I did finally get myself some bug repellant spray. Armed with that and my new knowledge to keep moving constantly, tomorrow is a new day.

And B gets home tomorrow which we are all so looking forward to. It's been a long 10 days. I feel like I am picking up so much information about so many things that I want to talk with him about and we haven't been able to talk much at all. I have been sending him email notes briefing him about topics that I'm learning about. It like there's a list of things in my mind that is so long I know I will forget to share some of this stuff. Even in our normal old lives--a lot happens in 10 days! I can't even tell you the crazy of amount of information overload I've had this week. I've been bombarded.

There was a time (a long ago era called B.C.--before children) that I knew where he was while he was at work 24/7. I think it goes back to September 11th. After something like that you can't help but want to know where your loved ones are. Especially when they are airline pilots. So nowadays the past few years I never know where he is. Occasionally he will leave a printout of his trip schedule if he thinks about it. Sometimes he emails it to me. We got lazy about it. Usually when he calls (he is always the one that calls me--he works nights so he calls when he wakes up) my first question is always "Where are you today?" And generally the answers would be something like Tallahassee or Iowa City or Newark or whatever. It is beyond weird to hear him say Saigon or Bangkok or Singapore. That's insane! I think I need to start making sure I get myself a printout before he leaves.