There are several other bloggers I follow whose husbands are also currently deployed. I think we all try to put on a brave face and see the silver lining in these situations. But some days just suck. You’re tired, lonely, in a bad mood, or just need to see the face of the one you…
Army life
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Adventures in Tricare
Normally, I do not complain about Tricare. While it isn’t the greatest health care system in the world, it’s certainly not the worst. Growing up a sickly child, I never really had major issues getting medical care. Now that I’m an adult, my experiences have been mixed. Mac isn’t stationed at a post stateside and…
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Valentine’s Day care package – February
I decided to go with “I’m Nuts About You” as a theme for Mac’s Valentine’s Day care package. Obviously, I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with squirrels. I wrapped the nuts and the cookie bars in Saran wrap, put them in Ziploc bags and then in plastic containers. The Mio and water enhancers also go…
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Happy just-another-reminder-your-husband’s-deployed day!
Ah, Valentine’s Day. The one day a year when men are socially obligated to be romantic. Don’t mind me, I’m just bitterly cynical. In the five years we’ve been together, Mac and I have only gone out for one Valentine’s Day. It was our first, and we’d been dating 11 months. It also involved four separate…
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Somewhere sunny and 75
Anyone else in the winter doldrums? Anyone else think of The Phantom Tollbooth after using the word doldrums? Nope, just me? It snowed another foot last night. Normally, I mock Northern Virginia’s fear of snow, but hot shit, I haven’t seen this much snow since we had a major blizzard in Blacksburg my senior year….
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Our love story – the Army version
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m linking up with Jo @ Jo My Gosh and Jessica @ MBB for their Lima. Oscar. Victor. Echo. military love link-up. Mac and I met almost five (!!!) years ago in March of 2009 at a party in college. What seemed like a casual encounter wound up being the…