Tuesday's Turmoil

I'm sitting here on a mattress that our neighbors were so kind to lend us until we clear housing - air mattresses are SO uncomfortable! They also loaned us a TV - days would be so boring for me without the TV (especially now that my stuff is gone). The car is on its way to SC and our stuff is on its way to storage (until we close on the house). Everything went really smooth yesterday - it only took the movers about 3 1/2 hours to load all our stuff up! Thankfully the guy that's transporting our vehicle didn't care that it was loaded down with stuff - since we won't get our household goods til the end of the month, I had to put things we needed in the Kia!!
So what's the turmoil? (you may ask) Well, yesterday while I was in the midst of chaos getting the movers moving in the right direction, Cory called and gave me some bad news... In true Army form, whoever was in charge of the flight manifests messed up. Instead of everyone leaving Thurs and Fri of this week, theres only a few (and mean a small few) that are actually getting on the Bird this week. As for the rest of them, who knows when they will leave. Apparently they are scrambling to get everything situated. Guess what?!?! Cory's one of the ones that will have to wait! That's right, all the planning I did to ensure that we left about the same time and had everything done went to waste! Now I will be flying out tomm and Cory will have to wait. I am so frustrated with the Army. You would think that an organization that has been around as long as they have (233 years to be exact) would be more organized. Here it is 2 days until deployment and there are still MANY uncertainties. On the up side, Cory is not alone! One of our closest friends (we'll call him DOC) is stuck here too. Our housing village has agreed to delay our inspection until Friday, allowing Cory and Doc a few more days to rest in the comfort of our home (even if it is on the floor on mattresses). And then they will make their way to the home of some other dear friends until their departure!! Such is my life - no predictability!! I am sad that Cory will be here without me but he is still adamant that I keep my flight reservations. With any luck, the "powers that be" will get things straight and they will be "in country" (in A'stan) within the week. I think they are all just ready to go and get started so that it will be over!
I'm headed home tomm! And I'll try to start to establish some sense of normalcy for our kids. Please continue to pray (that goes without saying) but can I add something to my list? Rumor has it (and rumors in the Army spring up and travel faster than at any high school) there have been anywhere from 6-8 KIA's (killed in action) in the troops that have most recently left from Cory's Brigade! No official confirmation as they are trying to notify NOK (next of kin), but we've had some confirmation from some pretty reliable sources. Please pray for those families - I don't even want imagine the heartache they are experiencing!!!