Over The Top… November 6, 2009

Thank you to Butterflies and Hurricanes for this award

Here are the rules:
1. You can only use one word!
2. Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers.
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!

The Survey
1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your hair? blonde
3. Your mother? Amazing
4. Your father? Gentle
5. Your favorite food? Salad
6. Your dream last night? Horrible
7. Your favorite drink? Water
8. Your dream/goal? Babies
9. What room are you in? Office
10. Your hobby? Hubby
11. Your fear? childless
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren’t? Stupid
15. Muffins? Gluten-Free
16. Wish list item? Treadmill
17. Where did you grow up? Country
18. Last thing you did? Laughed
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? Giant
21. Your pets? Gilligan/Moo
22. Friends? inspiring
23. Your life? Fairytale
24. Your mood? energetic
25. Missing someone? always
26. Vehicle? chevy
27. Something you’re not wearing? lipstick
28. Your favorite store? Buckle
29. Your favorite color? Yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Friday
32. Your best friend? Forever
33. One place that I go to over and over? Work
34. One person who e-mails me regularly? Mom
35. Favorite place to eat? Aladdins

I’m giving this to The Good The Bad And The Ugly, My Indian Love, Home is Where the Army Takes Us, Life Unexpected, More than an (army) wife, Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost!!!

Drop a Dos in the Workplace… November 5, 2009

Ok — be honest with me!  How many of you do the “deux” at your place of employment?   I will admit–all lady-likeness aside (come on we ALL know everyone poops) I have…in absolute dire need – like there is no way in this world I can hold it until lunch or the end of the day – gone number 2 discretely at work and then sprayed tons of my purse perfume to cover it up.  I leave no evidence behind.  However, the whole reason behind this post is because there is a certain someone at my place of business who will go nameless – HIS name  might rhyme with Bob…but have an “R” to replace the “B” but hey I am not naming names. 

Anywho…the men’s and women’s restrooms just so happen to be located directly across from my office. I have never been nor will I ever be happy with my office location.  The happenings that I have heard from behind those doors give me nightmares…sad truth is Bob tears it up everyday.  The warfare that he is involved in around 11:30 am everyday leave me shaking my head and shutting my office door to block out the wretched smell that trails behind him from when he’s done.  Pure death.    It’s gotten to the point to where he is just plain rude about it.  He doesn’t even have any consideration for any of us innocent ones that share the same floor with him to even spray the flower spray that’s sitting right there on the counter by the sink.  I even put a sticky note on it that says “SPRAY ME!”.  He doesn’t even shut the bathroom door after he’s finished to save us from death by his airborne poop particles.  I mean really?  Does he honestly think that I or anyone else enjoy the aroma of his stench?  He may as well just poop right in the hallway…since he cares so much and all.    I’ve become overly concerned with Rob…er I mean Bob’s state of health.  No kidding people–this is an EVERYDAY occurence and it’s awful!  Everyday it sounds like his intestines have lost all hope and given up their will to live.  It’s just bad.   I’ve told his assistant that he needs to see a doctor–she too has shared with me in this difficult daily disturbance.   So what do we do?  What would you do? 

Kitten Piss… November 2, 2009

Well Hello everyone!  No… I did not fall from the face of the Earth!  My husband’s home…what else did you expect from me?!    I feel like it’s been so long since I last updated that I should have butt tons to tell you…but nope I really don’t.   Halloween was this past weekend–we handed out candy to all of kiddies in the neighborhood and we had a great time doing so!   It was our first time handing out treats…I grew up in a very farmy type town there weren’t sidewalks for trick or treating.  I was ecstatic for Halloween to come this year just so I could see all the little babes in their costumes! 

Michael’s on the job hunt…he still has his job from before he deployed, but we moved about 45 mins South and he’s not so sure he wants to go back and drive that far everyday.  I can’t say that I blame him.  So he’s on the look-out now for something that will alot good pay and work around his school schedule.  It’s like finding a needle in a hay stack!   We just keep praying that a door is opened up before his military pay stops. 

Speaking of Michael’s school–he only has 3 more semesters left and he will FINALLY graduate!  I am so excited–it’s been a long time coming! 

