6.30.07

Today is our three year anniversary! I still remember our wedding day like it was yesterday. Everything was perfect, and I couldn't have been happier. We were lucky enough to be surrounded by friends and family as we made our commitment to each other, and promised to be each others forever.

Our first year together was spent planning for an upcoming deployment, our second was spent apart during a deployment, so hopefully our third will have nothing to do with deployment!

Michael,
I love you more now then I did the day we were married. You have been my shoulder to cry on, my strength when I needed it more then ever, and my best friend. You are loving and always know how to make my life just a little bit easier, whether it be taking care of the dogs, or vacuuming while I have to work. There is no one else I could imagine going through that deployment with other then you. Even though I know it was hard on you, you were always supportive of me and put on a very brave face. I am so thankful to have you as my partner, and I can't wait to see what the next year brings. I love you.

Always.

FINALLY

Tomorrow, we will be setting sail! I have to say, after getting my butt handed to me at work the past couple nights, I am more then ready for it! I am excited and a little nervous. I am so excited to head back to the crystal blue water that Michael and I swam in on our honeymoon. We will be swimming with dolphins (my dream!) in Bermuda, snorkeling in St. Maarten and St. Thomas, and taking a tour of a castle in Puerto Rico. I plan on getting a tan and relaxing!

I have also seen the movie Poseidon, so in the event of a rogue wave I am pretty sure I can figure out how to crawl through to the propeller. (Yeah right!) I don't want to be sea sick, or worried about running into a rogue wave. The sea sickness medicine is packed, and, well, if there is a rogue wave, I guess I'm screwed! My imagination doesn't help at all!

Even though I am so excited, I have to say I will miss my boys and girls at home. The good news is, the best man in our wedding is actually staying at our house and taking care of them. I know they are in good hands, and they love their Uncle Dale, but I will still miss them :(

I will see you in 9 glorious days!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today is my birthday, and I turn the big 2-6! For some reason I really don't like that number. 26 and 27 get me. My loving husband keeps reminding me I am closer to 30 then I am 20 now. Lovely.

Unfortunately, with our upcoming cruise, I have to work tonight. This past weekend has been crazy between the weekly beach traffic and Father's Day. Last night was just insane. I just keep telling myself this is the last summer I am working. I have had summer jobs since I was 16 and have always said I wanted to do as much as possible, work as much as possible until we had kids. Well, regardless of whether or not we have kids next summer, I am NOT working! Don't get me wrong, the money is GREAT ( I made $295 last night alone!) but I am exhausted!

Today, in preparation for our vacation, my mom, sister-in-law and myself are going to get pedicures, and then have a birthday lunch with everyone at my parents, then it's off to work :( Oh well. In three days I will be sailing south to warmer weather with the sun on my face and a drink in my hand!

Again?!

I follow a blog of another Army wife whose husband was deployed the same time as Michael was, and happened to return about two weeks before him. I loved reading her blog because she was going through the same ups and downs I was, seemed to have many of the same characteristics as me (read Type A organized and a planner), and even got to experience R&R about two weeks before me.

Her husband was planning on getting out of the Army next Spring when his time was up, and was barely going to miss his unit's next deployment. Unfortunately, they received news that the deployment was moved up and instead of barely missing it, he will have to join them on it. It breaks my heart.

I can't imagine what she is going through. She has had her husband back the same amount of time I have had mine, and I don't know if I would be able to prepare myself so quickly for another year apart. Another year of sleepless nights and plastering a smile on my face when people asked how Michael was doing. My heart aches for her.

I know that there is always the possibility of Michael going again, but so soon? From what I have read, she is a very strong woman, and they will get through it again, but it doesn't make it any easier. Tonight, I think I will hug my husband a little tighter and be thankful he doesn't have orders.....yet.

A Summer Cold?

Apparently you can catch a cold in summer because I have a full on one. Instead of trying to soak up and pre-cruise tan today I am inside sniffling and rubbing my poor nose red with tissues. I went a whole year with little ones and hardly got sick, now I'm not even around them and I have a cold! What in the world?

It doesn't makes things any better that I have been working for four days straight now. I guess I should have expected that since I am asking for 9 days off beginning next week, but hey, I still need a little bit of a break! The bad part is, I am actually scared to call out because they are so weird about it. Asking for a day off is like asking for their first born, it's quite ridiculous.

I have been loading up on Vitamin C and other cold remedies so hopefully by tomorrow I start to feel a little better. At least it is happening now and not in 9 days when I leave on a big boat! I am sure I will feel better by then.

Happy Birthday Michael!

Today, the husband turns 31!! This is the first time in two years that he is actually HOME for his birthday and I am so happy! Today is also his grandmother's birthday, so I am sure we will be running around. I have already run out and gotten him breakfast and his paper, and hope that we can get a run in before the day starts. He has a meeting later tonight so we can't eat dinner together, which makes me sad, but hey, at least he is in the state!

Michael, I hope you have an amazing birthday! I Love You.

Sweet Summatime!

It is official - I am on Summer Break! It felt amazing to be able to wake up at 8:00 this morning, my version of sleeping in. Of course, I'm not exactly off, as I am still working at the restaurant, but at least I don't have to make lesson plans! I do work tonight, but tomorrow is my first full day off and I plan on working on my tan! Not only that, it is the husband's birthday! So I am sure we will have a busy day.

Only two nights of class left, and 15 days until our cruise. Between now and then, I plan on relaxing, finishing up some projects and counting the days!

Rock The Boat

But not too hard...I have a tendency to get sea sick! In 8th grade, we went on a dolphin/whale watching trip (in which we saw neither of those animals). By the second hour, I was so sick I laid on the bottom deck for the rest of the trip and praying I saw land again.

This experience is what led my husband and I to the Doctor today to pick up the patch. Because we are leaving for our cruise soon (23 days to be exact), we wanted to make sure we had it well in advance and didn't need to worry about it. So many people have told us that we won't feel a thing on those big ships, but I would much rather be safe then sorry! I need to enjoy this vacation and not worry about where the trash can is!

The Doctor even told me that he gets sick on small boats, but was fine on the cruises he has taken. So what about you? Ever been on a cruise before? How did your stomach handle it?