Once upon a time, I was the team leader of the Initial Receiving Branch (IRB) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It was Summer Surge 2000, the time from early June to late September when soldiers arrive at military posts for basic training and/or AIT (Advanced Individual Training). It is the busiest time of year for […]
I think that Army marriages should have some kind alternative numbering system. I wrote a status about our anniversary on Sunday, joking about how rarely we are together for it. Counting this year, we have been together for exactly one half of our anniversaries. The balance is starting to tip in our favor! I mapped […]
A little bit of chaos… We are down to 21 days and a wake up before the commencement of Operation Deister Roll Out. The movers will be here in exactly 2 weeks and will pack up our house that day and the next. Then, on the 24th, we say goodbye to most of our worldly […]
We are finally moving, something I was beginning to think would never happen. We have a pack out date with transportation on August 23rd and pick up on the 24th. We are rolling out for our cross-country road trip on the 29th. We have been stationed here for 7+ years, since May of 2005. But […]
I was so ready to move to Arizona this summer, so ready. After the last several years, most particularly this last one, starting over in a new place sounded wonderful. We are still going to move, but nearly as soon as we initially thought, which was within the net few weeks. Corey has sleep […]
One of the things the sucks the most about deployments, besides the obvious distance, is the lack of balance. Hell, that imbalance exists even when the soldiers are BTG in garrison. There isn’t a wife that could be more understanding of the obligations and responsibilities of the Army. I spent more than my share of […]
Bin Laden is dead. Some part of me never really thought that would ever happen. It goes against most everything I believe in to celebrate a death, but in many ways, I do. There were so many lost on that fateful day, and on the days since. Friends, family, brothers and sisters in arms. It’s […]
Sometimes I think being a mother is just about the most frustrating thing to be, with being a wife a close second. Sometimes the two roles are almost indistinguishable. And I truly believe the situation is made worse by the fact that I am the lone female in a family of males. It seems like […]
I am pretty sure Soldier Daddy is cheating on me. With the Army, and that bitch gets ALL the love!! <3 Seriously. it has been insane for the last several months. We started out the summer with a few weeks of preset training. Yeah, I know what you are thinking. “Uh, what?! Not all of […]
I guess it depends on how you look at it! It is our 9th anniversary from our very first date back in 2001, our 8th from our wedding day in 2002, and only the third one we have actually been in the same state or country for! Yeah, that last one would be courtesy of […]