Well Bob has been on orders for one full week as of today. That means eight days of orders down and only something on of the order of 534 days to go, on the bright side that is only like 76 weeks and 17.8 months. All numbers aside I am glad it has begun.
I was driving home yesterday and I was thinking about getting back to my apartment and relaxing. This got me thinking to when the last time Bob and I had the ability to just relax together. It is calming to know that at least now the countdown to when we can relax again has begun.
So far it has kind of been like ripping of a band-aid. Bob and I were together when he went to Basic Training, and I think that in my mind I was imagining his pre-deployment training would offer us a similar level of communication. (For those not in the know, that means next to no communication.) It took until Bob and I really got to talk for the last few nights for me to realize that this was going to be a lot different.
This whole thing still sucks but I think I can handle it if it continues like this. Though perhaps I will revise that statement after tonights adventure with tax returns.
I am a brand new National Guard wife. I was married on January 27, 2007 and said good bye to my husband less than three months later. He is in the Minnesota National Guard and we decided to marry after learning he was being deployed. He will first train for four to six months, followed by a year flying in helicopters around Iraq. I am not sure that I am ready for this challenge, but regardless, this should be an interesting two years.
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