Tuesday, November 30, 2010

1. You wear old sweatpants and sweatshirts to bed.

2. You can watch whatever you want on TV without arguing with him first

3. You get up in the middle of the night to check your e-mail.

4. You sleep with your cell phone incase he calls in the middle of the night.

5. You love watching cute love movies because it reminds you of all the cute things he does when he's home.

6. You haven't shaved your legs in weeks.

7. The mailman knows you because you are always out waiting for him to come.

8. You start paying close attention in class when the words "military" or "iraq" are mentioned.


9. You suddenly have an obsession with anything military related.

10. You see someone wearing an army, navy, or usmc shirt and you get this overwhelming urge to talk to them.

11. You make friends with strangers online just because they are in the same situation as you and are the only ones that can truly understand what you are going through.
  
12. You can't decide what to wear when you meet him at the airport because his flight comes in at a ridiculous hour in the morning and you want to look cute, but not too cute, because your cutest outfit you want to save for your first full day together.

13. Your first Christmas together is... apart. .

14. You find yourself checking your e-mail every fifteen minutes.

15. You know all the time differences between where you are and Iraq, Ireland, Kuwait, Italy, Germany, Korea, and every state in the U.S.

16. The highlight of your day is getting a letter that was mailed a month ago.

17. And if you don't get a letter, the highlight of your day is writing him a letter that you know he will be able to read in a month..

18. You realize that HOMECOMING is so much more than a football game.

19. You want to hit any happy couple you see together

20. You get excited about "unknown" phone numbers calling you.

21. You've exhausted every idea a brain could have of what to put in a box.

22. You see a "support our troops" sticker on a car when you are stuck in traffic and you find yourself guessing about who they know that is deployed and thinking about their entire life story.

23. When the clock says 11:11, you find yourself wishing for the same thing every time: a call from your soldier.

24. You get excited when its only 5 months until you see your Soldier instead of 7!

25. You can't stand girls that talk about missing their boyfriends who live a few hours away. You just want to yell "drive and go see them them" because if you had the chance, you would jump on the first plane to go see your soldier no matter how far it is.

26. You don't know what teams are on top for football, basketball, etc.

27. You wouldn't dream of walking out of the house without the cell phone and every number you have is forwarded to that cell.

28. You find yourself randomly crying from just looking at a picture of the two of you together.

29. You find yourself randomly crying and you sometimes have no idea why.

30. You stay on the internet for hours searching for anything and everything about the military.

31. You talk to your friends about him so much that they know his full name, birthday and even his favorite color.

32. You find yourself speaking in acronyms (that no one other than you and he would understand).

 You are reading this and smiling and nodding because you know it's so true 

Thanks for posting this BERNEDETTE

TWO WEEKS DOWN AND COUNTING!!!!!

REALLY TWO FREAKING WEEKS!!!!!

It feels more like 10 weeks, why o why is time going so dang slow. Khloe and I have been keeping busy. We have getting my babes Christmas packages ready and we went home for Thanksgiving. We have got to skype with Joey and that was awesome! It was such a bad connection but I did get to see him so it was really nice. I still have my moments and have a mini breakdown but I pull it together and push through. Thanksgiving was awesome being home but it was so bitter sweet. I really wish Joey was home to spend Khloes first Thanksgiving with us. Christmas will be even harder but once we are through with Christmas its just closer to him coming home to us!!! I am almost done with his Christmas packages so I will be posting pictures soon!!!!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

One week down..

Wow its only been a week tomorrow and it already feels like a month. I have tried to keep myself busy. I for the most part have been doing ok. I have a breakdown at least once a day. I miss him terribly and I just want to fast forward to when he is home.

I have talked to him everyday its not for long but its nice to hear from him. I have been really trying to work out all the wedding details and I think its finally starting to come together, now I just have to start with all my projects! Ill be leaving for home in a couple days and that will be nice to see everyone. I also have been trying to work out every night. with a 2 ( almost 3) month old its a lot harder than I thought. Ill be sending out his Christmas care package soon. I wish I had more to say but is all I can think of is I miss him and I would just like this week to end so I can get on with another one...

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Christmas Care Package Mailing Deadlines

MILITARY MAILING DEADLINES


Express Mail Military Service
(EMMS)1/
 
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Dec 18
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- N/A
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Dec 18
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Dec 18
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Dec 18

First-Class Mail Letters and Cards
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- Dec 04
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Dec 10

Priority Mail
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- Dec 04
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Dec 10
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Dec 10

Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL) 2/
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Dec 03
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- Dec 01
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Dec 03
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Dec 03
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Dec 03

Space Available Mail (SAM)3/
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Nov 26
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- Nov 20
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Nov 26
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Nov 26
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Nov 26

Parcel Post
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092- Nov 12
  • APO/FPO AE ZIP 093- Nov 12
  • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098- Nov 12
  • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340- Nov 12
  • APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966- Nov 12






Friday, November 12, 2010

Donut of Misery..

When you are a military spouse you count things, lots of things.
You count how many days until he leaves, you count how many days until he comes home.  You have to count most of these days in private. You have to be careful about Operational Security or OPSEC (is a process that identifies critical information to determine if friendly actions can be observed by adversary intelligence systems, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information).
AT NO POINT SHOULD YOU EVER SHARE THE % OF WHERE YOUR DONUT IS. THE ONLY THING THAT IS OK TO POST OR SHARE WITH ANYONE IS WHAT YOUR SAYING IS..
I think it was in 2003 when some soldier or Marine who was stationed in Iraq decided to compose what was and is to this day called "The Donut of Misery"

Fresh off the jet

Let the countdown begin

Well the time has come and my love has gone..

Saying goodbye was one of the hardest things I have ever done. As he walked away my heart broke. Thankfully my friend Jessica had me over for dinner so I didnt have to sit home and be depressed. I still havent heard from him, I dont think he is even there yet:( As i sit here thinking it will go by fast I get so overwhelmed. its going to be almost 7 months and I dont know how I am going to do it. I already miss him. I am just going to have to stay busy!! I go back and forth, I am fine one minute then start thinking about it and I am a mess the next minute. I am just rambling on now.. I ll be waiting for his call to make sure he made it safe...off to keep my mind occupied!!!!!