just when we thought things couldn't get any harder...

great. gary calls me tonight to say he had to tell me something important, but his line's so choppy we don't get to talk until after dialing a third time. they warn him that the area they're going to in iraq has zero phone coverage and of course, no internet. 'so, like, no word from each other for a year?' i ask, unable to hide my annoyance. 'i don't know babe, i hope not. don't get mad at me for this. what do you want me to do? i'm just as unhappy as you are about the situation,' he says. so we let it slide and hope for the best. i wanna cry.