I'll admit it.. Thanksgiving with my family, was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. However, I received a phone call from Tony in the morning that almost gave me a heart attack. He called me when he finished his shift, like he always does. I was still half asleep but able to carry on a conversation with him. The thing I love most about my husband, is that always takes his time getting off the phone with me, no matter what he has to do next, how tired he is, who it is that's kicking him off the phone, or how late he is for his shift. So Thanksgiving morning, we were in mid conversation, when he tells me 'I gotta go! I gotta go! The alarms are sounding and I have to get to safety! I'll call you later and let you know I'm okay! I love you!' The fear that came over me made me want to throw up. Neither of us knew what was going on, so Tony didn't really have anything comforting to say to me, which made me all the more scared.
I was finally able to fall back asleep about an hour later, after I had gone through every possible scenario, in my head, of what could be going on over there. A couple hours later, my cell phone was ringing. I wasted no time answering it, thinking that it might be Tony, letting me know that he is okay. It ended up being his sister. She was calling to say 'Happy Thanksgiving.' Although it wasn't a very happy start to my Thanksgiving, I was grateful for her kind words. Soon enough, I was being passed through the entire family, as they were all trying to get me to calm down. I was talking to one of Tony's brothers, telling him that Tony hadn't called me back yet and I was so worried, when my sister woke up. She started yelling at me saying 'Maybe he's busy over there! Have you ever thought of that? Stop being so self centered!'... Her words cut right through me and I couldn't help but cry (even though I know that crying is not acceptable during this deployment). I tried explaining to her that something bad is happening over there. But that was no use. The more I tried to explain the situation, the more 'self centered' I became. It had been three hours since I had gotten off the phone with him and I was worried.
I was eventually passed to his mom, and in mid conversation, another call was beeping in.. 'I gotta go! I gotta go! Tony is calling me!!! I have to click over!!!' Thank God, for an understanding mother-in-law, she wasted no time saying bye to me and got off the phone while I clicked over to hear the sweet sound of my hubby's voice. I had been crying, and he knew right away that something was wrong. I told him that nothing was wrong and that now I was fine. He got the hint that the previous incident had upset me. He explained to me that something happened in the prison and they had to get in full battle rattle (or whatever it is that they call it) and get ready to run around until they were told that the situation was over. I really don't want to get any deeper into it than that, because I'm still really new at this whole deployment deal and I have no idea what could be classified as a violation of OPSEC, and I have no idea who reads my blog.. or who may read it somewhere in the future. But all that really matters here is that my hubby is OKAY!!!

Time to get ready for work. I hope you all have a great weekend!