I miss the real Army

Right now, I’m an Army wife in limbo. My husband is deployed from a unit that is stationed overseas, so we’re not in a traditional Army situation. And to be honest, I miss it.

I miss FRG meetings, shopping at the commissary, and going on post to eat dinner with Mac while he was on duty. I crave monthly coffee groups, the smell of the PX (you know it, too), and the many creative forms of mandatory fun. All of it. We’re missing out on balls, living on post, and the chaotic schedule of a traditional Army unit. Mac has a timeline in mind of what he wants (and needs) to do career-wise post deployment, and I’m excited to get back in the “real” Army life.

Have any of you military wives been in a similar situation? Have you ever missed the Army?