First Skype Date

So the first few days were not nearly as hard as I thought they would be. I was actually able to get some things done like some laundry, and I have already tried something new. I went to kick boxing! How awesome is that? It was a good work out and it got me out of the house. My friends have been great they are texting me everyday asking if I want to do something and it is a relief that I don't have to sit at home all day and watch T.V. by myself.

To those of you that haven't gone through a deployment and might be soon or ever, I suggest you find something to do with your time. A job, working out, trying something new anything so that you are not at home thinking about him (or her) all the time.

I am also re-discovering my independence since college. I feel like a slightly different person and it is nice to know that I can do things on my own.

So on to the date... today was our first Skype date. I was woken up this morning to my good friend Katie calling me to tell me Cody wanted me to get on Skype. I was so confused, but it turns out that she happen to be on Facebook and Cody sent here a message. I was only able to talk to him for a few minutes and he was using his phone so the call was unclear. The moral of the story is that deployment isn't perfect, but you need to make the most of every moment you can share together.

I was able to talk to him again this afternoon, on a much clearer call.

Cody's Update:
He will be working the night shift, which is actually nice since he won't have to deal with the heat much and he will be able to call me during the day here so I won't have to try and talk to him at 3 in the morning.

That's all for now.

One Step at a Time: The 6 month deployment

As my fellow military wife's have told me a deployment can be hard, but it is also liberating and enjoying. I am here to find out for myself. This is the first deployment I have had to go through and I decided to keep a record of it. This blog will pretty much just be me rambling on about nothing... and everything.

So here goes. Yesterday was actually the first day of his deployment. A word of advice already, do not stay up all night the day before, take your husband to the airport at 3 a.m. and expect to stay clam and composed. I was practically balling in Sea-Tac Airport and then had to make the walk to my car sniffling the whole way. I arrived home and went to bed only to awaken 3 hours later. I had to complete some paperwork for my new job. I will be working at a small photo studio in the mall. After being jobless and out of college for over a year, I am thrilled to be doing something. 

My new boss Nikki also happens to be a friend of mine and "a widower of two deployments" as she puts it. She gave me some great insights into the world of deployment, how I will be feeling and what to expect.

• The first two months are the hardest, so treat yourself to something nice about once a week. (i.e. bubble baths, mani-pedi's, anything relaxing)

• The last two months you will be scrambling to figure out what to do when he gets home because you will be so practiced in doing everything yourself.

• Do NOT watch the news, read the paper, or talk to people about current happenings there. 

• Don't get mad at him because he is having a good time and you miss him. 

There were many more, but I don't want to bore you with a long list. I'm sure they will come up in the coming months.

I will try to make a section in every post about Cody (my husband) and what is going on with him. 

He was able to call me yesterday and today, he made it to Baltimore yesterday and got to walk around the town for most of today. I can already hear the excitement in his voice, and that he is having a great time.