Routine?

Jan and I had a revelation the other evening when we realized we didn't know where our children are! You remember the commercials that were popular on TV for awhile? It's ten o'clock....do you know where your children are? Well, I know they're in Iraq. But, for a little bit, we've lost track of whether they're inside the wire or outside the wire. I had been really good about keeping track of when they're outside the wire on a mission and I'd be in waiting mode to hear when they had returned to their base. We got an email from Eli the other day that said "I'm back on base." I didn't even know he'd gone! It's not that I'm taking a cavalier approach, because I worry....My God how I worry! I think it's a coping mechanism....I'm not allowing myself to keep constant track of what they're doing. I think we're so desperate for "normal" and "routine" that shutting down the mind to my son's comings and goings is the only way to achieve a little peace of mind.
I do know that they're both outside the wire right now......on what we think is their final missions before getting ready to come home for leave. It's going to be so wonderful to hold them, and see them with their wives - if only for a little while.