So It Begins

I sent my husband off to his deployment. I am lucky to have such a great FRO. She made it about family time so the Marines could spend time with families. They had all sorts of goodies with coffee and they served breakfast. We got to spend an hour with them before they got on the bus. When the time came to say our See you laters (I never say goodbye) I hugged him tight, told him I loved him and whispered in his ear come back home to me. I didn't cry because I did not want him to worry but I balled like a baby in the car on my way home lol! I got to talk to him last night on Facebook and then this morning on the phone. It's feels great to hear his voice. He says he is doing well but I miss him a lot already and it's only day 2. I just pray that I keep myself busy enough so the time will fly by. That's about all I can do at this point. So as any other military spouse I am glued to my cell phone, but I expected that. I am staying at my mom's house for the week and she pretty much has a full house. My brother's family is visiting from Utah and they have 3 kids. Then my other brother has 3 out of 4 kids for the week. They are also staying at my moms. So I get to sleep with my mom on her oh so comfy eastern king bed. I can't complain. I am glad the family has been keeping me busy. Tonight I will be driving home and staying there. I have to clean my house after a tornado of military gear blew through my house...lol!  Then I have to go let my doggies out and feed them. I am sure they are restless so I will take them out for a walk one at time. There is no way I can walk 2 Saint Bernards on my own. Nico pulls me pretty hard already now imagine walking 2 Saints. No thank you! I am dreading a bit staying home all alone cause then I have too much time to think and then I tend to get sad. Well I have to face it sooner or later and it might as well be sooner. I just want to get into a routine and I know that could take awhile specially when it's so fresh. But we are both going to get through this deployment.

So I have been getting all these questions from friends and family about deployment and my fears. They tend to get old after awhile. I try to be have patience but it doesn't always work when they ask dumb questions. I went to the grocery store yesterday and on the back of my car I have an Eagle, Globe & Anchor and at the bottom is says Marine Wife. Well one of the ladies that works the register parked next to me. So I suppose she saw my sticker ( lol who doesn't its big enough). After I grabbed all the items I was looking for I went to the register to pay and it was the same lady from outside. She starts talking to me about the USMC and how her ex b/f of 2 months was a Marine. I was just thinking to myself  " Well this should interesting" Then she asks me if my husband is home or deployed so I told her that he was gone for 7 months. She said she didn't know how I did it because her b/f was gone for 2 weeks and she would feel lonely.  I didn't really say anything and then she realized that he would wouldn't be here for any of the holidays and she asked me if he would get to come home for the holidays? Well I read this post on milspouse.com and it was I think 100 things never to say to a military spouse. Well I just couldn't help myself and plus I was running on very little sleep so the word vomit just came up and I said "well he put in for leave to the taliban but we are still waiting on a response." The lady behind me started chuckling because the cashier says " Well I hope they approve it soon." I wanted to laugh but I didn't want to be mean so I just grabbed my groceries and went on my way. I got a good chuckle out of it. I understand that not all civilians will understand the military world and how it works. Like I have said before unless you have lived in it somehow you just don't fully understand, and hey there is nothing wrong with that. Well I am hoping to get to talk to the hubby again soon but all I can do is wait. Everyday is one day closer to having him in my arms again...alive, well & healthy ( and preferably in one piece lol ).