'Family Day'

So, there's a "Family Day" at the base before the guys leave the US for Iraq...and Spouse asked if we'd think of coming. And i don't really want to, and neither does my oldest. We already said goodbye, I don't see the need to spend $2,000 to do it again.

I don't know, i can understand that he's finally realizing what is really going to happen and wants to see us. But my brain says that's his problem, not mine, and if he wants to see us he can just get on a plane and come home!
Drag the kids clear to Mississippi to do it all over again, nope. I already had to cope with sobbing children when i wanted to cry myself. We're finally sorta getting settled into life w/o him. Gee, I'm sorry if he misses us and now realizes that the fact that he may not come home is very real. He should have thought of that when he re-enlisted in August, during a war, against my wishes.