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Deployment

One Month Down

December 13, 2009

It’s hard to believe that my husband has been home for just shy of a month. It does not feel like it’s been that long at all!
Things here are good, though. They aren’t perfect yet, nor will they ever really be [is anything ever perfect?]. But we’re working on it. The first couple of weeks [...]

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Reintegration

November 29, 2009

I didn’t realize how long it had been since I posted anything substantial! I have sat down on more than one occasion to write a post about what life is like with my husband home, but I haven’t really been able to convey what I have wanted to convey.
This is SO DIFFERENT than last time.
Different, [...]

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Out Of Office Reply

November 14, 2009

I wrote this huge long post about how much I love this song, what it means to me, how the words resonate with my life, how I often find meaning in songs that are personal to me, and how as much as I loved the Willie version, it doesn’t get any better than Dave.
Instead, I’ll [...]

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Different Yet, Still the Same

November 10, 2009

My husband is days away from coming home to me. DAYS. It’s surreal. And exciting. And nerve-wracking all at the same time! 12 months, down the drain, and back to some sort of reality. Holy crap.
This deployment was different in so many ways from the last one. I felt so lost last time. Abandoned. Alone. [...]

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Still Counting Down

November 1, 2009

In typical Army-Fashion, we still don’t have a date as to when SSG Husband will arrive home from this deployment. I know this is how it is, but it’s annoying none-the-less, thanks to my insane need to plan EVERY SINGLE THING in my life. But, we are down to just a couple of weekends left [...]

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Nesting

October 22, 2009

I’ve often heard about this “nesting” thing that women do during pregnancy. The needs to organize, and clean and “accomplish” some sort of renovation prior to the baby’s arrival. I’ve heard, through other sources, that it sort of takes over you and there’s really no control.
I do not have a baby on the way, nor [...]

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To Have & Have Not

October 20, 2009

One of the great things about my friend Lauren [who I wrote about yesterday] is the ease in which I can talk to her. We always have really great conversations, and while we may not always agree on things [although we do agree on a lot], we can talk in a civilized manner and get [...]

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