**Drum roll**
300!!!!
300 days since DH officially left our home for an entirely too long deployment. 300 days since I've seen him walk through the front door after work. 300 days since I've had to wake up at 0500 (aka: way too early) to take him to work. 300 days since I've completely relaxed. 300 days that I've had to live alone, sleep alone, eat alone, and do everything without my other half.
I've waited for this moment for 300 days and I can't believe it's actually here. This (besides homecoming) is the biggest milestone in the deployment.
Goodbye quarter mark, goodbye halfway mark, goodbye three-quarters mark. Hello finish line!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
I've Caught the Fever
And no I'm not sick.
It's the fever series by Karen Marie Moning. I've always been a big fan of hers as a romance author, but this series blew me away! I am officially addicted. I fear that no other series/ novel will ever compare. I've been spoiled by the best.
She says she's coming out with another series that features the fever world and I am soooo excited about that. I don't know what I'd do if I never got to "see" those characters again in another story.
Anyway, aside from my newest obsession, I have other good news…
We've got a homecoming window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I mention that we've got a homecoming window? Yes, that's correct, deployments really do end!
I won't tell you what the window is, just rest assured that it is in the not-so-distant future. With the days flying as they are with my renewed obsession of reading, DH will be home in NO time. I honestly never imagined being at this place. I know I've expressed my astonishment before, but actually getting an email with a [relative] homecoming date is still so amazing to me.
I also plan to go to my mom's tomorrow for a few weeks. By the time I come back, I will have a very short amount of time before DH comes home.
Oh happy day!
It's the fever series by Karen Marie Moning. I've always been a big fan of hers as a romance author, but this series blew me away! I am officially addicted. I fear that no other series/ novel will ever compare. I've been spoiled by the best.
She says she's coming out with another series that features the fever world and I am soooo excited about that. I don't know what I'd do if I never got to "see" those characters again in another story.
Anyway, aside from my newest obsession, I have other good news…
We've got a homecoming window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I mention that we've got a homecoming window? Yes, that's correct, deployments really do end!
I won't tell you what the window is, just rest assured that it is in the not-so-distant future. With the days flying as they are with my renewed obsession of reading, DH will be home in NO time. I honestly never imagined being at this place. I know I've expressed my astonishment before, but actually getting an email with a [relative] homecoming date is still so amazing to me.
I also plan to go to my mom's tomorrow for a few weeks. By the time I come back, I will have a very short amount of time before DH comes home.
Oh happy day!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Why, hello there May
A lot has happened in the past two weeks (when doesn't a lot happen in two weeks?)
DH and I tried to get him home on Emergency Leave for my surgery, but it was denied because my condition is not life threatening. Yes it is disappointing, but what can ya do?
So I have rescheduled surgery for mid-September. This will give DH plenty of time to come home and it should be during his block leave. My back does hurt a lot still, but I can survive a few more months until he comes home for good.
Speaking of coming home for good…
We are in the home stretch of this deployment! 80% done!! W00t!!! And no this is not my attempt at cheating on my DOM to convince myself that the end is closer than it really is. DOM really does say 80% =D
We only have X amount of months before he comes home. And by X, I mean a very small single digit number.
I also finished my first year of college with a 3.26 GPA. Not as good as I had hoped, but as long as I keep it above a 3.0, I should have no problem getting into Grad school.
So here it goes… The calendar for the remaining months of this deployment.
May: Going home to watch the foals be born on my stepdad's farm. This should be very exciting as there are still two more mares that are going to deliver babies in the next couple of months.
June: Spend half of the time at my mom's and the second half at home. The second half will be time for me to prepare myself for DH's homecoming. Hair, nails, working out, etc.
July: Last month of this deployment. I will probably spend most of this time dancing, freaking out, smiling, and grocery shopping.
August: Relaxing for the first time in 12 months.
September: New Jersey, Vegas, and surgery. A pretty exciting month =)
May has always been the epitome of the end for me. It represents the final season of this deployment, the end of school, and the home stretch. Everything after May seems minuscule in comparison to what I've already been through.
It still amazes me that it's May. For months I dreamed of May. In October I felt that May would never come. Even in February I felt that May was just a distant goal that would never truly be accomplished. Well here it is...
I made it. WE made it.
DH and I tried to get him home on Emergency Leave for my surgery, but it was denied because my condition is not life threatening. Yes it is disappointing, but what can ya do?
So I have rescheduled surgery for mid-September. This will give DH plenty of time to come home and it should be during his block leave. My back does hurt a lot still, but I can survive a few more months until he comes home for good.
Speaking of coming home for good…
We are in the home stretch of this deployment! 80% done!! W00t!!! And no this is not my attempt at cheating on my DOM to convince myself that the end is closer than it really is. DOM really does say 80% =D
We only have X amount of months before he comes home. And by X, I mean a very small single digit number.
I also finished my first year of college with a 3.26 GPA. Not as good as I had hoped, but as long as I keep it above a 3.0, I should have no problem getting into Grad school.
So here it goes… The calendar for the remaining months of this deployment.
May: Going home to watch the foals be born on my stepdad's farm. This should be very exciting as there are still two more mares that are going to deliver babies in the next couple of months.
June: Spend half of the time at my mom's and the second half at home. The second half will be time for me to prepare myself for DH's homecoming. Hair, nails, working out, etc.
July: Last month of this deployment. I will probably spend most of this time dancing, freaking out, smiling, and grocery shopping.
August: Relaxing for the first time in 12 months.
September: New Jersey, Vegas, and surgery. A pretty exciting month =)
May has always been the epitome of the end for me. It represents the final season of this deployment, the end of school, and the home stretch. Everything after May seems minuscule in comparison to what I've already been through.
It still amazes me that it's May. For months I dreamed of May. In October I felt that May would never come. Even in February I felt that May was just a distant goal that would never truly be accomplished. Well here it is...
I made it. WE made it.
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