"Hurry up and wait!"

Welcome to the life of an Army Wife. Will always feel this way when it comes to the military. We were told 30 days on October 22nd. Then we were told December 1st. Now we are being told we're just "waiting on orders". Orders come this Thursday... they have to give 10 days to clear--however since it is around the holidays, we were told that it will be more like 2 weeks to clear. Therefore, getting orders on 10 Dec--we aren't sure that we'll be home for Christmas. If anyone knows me what-so-ever, they know that Christmas is my holiday. I am all about tradition and spending the holidays with the people that I love the most. However, we are doing everything we can to make it back to spend the holidays TOGETHER this year. My lovely mother says that if all else fails she will put Santa and all his surroundings on hold. I think that would be silly to inconvenience the rest of the family for Ryan and I, but it sure is a nice gesture and thought. I am scouring my apartment clean for now, as I came home to an official bachelor pad. (I'm talking dirty dishes under the sink, and in my oven!) Laundry hasn't been done since I left at the end of October... yuck!