dust storms and trucks don't mix

The dust storm is clearing up, which means that Driver should hopefully be back within the next few days. When I talked to him last, he said that they were stuck because of the storm and the base actually ran out of food at one point. Right now I'm glad that they stayed where they were -- it's hard to say what would have happened if they rolled, with visibility as low as it was. I really don't want to think about that.

They already have another mission scheduled, and they're not even back yet. I have a feeling that I won't see much of him for a long time. We knew this was coming, we had talked about it before we both went on leave... I just thought it wasn't really going to happen. Denial, I guess.

At least we're much closer to going home.