Army life

  • Army Wife First World Problems

    **This is meant to light-hearted and sarcastic. Don’t get your panties in a bunch. If you don’t like my jokes, don’t read my blog.** You ever see those ridiculous first-world problem memes where people complain about how great we have it in the greatest country in the world? I decided to contribute my first world…

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  • Another yellow ribbon

    Back in 2010, I had absolutely no clue how to prepare for or how to even approach dealing with deployments. Mac had zero interest in our FRG, and we were still dating. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, I really wish I made Mac sign me up for the FRG (the commander wasn’t particularly…

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  • Life lately

    This past week has been a whirlwind. We packed up all of our stuff and moved up here to Virginia. Our storage unit is currently packed to the brim (I’m glad we went with a 10×20 unit instead of the recommended 10×15 unit). This week, I have two exams to finish out my second semester…

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  • Move #2 of 2013

    The movers came Monday and packed up allll of our stuff. We were planning on them packing Monday and Tuesday then loading Wednesday for delivery on Thursday. Instead, they loaded Tuesday and will hopefully deliver tomorrow. They had quite a time packing the truck. Apparently, the truck was carrying another shipment in addition to ours….

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  • Getting DITY with it

    For this go around, Mac and I have decided on a partial DITY move to relocate all of our stuff. DITY is basically the do-it-yourself moving option. We are moving the majority of our everyday stuff in our cars: clothes, TVs, computers, books, and the like. The movers are scheduled to come and pack up all…

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  • DeCisions, DeCisions

    See what I did there? Eh, eh? Mac had his official orders meeting and now has a better idea of what we’re looking at for his next assignment. As I mentioned, we have decided to close our apartment in Georgia, put our stuff in storage, and I will move in with one set of parents. We’ve…

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