i can't believe Zach is letting me write about this...

the forehead kiss... still gives me butterflies.

a week ago i received the worst text {would have been a phone call but i don't answer numbers i don't know... lesson learned}. Zach was in the hospital. as in 107 degree body temperature, sedated with a breathing tube hospital. my heart literally sank. he had had a heat stroke after a morning run in NC. i remembered that last summer a few soldiers had died of the same thing so this was no joke. they were going to leave him sedated with the breathing tube for 24 hours, to say it was the longest day is an understatement. i felt completely helpless being across the country from him, the red cross was going to fly me out there but for some reason the paper work didn't go through fast enough. i wanted to be there so badly when he woke up. somehow i made it through the day rather well i think, i choked up a little on the phone with his mom and had a good bathroom cry session during Hunter's naps but other than that i put on my game face and tried to look semi-calm for the sake of our son. 

 the next day he was able to call after they had taken the breathing tube out and he had woken up. it took a few days but he was finally out of the ICU and then he was finally released from the hospital just yesterday. i think he was pretty lucky that he came out of this relatively unaffected {so far}. 

he's always been there for me all the crazy seven years we've known each other, i don't know what i'd do without him! he's the best thing to ever happen to me.

so for now a lot of his trainings are put on hold and he gets to come home for a few weeks to be with family and to recover a bit more. he will be here next week and i couldn't be happier. 

i love you like crazy babe and can't wait to see yoooouuuuu!

xoxo