Day 66 War

Well, last Wednesday was the scariest day of all.. 60 days into deployment and the Taliban attacks the capital headquarters, the US Embassy and the airport. Of all the weeks for my husband to be in the capital and at the headquarters. He was in a management class when the bombings began. He was escorted to the Gym across from the classrooms. He was there for a little while until he moved to the D-Fac for the remainder of the lockdown. The attacks began at 1:30 pm Afghan time (2:00 am my time) and continued for about 21 hours. All was calm by Wed night my time @ 10:30 pm and 10:00 am Afghan time. I finally received a call from hubby @ 11:45 pm my time. That was the longest Wednesday of my life. I have to thank social media because if it weren't for Facebook and Twitter updates by the journalists, I dont know how I would have managed my anxiety. All went back to normal in the big city and he went on to participate in the Chief Pinning Ceremonies on Friday afternoon. Saturday was his planned flight back to the little country; however, his flight was cancelled until Monday Afternoon. He was fortunate enough to be able to stay in the military quarters @ the airport.  So it is now Monday morning my time... Day 66 and hubby has made it safely back to the Rock.  Back safe and sound in his room that he wired with internet. Yay! Tango calls can resume. Until December when he gets to take 15 day leave. Seems so far away....