My Heart is Empty...

AJ left bright and early this morning. As soon as he left, I felt empty. It is the strangest feeling to get up, see his stuff around and know that he is not going to need any of it for awhile. Yes, this is probably the shortest part of the deployment... but the adjustment is all the same. He did get to see the boys for a brief minute when they got home at 11:30. Brayden was emotional this morning, but I set them both straight on our new behavioral policy and our new no fighting rule! We have lots we want to do over the next few weeks. We have to decide on Halloween costumes, get clothes for the boys and me for the vow renewal, and think about what I will feed everyone! AJ and I have another getaway weekend planned for November. As much as I hated leaving the kids last weekend, we needed it so much!