Sneaky Bugger

I got a surprise this morning. Tom emailed me and told me to look in the glove compartment of my car. I had been talking to him about what to send over to him in a care box, so I assumed that it would be something pertaining to this. To my surprise, he had hid a card in there. The cute puppy card shown here was what I found in the glove box!

"Sneaky bugger" was the only ting I could muster when I looked at the card. As you can see, it has dogs on it, which are my favorite animal. It was a nice treat and I giggled because he stole my idea. I wanted to do this with his kit that was sent over to Afghanistan, but by the time I was able to visit him in Petawawa, his bags were already gone. So, it was the best treat I have had so far. I definitely have to make it up to him!!!

On a different topic, I have been speaking to Tom over email for the past day and a half, as he has been fairly busy. He liked the blogspot that I have set up as it allows people to keep up-dated on what is going on over in the " 'stan."

He had one thing to say about the picture that I posted with the Tim Horton's trailer: "I would also like to point out the Americans who are in the photo of Tim's. There are always TONS of Americans waiting to get coffee and doughnuts there, so hopefully Tims will extend its strangle-hold on coffee addicted people south of the border!" Hopefully the American army will be as coffee-addicted as the Canadian one.

He is doing well. He keeps bringing up the dust in Afghanistan and how it makes the sun separate into beams when it descends to the ground. He is going to try to get pictures so we can all experience the "God Light," as he calls it.

And we still have a count down going on. We are at T-7 weeks before Tom is home for a break, and T-5 months before he is home for good. It seems a lot closer than if you count days. Well, let the countdown begin!!