You must be wondering what is up with the title of this update–well Moo our kitten  has decided to take up pissing in the corners of my dining room.  Yep…you heard right.  I’ve had the little darling  back and forth to the vet 3 times and I’ve had every test known to man run on her and nothing.  She’s “normal”…what “normal” kitten PEES outside the litter box?  I’ve even gone as far as putting 3 litter boxes in the basement all different varieties so the little princess has something different to choose from each time she decides she has to take a tinkle (vet recommended).   She’s a cat for Pete’s sake–and I didn’t birth her…she should be lucky her furry butt isn’t living outside on a farm or in an alley somewhere.   I’m at a loss.  She needs to go, but who’s going to want a cat the only uses the litter box to pee in 95% of the time?   She belongs on the island of misfit toys!  Any suggestions?  I’m open to hearing them!

 

Pickin’ Punkins… October 13, 2009

It seems that we are having a blast making up for lost time!  We are readjusting well and finding a “new groove” to get back into…it’s been quite a learning experience for both of us.  I have to say we are happier and more content with one another than we were before deployment…I never thought it was at all possible, but it’s true!   We are doing the things that we haven’t done before that we always said we would do but never got around to it…like Picking Pumpkins for Halloween!   It was always something we said we would do, but never did!  We have found it’s more important to spend time doing the things that makes us happy as opposed to letting stress consume us and make us miserable.  So we are laughing more these days–and it shows! 

Feels So Good To Breathe Again… September 30, 2009

Hello Everyone!  I just thought I would update…he’s been home for a week today!  It’s so funny to say this, but it’s almost like he never left.  Like this entire past year was a figment of my imagination.  I worried and freaked for nothing about his return and whether or not we would “fit” again.  That was a waste of my time and energy…I couldn’t be more happy!  Life seems to be better than what it was before he left…he’s even back to leaving trails of messes in every room he enters.  Some things never change.  The house feels warm and full…and I feel complete.  It’s an awesome feeling cooking for 2 again, having him to snuggle up against in bed, having his company in the bathroom to talk to me as I get ready for work in the morning, laughing…oh the laughing…it’s amazing how much we laugh!  I am thankful!  Life is good again!

The Buses Pulling Up via Police Escort

 

Waiting Anxiously For Him To Find Me In The Crowd

AT LAST!

 

 

 

 

 

Finally Finished!

Finally!… September 23, 2009

Today is the day that I will wrap my arms around him, kiss him all over his handsome face and finally breathe again!  The deployment is officially over.  In about 2 hours I am leaving work, heading home to freshen up, and then heading to the ceremony!  I feel like I did on my wedding day…a ball of excitment with a touch of nervousness!  In less than 5 hours our life will resume together–it’s almost like discovering uncharted territory.  Life after deployement…hmmm this should be interesting.  I will post pictures of today’s events soon!  Thank you all for your amazing support this entire year…I could not have gotten through many days without you!  XOXOXO

Last Saturday Alone… September 19, 2009

It’s officially my last weekend as a lonely Army wife!  He’ll be home in a few days!!!  I have so much to get done before he gets home…and I still need to buy his grill!  I haven’t found one that I am absolutely positive about.  They are on sale right now too since it’s Fall…my only other dilemma (aside from choosing a grill) is getting it home!  I don’t own a truck – I might have to initiate a friend for help!   I need to clean out our car, which is on my list of things to do today after I get back from running!  I’m in the final count down!  I can’t wait!!!!  It’s so good to talk to him for free again–no more $600 cell phone bills!  That was a killer!   He sounds so much closer to me now that he’s back in the states   That might sound cliche’…but talking to him on the phone without all the delays and cut offs in speech makes a world of difference!  Well I am off and running today–so much to do!  I hope you all are doing well!

Happy Trails… September 14, 2009

Michael is on his way back to the United States today!  I am absolutely thrilled!  He’s leaving around 5pm my time and I won’t hear from him until he lands in the United States somewhere.  The wait will be agonizing…but I am more than positive that I will be able to withstand it!  I’ve waited this long haven’t I?!  I won’t actually get to see him until next week…I hope the time passes quickly!

I gave the house a nice deep clean this past weekend!  Scrubbed carpets, mopped floors, swept the basement, dusted…you name it I cleaned it!  Tonight I am going to buy his welcome home gift…a gas grill!    We’ve never owned one–and he loves to grill.  I even bought steaks and put them in the freezer for when he gets home!  He’s going to be so surprised!  I think I might be more excited about the grill than he will be!   This coming weekend I am going to Victoria’s Secret to find something “special” for his homecoming night!  (bow chica bow wow)!!!  I’ve already taken half of next week off…and I don’t intend on having my phone on at all!  We have a lot of catching up to do! 

