Monday morning came early today! Not that I didn’t expect it, but 0530 still came too early. But that could be because I got no sleep last night. Literally, no sleep. So, upon ridding the house of children, I stumbled back to my big warm bed and collapsed within it. Of course, it took me […]
GI Joe Corey Updates So, the man has been on the move, spending a day right back where he started at his first place of duty once hitting Afghanistan! It is like a virus, that place. Much like Fort Drum, once you are there, it is next to impossible to escape! But the up side […]
Sometimes, being the understanding Army wife/vet really bites. I have barely heard from Corey since he left. I got a couple of quick phone calls when he was in Germany in transit, another quick one when he first got to Bagram, and a REALLY quick one last week. That’s it. And most of the time, […]
The countdown begins Well, Week 1 of the deployment is now over. He is in Afghanistan, but not at his final destination yet. I am going to assume that no news is good news since I haven't heard from him since right after he got there, which is totally normal. Since he was sick when […]
If there was ever a morning when the Mama could have used some extra sleep, it was this morning! Corey called me at about 0415 to tell me he was finally boarding the plane for Afghanistan and it was impossible to fall asleep again,… until it was almost time for the alarm to go off […]
The Drama of Deployment Well, where do I start?! Corey was supposed to deploy for Afghanistan on December 29th, but it didn’t happen. The Friday before, he was in the emergency room with a massive, dehabilitating migraine and a fever of almost 103°. Mindful of his deployment, they pumped him full of antibiotics and fluids […]