He's coming home and I need to relax...

It's been nearly six months since my Marine walked away from me to begin his deployment to Al Asad and now it's time to prepare for his homecoming. For many spouses this is a time of excitement and anticipation, but for me it is a time of stress. Stress because there were so many things that I needed to do while he was deployed and somehow they have yet to get done. Now I am trying to schedule everything within the next few weeks and keep a tab on my regular schedule. Aargh! I am such a procrastinator!

I have been telling myself that my car will be parked in the garage when he comes home, yet when the door is raised I still have to make a path through the toys. I don't remember purchasing these additional toys, yet somehow they are in my garage. The swimming pool and slide were a great price when purchased from a yard sale, but I don't think I truly thought about where I would put them. (How could I have passed up such a good deal?!) The closets have yet to be straightened and the green grass and nice landscaping that my hubby worked so hard on is now brown dirt/sand. Hmm, it's not my fault that I don't have a green thumb.

Oh well, if it all gets done then good for me. My husband knows that I am not a neat freak so for me to stress out because I am trying to get everything done is just crazy! I don't understand this "need" for perfection when he comes home. After all, the first thing he is going to do is drop his socks on the floor, leave the seat to the toilet up so that when I wake up and have to go potty my butt will hit the water and not the seat, and when he shaves I am sure to find his stubble sitting in my sink. Ahh, he's coming home and everything will once again become normal. :-)