The first week is the hardest..

  So the hubby has been gone for about a week now, and it's been crazy. I've been trying to adjust to being away from him, and it's hard. I get to talk to him everyday though. When he first left it was weird because I wasn't sure when I was going to be able to hear from him, but I kept my cool and try no to get to anxious.
  He is working nights so communication is alright, sometimes I wake up early in the morning just to talk to him, or I would go to bed late if he is up.

  I have found that keeping busy and having friends over, helps you a lot specially that first week when I'm trying to adjust to him being gone.  I finally got to meet people, more like my neighbors. They are a couple our age, and they are the sweetest ever, they are fun to be around. Although Tj didn't get to meet them I am sure that when he gets back he will get along with them just fine. :)

  I got a job at the CDC on base, so I'm trying to in-process and there is sooooo much paper work it's crazy!! oh did I mention that because the base does not have any of my shot records I have to get all my shots all over again? yes all my shots since I was a baby!!  God I am not looking forward to this at all!


I really want to have the house ready for when Tj gets back I want it to feel very home sweet home like. Because Tj doesn't really have a room for himself, we have decided that the garage will be his "man cave" lol. I have some great ideas for it. He loves zombies and Star Wars so I came up with the idea to combine both of them some how and decorate the garage like that. It will be the room he uses to hang out with his friends or whatever he wants to do. I showed him the ideas and he is super excited about it. It will be something nice to come home to. I haven't decided if I should make it a surprise and not show him any pictures of it until he gets home. But any way that's how I will be keeping busy lol while he is deployed.

  I've really had a lot of support from other spouses I've met they have helped me keep sane. I try no to think to much of how long we have left in the deployment so that I don't go crazy. What I do is I try to plan different things to do so that I have other things to look forward to and not just homecoming date. It makes time go by a little fast I want to say.  It really does help. I came across this the other day and it's perfect!

         Deployment Prayer

Dear Lord:

Give me the strength to say goodbye. Hold back the tear in my eye.

Cure my insomnia so that I may sleep alone. Give me a reason to awake when I've none.

Dear Lord:

Please help me pace myself. Allow me to turn to you for help,

And please let me be strong for him, Even if I've reached the brim.

Dear Lord:

Please make time go fast. I don't know how long I can last.

This is the hardest time of my life, But this is my job: the Airman's wife.

Dear Lord:

Let them all stay strong. Give them the will to go on,

And Lord, Please bring back all our men. In the name of our country. Amen.

I'm not super religious, but this I couldn't resist sharing and adding to my favorites. I'm starting to think of what kind of care packages to send him. I was able to order free boxes and shipping labels from the USPS. I have quite a bit of dates that I must send him packages, his birthday, our anniversary, etc.  But deployment sucks and I can only try to take it one day at a time. I just pray that I keep sane.