father's day

in the land of woulda coulda shoulda, i would have sent fly boy a father's day package that should have arrived before today.  his next care package (including his father's day card) is still sitting in neatly stacked piles on top of his dresser.  i also would have sent my dad his father's day card and come up with a thoughtful gift.  neither of which i have done.

i'm thankful both fly boy and my dad will not take it personally that i have procrastinated yet again.

while i didn't get cards or packages sent out, i was able to put together a little video for fly boy.

happy father's day!  we love you and miss you!

happy father's day, my fly boy

*the password is my maiden name

one month down

we are one month into the deployment.
that feels like an accomplishment in and of itself.
(i'm choosing not to think about how many more months we have to go.  one more down sounds a lot better.)

while reading through some old posts, i came across this "gem" from one of fly boy's previous deployments describing my different routine when fly boy is gone.  let's be honest, i don't think many of the habits i described are/were particularly heathy.

i giggled reading it, thinking about how different, yet similar  our life is two years later, but also dealing with a deployment.

-two years ago, i proudly left dirty laundry in the hamper just to have some of fly boy's clothes still waiting to be washed.  
-this time, i made sure to do all his laundry before he left, even folded it and put it away for him.  i did, however, leave his two flight suits in the laundry room hamper for several weeks before actually washing them and thus admitting to myself he wouldn't be coming home in the foreseeable future.

-two years ago i tried to replace fly boy with lucy.  she hated cuddling.
-today, i still let lucy sleep on our bed, but she still jumps down after five minutes of non-cuddling.  lucy refuses to let me use her to replace fly boy.

-two years ago i avoided wearing clothes that require ironing as fly boy is the better ironer in our family.
-today, i have gotten better at generally choosing clothes that require no ironing.  making fly boy's absence less obvious.

-two years ago i ate cookie dough ice cream for dinner.
-this time, i eat cookies for dinner.  (only after charley goes to bed, of course.)

-two years ago i frequently fell asleep on the couch while watching tv late at night.
-last night, i woke up at 1am and dragged myself to bed to get some "good sleep."  

to sum up:
two years, one move, one baby and another baby on the way, not much has changed when it comes to deployments.

come home soon fly boy.  you bring much needed structure to my life!  ;)

day two.

i have twenty-six minutes to get a post in before day two is over.

so i'm going to do exactly what every teacher tells you not to do.  yep.  i'm cheating.  (kind of)...i'm going to post a picture i didn't take today.  i took it on our honeymoon.  our wedding rings.

i know, it's only day two and i've already cheated.

don't judge.

i have a good excuse for cheating...today was a little busy.  after three months of living in delaware, i finally got a job! 

*pause for a mini dance party*

words cannot describe how excited i am.  three months of unpacking/organizing/job searching/writing wedding thank-yous/procrastinating writing wedding thank-yous/watching horrible daytime tv really got to me.  starting friday, no more daytime tv.  cheers!!