I can't believe it's October and I haven't written since August...OMG!!! So...let's recap, shall we? Hmm... August: *I had a fantastic trip flying to NC! It's always wonderful to see my love! *School started back and I'm teaching a 1/2 split class. I absolutely LOVE them!! *I turned 26! Brandon texted me at midnight the 24th to say that he hoped he was the first to tell me happy birthday :-) *Brandon came home August 28th for some leave time...this was his last at home visit before deployment :-( September: *Went to NC September 12th-17th to see Brandon off. The deployment was delayed another 24 hrs so his family and I had to leave without saying a final goodbye. I'll never forget that day...We texted eachother all day saying how much we were gonna miss eachother and how much we loved eachother :-) *Sept. 18th-Brandon leaves for Iraq. He called whe he got to Kuwait...I missed his first phone call and BAWLED!!! Lucky for me, he called back within ten m...