Really Cute in a Really Annoying Way

We have passed the halfway point on the deployment. There are no words for how much we miss Hubs. We miss him for so many reasons it would be impossible to list them all. There are the serious reasons ( I am missing my best friend), to the silly ones, (nobody can open spagetti jars right now), funny reasons (need a partner in crime) and even kid reasons ("just wait 3 months until your father get's home" lacks bite.)

The kids miss him just as much as I do. I realized this last night when Haley sprayed the cat with Daddy's cologne. This met with intense disapproval from 2 sources. First the cat was NOT happy to be smelling that way. This led to a sharp increase in tongue baths with the resulting logarithmic increase in hairballs. Oh goody. I was also not happy to know that the very expensive cologne I had gotten Hubs for a Christmas present was being wasted on the cat. Especially as it made me the unlucky recipient numerous hairballs. (Good thing I have a steam cleaner!)

But when she snuggled the squirming, frowning cat and said, "Barney smells just like Daddy" it was hard to get too mad. Which the little rat had counted on, I'm sure. I did have to admit that night when I went to bed and got a faint wiff of cologne as I drifted off I did have a smile on my face. Until the cat started barfing on the bed. Nothing like a late night hairball to ruin the mood.