Army life

  • Race to the finish

    This past week, Mac received his official orders to Fort Gordon. Of course, in the Army, these can be cancelled at any time, but we are moving to Georgia! We also had the somewhat shocking realization that April and May are our last two full months in Fayetteville. What? It seems like I just graduated…

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  • Army dating

    I think an important aspect of every relationship is dating. Married, dating, kids, no kids, fur babies. You need to take time for just y’all. But dating an Army man in an Army town can be quite the endeavor. We might be going out with two other couples tonight. First off, you don’t go out…

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  • 15 on the 15th

    March is the month when the day of both our anniversaries matches the months since that date. Cray cray. 15 whole months ago, Mac and I jumped off the deep end into the crazy world of marriage. We kept it a secret so that people would take our wedding seriously. Is that bad? Ours was…

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  • Actions, not words

    Mac and I have only celebrated one Valentine’s Day on the day. We started dating in March and had almost a full year together before one. Senior year, I flew out to Lawton to visit Mac because I didn’t have class on Fridays while he had a long weekend for President’s Day. This involved driving…

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  • Duty and date nights

    Last night, Mac was on duty, so we really couldn’t make any plans. Being the good wife I am, I brought him dinner (okay, okay, it was KFC, but it still counts). He told me earlier in the week that we would be going out on a date tonight to our favorite Italian restaurant, Luigi’s….

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  • Wanderlust

    So I mentioned a few weeks back that Mac and I will be moving to Augusta this summer. After that, we really don’t have a set destination. But we have created a short list of places we would like to go if Mac could get a job there. Augusta Source Pros: only moving once this…

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