Gotta make this a quick one before work.

I've had a few moments with Nathan. Saturday he asked me what would happen if Eric didn't come back from Iraq. I guess Eric and I were kinda naive about how much he was absorbing from news and other people. After I assured him that Eric was trained, had plenty of equipment, and was a support soldier, not a combat soldier - he went on to play with his legos.

Yesterday morning, however, he was sad. Wouldn't eat breakfast and wouldn't tell me what's wrong. Kept wiping his eyes, but wouldn't cop to crying. Now, I guess he was fine by the time he got to school and got distracted by classroom stuff. He was his usual goofball self by the time I picked him up.

Haven't really skyped with Eric much. By the time we get home and log on, it's already 1:00 a.m. his time and we're waking him up. Oh well. We'll make visual on the weekend.

The majority of my soldiers deployed earlier this week. We've still got a few stragglers, but for the most part, they're gone. I got to move into the XO's office. Yay for no cubicle life! But I had a call from a wife whose husband hadn't been gone 24 hours yet - he had been hitting the atm in Maine and caused a negative account balance. Seriously, how do you get in trouble with your spouse less than 24 hours after leaving????