Well if Jason is able to post from deployment, then I have no excuses.  Faye and I are doing well here on the home front.  Faye loves her preschool class and her ballet lessons with Miss Laura.  She is at an age of naming her dolls and her things, and lots of things are named “Miss Laura.”  Another major Faye favorite is Thomas the Train.  “Salty” (one the characters on the show) is another name she gives her things.  The Thomas show (saved thanks to our DVR) is now the only show she is interested in watching; even Sesame Street got the boot.

From this photo, you can see that Faye still loves to bake with me.  Here she is helping to cut cookies in the shape of Hebrew letters for her Sunday School group.  She already knows the three letters in “Shabbat,” which she can say by name.

The deployment still seems to be flying by, or at least time is flying, but it also seems like there is so much more to go.  It feels like forever since Jason was within these walls, and his voice just in the other room.  With the help of Skype, we are very lucky to see his face and hear his voice every once in a while.  I am happy to report that our paper chain now only goes around the door in our living room, and no longer fits all the way over to the window.  With any luck, Jason will be home before we tear off the last loop.

We have continued to pass the time by traveling, mostly to my parents’ house in Va Beach.  We were so happy to be able to spend the Jewish holidays among family and friends up there.  I also made a trip up this month for my 10 year high school reunion.  We lived in the same school district for all 13 years, so I graduated with some of my kindergarten classmates (in the photo are 2 of them).  I was a little worried about going to the reunion alone, but the event turned out to be a blast.  It was a little odd to be surrounded by faces from 10 years ago, but it was also a lot of fun.

While Faye is in school, I have my work cut out for me trying to complete yet another course in my degree program (Jewish Education), and having taken on 2 Bat Mitzvah students.  There is a lot of work to be done for both, so I am definitely busy.  With any luck, I will at least have my course work finished before Jason comes home.  I also hope to give some time to the Obama campaign here in my swing state of NC (vote early if you can!).  I am so excited and nervous for this election to be decided on already and for an intelligent, trustworthy, and honorable president to get into the White House again.

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