The next few posts will probably be filled with my incessant ramblings of how “excited I am” or how “I sooo can’t wait!”…I am apologizing  for this child-like behavior now…and letting you know that I can’t help myself for feeling like a kid in a candy store!!!

 

New Beginnings… September 9, 2009

A year of new beginnings is upon Michael and I in less than 2 weeks!  He’s heading back to school to finish his degree in the spring, and I’ve decided to do the same!  I was in college at the ripe old age of 18, fresh out of highschool and wet behind the ears.  I had my first taste of freedom, and I took full advantage.  I’m now sorry I took advantage of “freedom” by choosing a college that cost $25k a year.  (sorry mom and dad)  I spent a year and a half there and then I switched to head to a state and more local college, work full-time and get my own place–I was almost 20.  I spent another 1.5 years in school, I declared my major for elementary education. I wanted to teach kindergarten!   I started some observation sessions in a few local schools and began to double guess if this was what I really truly wanted.  After that semester I took some time off, worked full-time and tried to figure it all out. 

I then decided that I would go to cosmetology school.  I LOVED IT!  I was good at it and it felt great!  I loved having clients come into the school and sit in my chair and talk away to me like I’ve known them for 10 years.  I loved their reaction when I turned the chair around to have them look in the mirror.  I then decided that I was going to open my own salon as soon as I was finished.  Yeah what a pipe dream!  I went to school one day and took a step back.  I looked at all the vanity and catty-ness that surrounded me.  Is this who I was?  No.  Point blank…not a chance was I ever going to reflect this kind of image.  Then something happened that changed me forever.  While I was still in hair school I met Michael…a few months later I became sick.  My right arm and hand started to go tingly and numb–and then it stayed that way.  The week that the numbness in my arm and hand happened, I woke up that Sunday and couldn’t move my head up or down, or from side to side.  Monday morning I was taken to the doctor.  He ordered an MRI.  The results came back–my C-4 vertebrate was pressing on my spinal cord.  I was referred to a neurosurgeon.  2 weeks after my appointment and one very painful procedure later I was going in for neck surgery.  I had to have a spinal fusion on my C-4 vertebrate.   I now have cadaver vertebrate pieces fused to my own bone, a metal plate and 4 screws that holds everything in place behind my esophagus, and a beaut of a scar on my neck.  It’s my battle wound and my constant reminder that I shouldn’t take life to seriously and never take anything for granted. 

Needless to say–my life is different now.  A year after my surgery Michael and I got married, I didn’t get to finish hair school.  I’ve kinda been floating the last couple of years.  I’ve worked a great job while Michael is going to school full-time.  He has 3 semesters left, and I’ve decided I am going back to finish my education degree – part time of course.  I know I’d be a damn good teacher and what a fulfilling role I can play in other’s lives.  So there it is…my roller coaster   I am excited to start a new chapter in life with Michael–it’s going to be tough I know it but I know I can handle it.  I got through this deployment and I am a stronger woman because of it!

Yes I Did This… September 8, 2009

I am big on budgets.  I budget everything down to the penny.  I typically do not stray from the budget.  I have a budget every week for groceries and I head to the grocery store every Sunday.  This Sunday was all jacked up due to a wedding that I had to do hair for, and then it being Labor Day and all.  My schedule was thrown off.  Yesterday evening one of my besties and I headed to TJ Maxx…she needed a breather from the cookout she threw and a break sans child.   I was bad.  Very very bad.  I ended up spending all of my grocery money on clothes.  Yep…on clothes.  Damn it Labor Day!  Why did you have to come and screw this all up?  The fact that I know I barely have any food in my house makes me feel even hungrier for some reason.  I feel kinda horrible for spending the grocery money…but I did get some super cute stuff.    Ah well I can eat next week…I’ll be starving but I’ll look good doing it! 

Deployment Update–Michael heads back to the states this coming weekend!  So close!  I’m so excited!  I started to decorate the front porch over the weekend!  I got two huge mums, and I hung up the fall leaf garland that I bought!  I can’t wait to get some pumpkins and a scarecrow!   I thought about making signs to welcome him home with, but I know all too well that I am not going to want to stand there waiving a sign at him…I will probably just jump all over his hottness and forget about the sign.  So that idea is nixed!  YAY!!!  I think my nervousness about the whole independence thing has subsided.  I can’t worry about things that I cannot control–this is life and I am just along for the ride!