For two months now, ever since Jeremy left for Iraq, I’ve had one thing to look forward to: coming to Maryland for an advanced journalism course at the Defense Information School.

There were so many great things about going to this class. It got me away from the desert for a month and put me back on the east coast for a month. I was going to see Jeremy’s grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins while I was there. And the best part of all: I was going home for Thanksgiving. I saw my family over the summer, but I would love to see them again. And it would be great to be back home and get to see all my friends.

So I flew to Maryland on Saturday. It took all day and I missed out on all the Halloween festivities, but I didn’t mind. On top of it, when I got there to pick up my rental car, a compact, I ended up getting a free upgrade to an SUV. All signs were pointing to the next month being amazing.

And things were going great. Right up until Monday morning.

I got up Monday morning, had a great run (even though it was freezing cold) and even had a yummy breakfast at the chow hall. Life was great. Until I got to the schoolhouse, that is.

Turns out my class was cancelled, they just never bothered to tell me. Within 30 minutes of the company realizing class was cancelled, I already had plane ticked sending me back to California. There wasn’t even another class they could put me in.

It sucks and I’m pretty bummed. I had already made plans to see some of Jeremy’s family this weekend and those now must be cancelled. And I may miss on Thanksgiving. Although I’m hoping Jeremy won’t mind if I take leave and go anyway. I had a lot of plans for that weekend. I’d go home for Christmas, but then the weather would be bad and I might get stuck flying in a storm, and I’m not too into that.

So I guess it’s back to California and my office. I’m not looking forward to going back there at all. It’s not that I hate the place or my job… but it is like that. I’m just sick of dealing with that place. I guess I don’t have a choice in the matter.