Brian was initially supposed to leave this past weekend, but found out last Thursday that his flight got pushed back until this Thursday (July 16th)! Great news for us and a gift of an extra five days! Also great news because Brian wasn't quite done modifying his body armor/kit. Brian has spent much of the past few days sitting at our kitchen table sewing! I'm very impressed because the most I can sew is a button (and I probably wouldn't be able to to that all too well). Success was his (and mine, so I could have my husband and my kitchen table back) when he finally finished one of the more tedious tasks of creating a binder cover for a map binder (he created) that he can now mount on his body armor.
Despite his best efforts (certainly more effort than I've ever given to sewing), there are some things better left to professionals. We're taking the rest of his 'modified gear' to the tailor today to see if we can have it rush finished by Wednesday!
