FRG

I am such a serious blog slacker.... As you may know or not know for that matter my husband was cross leveled to deploy with a unit out of CT. I had my first FRG meeting tonight well kind of and by that I mean it was via a tela-conference. It was actually nice to hear from the commanders and master Sgt. of his unit on how the guys are doing. Me and the Mr. do talk daily but because he is now working 12 hour shifts and with the time change, me working days and he working nights so the conversations are brief to say the least. I know that it will not be forever and I am learning to be okay with it, but never the less it is always nice to hear from someone else that all the guys are doing well. I am really missing the husband today and knowing that in one week I will be headed to see him is so EXCITING! It is a very bitter sweet thing for me right now as much as I cannot wait to see him, I also know that at the end of his 4 day pass with in a small amount of time he will be leaving the country for Iraq. I feel like even though we are living the deployment life it is not the "true deployment life" yet and by this I mean he is still in the states and he is safe and I know that. It seemed so real tonight hearing the commander say that they would be flying to Iraq in the near future, wow like this Iraq thing is really happening and soon wow.

Reasons to smile

Today was a good day for no real reason ( I did however start my day with a call from Mr. Wonderful). I found several reasons to smile today and took the time to realize how truly blessed I am. I leave for Seattle 1 week from Wednesday, I have a million things to do before then but I am so excited! I am going to go an enjoy whats left of a great day!





- Lindsay

I am...

Today I woke up thinking about 400 days and how long in reality 400 days really is. As of today we are 6 weeks down and 51ish to go, I really don't know how I feel about this right now. On one hand I feel like the 6 weeks has flown by but on the other hand I feel like the next 51 will be completely different. By completely different I mean that he has spent these last weeks in the US and the next few weeks or so he will be here but after that he will be leaving for Iraq. I realize that gone is gone any way you look at it, but mentally knowing he will be "gone to Iraq gone" is something that I kind of have some anxiety about. I am a total planner I plan everything and I mean EVERYTHING and not knowing what this next year has to bring has been rough for me. I have been really productive around the house though, I have had the time (since I have nothing but time now that husband is gone) to work on all the little projects that I always put off doing. I painted the bathroom yesterday and I put together a new huge DVD rack (my husband is a DVD freak we have over 400, he is out of control) so finally we have a rack big enough for all the DVD's and they are no longer in stacks next to the old racks! Lindsey I am also thinking about you today as I know you will be on your way home today and your deployment officially starts today. I am here for you and I look forward to more frequent conversations, I have missed you!! Hang in there, now the count down begins!

A fellow blogger friend...

What a busy busy day.... I finally painted my bathroom hopefully next weekend the remodel project will be done!! So I am now done to 11 days until I leave for Ft Lewis and I cannot wait to see my husband. I am still having really mixed emotions about seeing him and by this I mean that I am now use to him being gone (as much as one can be use to not having their husband around). I know that at the end of his 4 day pass that he will with in days be leaving the country for Iraq. I am having a hard time with the unknown at this point in time it is rumored that he will be at a remote base with no mail service and limited other services I am trying not to worry about it yet as again it's only rumored information. I have had one of my blogger friends on my mind a lot these past few days, Lindsey over at http://lindseybick.blogspot.com/ I have a special place in my heart for her (we are going through our first deployments together). Her husband leaves to start his deployment today or tomorrow? I can't remember what day it was for sure but I was there less then 7 weeks ago myself and so all I have been able to think about for the last few days is Lindsey, Karmen and Kasey. I am so thankful to have met Lindsey when I did because I needed her in my life more then I could have ever imagined, it is always such a comfort to have someone to relate with in your same situation. Lindsey if you read this thank you for being such an incredible friend and know that no matter what I am always here for you and we will get through this together!

Skype

The husband called me while I was at MAC tonight telling me he had a good Internet connection and to get my butt home so we could Skype. I cut my shopping trip short and got home, here are a few pictures that I just thought I would share. I realize more and more everyday just how truly lucky I am.

-Lindsay

Update...

Ok so my "real" post, I have had a few crazy busy days lately. I decided to bid on one of the 2 job postings and took the 6 tests required to qualify for the job so we shall see what happens next. I have not spoken to the Mr. very much lately he has been working nights to prepare for Iraq and with my work schedule and his training on top of working nights time has become sort of an issue. I get up at 5am everyday so I try to be in bed by 10pm and with the time change it just makes it harder to have real conversations. My bathroom remodel is almost finished and than goodness for that I will finally be able to use my master bathroom again! I have a few deployment projects that I have been trying to finish up being that he leaves for Iraq with in the next 3 weeks sometime. I will be leaving for Seattle/ Ft Lewis 2 weeks from today to see my husband for his 4 day pass. I got an email from the FRG Monday inviting me to come to yellow ribbon phase 3 so I will be attending that as I feel like it will be really good for me to meet some of the other spouses. My situation is quite different then others my husband was cross leveled by a unit across the country to deploy, we are stationed at an AFB even though my husband is Army so the support that I feel like I need isn't here physically for me. I must say that I really am looking forward to meeting the spouses of the men my husband is so often speaking about. The yellow ribbon phase 3 is in Hartford CT it will be a super busy 10ish days I leave for Ft Lewis on Aug 4th get home Aug 10th and leave for CT on Aug 13th so I have a lot going on in the real near future. So a lot has been going on and a lot will continue to be going on but I am committed to making an effort to blog as I feel like it really does help me to talk about whats going on in my life even if no one else were ever to read it.

I'm a serious slacker.....

I just wanted to get a quick post out. I have been so busy over the last 5-6 days I mean legit busy, my parents were here over the weekend. I have been doing the finishing work in my bathroom just to get it finished (this remodel has gone on for almost 2 months too long). I sent out another 2 care packages on Monday because it never fails that he needs/ wants something from home. I will do a real post/ update later today sometime.

-Linds