1/13/11

Big phony smile... driving from AL to GA

Well, it’s 2011 … time just seems to go on without my consent. However, I am REALLY looking forward to getting the orders to our first duty station (FDS in Army terms) … I am completely and utterly nervous that maybe, just maybe it might be an unaccompanied tour… meaning – I can’t go. That is a BIG fear of mine. But I hope and PrAy that it will be an accompanied tour and that it will be in an awesome place :) … I really hope! I think at this point I am just ready to have my own space again and have my husband come home… whether it’s an apartment or a home, I don’t really care either way {yet} – I’m sure some time I will… but I don’t yet.

…So, I’m sitting here in bed under the covers… “lap”top on my lap… pondering if I should be doing something else than creating a diary on my computer… I was learning how to do all those cute things to the blog, but then the internet went out – it’s a common occurrence at this house… However, maybe it is a good thing because it forces one to do something else rather than being on the internet… if the internet had stayed on {like it was supposed to} then I wouldn’t be writing this at this moment.. so maybe it’s for entertainment.

saw this on the drive and liked it

I have been working on, haha, well I JUST started my wedding scrapbook… I have only done one page. Yesterday I made a blanket!!! It’s black and white checks on one side and black on the other. It was a no sew blanket and I enjoyed making it! It is for Devin. I just hope it’s not too girly for him. Haha. A couple of people have said “NOOooo! It’s black and white check – that’s not girly”…. So I said…alright… It was the only fabric that my eye was drawn to @ this Hobby Lobby in Statesboro. So, I picked it … bought it, and made the blanket. Now instead of Devin sleeping on top of his bed sheets {instead of cuddled inside them} with just a wool blanket, he will have a homemade blanket from his wifey ;) …He sleeps on top because making the bed in the amount of time they have in the morning creates high stress – there is not enough time to properly make the bed and measure with a ruler to make sure you have the sheets folded down at the right measurement and the right amount of sheet folded down. So, he sleeps on top of it all… that way he gets up and folds his one wool blanket and puts it in his closet and can get ready and have enough time. This has been done for quite some time – It’s a little secret they all pass on to each other to make life that much easier. ...I began this paragraph about my scrapbook and ended up on a completely different subject… that happens often {not intended}.

…SO… the scrapbook… I finally am just now going through all of my wedding photos… and attempting to scrapbook. It is SO time consuming!! Now I remember why I have never gotten into it. The pages end up looking great, but gee... just for like two pictures, that’s a lot of work. We’ll see how far I get. I am pleased with the one and only page I have made so far.

in the middle of NO-where...

I kind of want to go back in time to our drive here… well the last hour of the drive I ended up feeling a little queasy… ugh…maybe I don’t want to relive that – it just brings back the disgusting feelings… let’s just say I got to the hotel JUST in time!!!!! Emergency Room visit that night – an IV to hydrate me + some anti-nausea medicine. They prescribed me some anti-nausea pills along with anti-cramping meds…thank goodness. I think that’s what helped me get through the week {& some of the next week} … Devin reported back to his platoon as soon as we got back to the hotel that night… Then he woke up and had the same thing I did… it was horrible. He was sick for much longer than I … I was also able to sleep for 3 days straight with no disturbance and no one around… and I was able to eat what I wanted when I wanted {even though I really didn’t eat and I couldn’t really get up} – he wasn’t …that’s why when you’re sick it’s just better to be home. Too bad we dOn’T HAVE a home right now…and even if we did, he wouldn’t be allowed to be there. BLAH…Army rules… sometimes I wonder just how smart they are…really. They are so afraid of people going A-wall (is that how you spell it? I have no idea…I’ve never looked into it) that they have a tight lockdown on guys. Well, the people in Devin’s platoon are all younger... like 6 years… so that means when Devin was graduating high school, they were in 6^th grade. Hahah… weird. I can’t believe I have blabbed on for this long already. Hrmmm…. I’ve been wanting to watch the movie Eat, Love, Pray … I think I’ll rent it today and watch it. It’s almost lunch time… see ya.