Well, you all know that Jake has left for Iraq and he actually had time to call me for two seconds today to let me know he landed safely in Kuwait! We were able to spend a lot of time together before he left and he was able to spend time with his friends and family before he headed out.
The first thing we did was to take a night all to ourselves. We decided we had to get out of town to avoid any disturbances so we boarded lela in her great kennel here (http://www.armadalekennel.com/) and we headed out to Greensboro. Jake and I found this really awesome bed and breakfast online and their rooms and prices are GREAT. We looked and looked for a hotel that was as nice and as affordable and could not find one at all. So, we booked our bed and breakfast room at the Troy Bumpass Inn. (http://www.troy-bumpasinn.com/) . We stayed in the Allah room and it was so nice. The bed was super comfortable and the bathroom had a european shower with 5 shower heads and a jacuzzi tub!! The owners of the bed and breakfast were so nice and they were very accomodating.
After we checked in to the bed and breakfast Jake and I did some research and found a cute little Italian restaurant in Downtown Greensboro. It was such a nice day outside that we decided to walk through down town to the little restaurant. I have to tell you, it was such a great surprise to find a nice italian restaurant with home made food instead of mass produced pasta like the Olive Garden. You could really tell that the pasta sauces were home made and all of the food was Great! (http://www.rivastrattoria.com/). If you are ever in the Greensboro area, or just want to get out of town for a bit I would highly recommend both the troy bumpass inn and riva's restaurant. It made for a really romantic but casual weekend.
After we went to the inn, we came back for a whirl wind going away party for Jake. We invited all of his friends and had about twelve people in our little apartment! It was a great time and pretty much everyone came up which was awesome. We even had out of town guests come so four people ended up staying at our place which was a blast!!!
and..without a minute to spare Jakes dad came up for Saturday and Sunday, Jake had a good time with his dad and I am SO SO glad he got to see him before he left.
To continue our whirl wind week...
We went to Journey on Easter Sunday, left to pick up Joe from jakes platoon at the airport, left for durham to have easter lunch, came back, packed, left for Ft. Bragg on Monday morning, came back to Raleigh that night, went BACK to fayetteville for the going away ceremony...found out Jake was leaving the next night....ate dinner, dropped Jake off at 8pm at Ft. Bragg..said goodbye and Left.
It was CRAZY.
I have never felt so happy and then so sad in such a short period of time. My emotions are shot and I do believe I will walk around in shock for a few days. But, Jake is safe and sound in Kuwait and I will be sure to post lots of news about him in days to come.
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