My first homecoming!

I guess to let you get to know more about me, I'll post the most exciting thing to EVER happen to me!

DH and I will have our very first homecoming SOON!

I have been staying with my family in Georgia while he's been deployed but I am leaving in exactly one week from today, on the 25th, to go back to England!!
I gotta clean, unpack and grocery shop....

then...

He will be home!! Finally!!

Sweet!!! You have to have someone take pictures! I love looking back at those moments.

Homecoming is the most magical/emotional moment I have ever experienced. I agree, have someone take pictures for you.

i had someone takes pics for both of my DH's homecomings and im really glad i did bc now we have those memories forever for our children to see. and ever time i look at the pics i still get that feeling that i did that day he was coming home!

I want to have someone take pictures but since we're in England, I'm riding with a friend of ours to pick DH and another guy up. Our friend is a guy DH works with so maybe he'll agree to take pictures. I hope so because if not, I'm gonna stage homecoming #2 at our house and have someone take pictures!

I'm with everyone else! Take pictures and its one of the best feelings ever!

I'm sure he'll take some pictures. I can't picture someone who's coming along anyway saying no.

Got your outfit picked yet?

Oh yes ma'm! If weren't at work I would show it off!

oh that is so exciting!! enjoy it!!!

I bet this next week is going to take forever!

I agree! Pictures are needed!

I was more excited for his last R&R becasue he took it so late in the deployment. He was ccoming home a few months after that, so when he did come home it felt like he was just home.

Well luckily I have plenty of things to do before he gets home! I've had a job here in Georgia for the past several months and my last day is Friday, then I'll be packing and spending time with family/friends all weekend. Monday night I'm off to England! Then I'll be unpacking, cleaning and organizing til he gets home!!

So lucky to be stationed in England!

We Navy/ Marine people get....well....crap.

How long of a flight is it?

It's about an 8 hour flight. My flight is at 10:50pm on Monday night and I'll land in London at 12:15 London time, 7:15am EST. It's not too too bad, I usually just watch movies and try to sleep. I'm terrified of flying though so I always stress myself out the few days before the flight (like now!)

I'd be freaked. I can't fly over water. Hell, I have enough trouble flying period.

I know, that probably didn't help.

I'd go nuts for 8 hours. Do you get the really big cool planes?!

Well the first time I flew there was the first time I'd ever flown over water! I was terrified!!

The planes I've been on aren't as big as I thought they would be, definitely not those double decker planes! It's the ones that have the 2 aisles on each side of the plane then the 3 aisles in the middle. So 7 aisles all together.

There's a little flight tracker on each personal tv screen and obsess over that! It shows you a map of exactly where the plane is, how fast we're going, the outside temp, how many miles we've been and how many we've got left.

The first time I flew overseas it was awful. It was storming really bad and everybody was puking. I hate flying. Not becasue I am scared, but because I am germophopbic and the small space that never gets cleaned grosses me out.

Sorry, probably not helping. My b......

The germs don't bother me... I just know that I have zero control over the plane... if this thing goes down, we are pretty much ALL dead... not much of a chance.

I might get one of the doctors I work for to precribe me some valium Just something to help me relax and sleep!

Or benadryl if you can't. Knocks me on my ass.

My dad's gf took Valium for a flight. She doesn't recall ANYTHING.

I'm pretty much fine once we're in the air then I get really excited when we're about to land because i know it's almost over... but the initial take off freaks me out! I am holding on to the arm rests so tight my knuckles are white!

Jeannette wrote: My dad's gf took Valium for a flight. She doesn't recall ANYTHING.

Really?? Yessss! Thats what I want! I mean, I've got 8 hours to sober up.. not like it's a quick flight or anything!

Jeannette wrote:I'd be freaked. I can't fly over water. Hell, I have enough trouble flying period.

I know, that probably didn't help.

I'd go nuts for 8 hours. Do you get the really big cool planes?!

LOL

Ya, get some valium.

I really want to see a double-decker plane. Those things look AWESOME.