Well, Chris is officially gone. Last Thursday he left from the Inver Grove Heights armory around 8am. He is now out at Fort Lewis in Washington state for about 6 weeks and then he will be headed overseas and expects to be there the beginning of April. It was incredibly sad and hard to say goodbye but I am glad that that part is done. There was a wonderful sendoff ceremony at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul for the troops and they had a nice dinner for all the soldiers, friends and family members afterwards. According to the press there was almost 7000 people there! If you would like to read more about Chris' unit you can visit their website at http://www.theredbulls.org/. I really haven't cried since that morning and I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing! I am trying to stay strong and I did go back to work today after having a week off and I think that will keep my occupied. I am fortunate enough to have a great group of friends here in Rochester and of course my family back home. I am still trying to figure out how to get pictures up here on this thing and hopefully I will do soon because I know blogs are way more fun when there are pictures to look at! I have also encouraged Chris to try and blog on here occasionally...so don't expect him to get on here a lot but maybe a posting here and there! Well that is pretty much it for now. I will post more when I hear from Chris!
PS: If you would like to send Chris some mail please send me a personal email and I will let you know his address! My email is lindsaymeeusen@gmail.com
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