BIJI'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's official!!!!!!! Biji is back from Iraq!!!! He called me on Wednesday of last week and told me he was heading home Friday - but I didn't want to jinx anything and so decided to wait until he was safely back in the U.S. before posting anything. Then, last night at about 9 the call came: he was back in Washington in one piece. YAY!

Unfortunately, he also had to go in to work today. Can you believe that? The man spent 15 months in a war zone, flew for over a day to get home, and got 1 measly day to readjust his time clock. And you thought you didn't want to go to work on a Monday! Supposedly he only has to work a 1/2-day but still... the guy can't get one day off?! Yeesh. He definitely sounded like he could use it - he just sounded exhausted and he said he felt pretty much like crap. Plus, his body has not yet acclimated to Puyallup weather so he was buried under a pile of blankets, poor guy.

He's not yet sure when he'll be in California but it shouldn't be too long now - and then he'll get a well-deserved month off. We are just so ecstatic that he's finished up his tour and is back in one piece!!! And can't wait to see him. :o)

Now I guess it's time Robert and I retired our Biji magnets... and aren't we glad we can? :o)