Gypsy,

Yes, I spent some time in the "silly hospital" about 9 days. The worst 9 days of my life. After my discharge, it became more and more apparent that she was seeing this guy.

Volunteering to deploy and getting through all of the paperwork to do that was a great thing for me, and gave me more strength than I could imagine, which continued when I returned.

I was not the one scre*ing my boss when she was in Iraq.

Gym lady is more than just a "here and now". Things are going really well there. She is a wonderful woman who has told me she is very much in love with me...it feels great.