So I "liked" a page on FB today and I found this picture of The Navy Wife's Prayer and I couldn't help but start to cry because it is beautifully written, expressed exactly how I feel currently and exactly how I need to pray and keep my life in check when hubby is gone. Here's the link to the page for those of you who have FB:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hooyah-Spouses/165272040150643?v=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=165392553471925&set=a.165273950150452.40359.165272040150643&pid=560133&id=165272040150643

FIRST MilSpouse Friday Fill In!

Hey! My first MilSpouse Friday Fill In! I'm hoping to get into the habit of responding to these! enjoy!

1. What is the longest road trip you’ve ever taken?
The longest trip I've every take was driving in a car with my parents and two best friends in middle school down to Tullahoma, TN. Of course being the country fans we are we went to Nashville first and then on to our destination. The longest trip I've ever made with my hubby is one we actually somewhat often. We live in VA and our families live in New England, so occasionally we'll drive up the 10 to 12 hour drive to see them. We never stay anywhere overnight or anything. We just do it all in one stretch, switching drivers of course when needed. But its nice to just drive through all those states together and talk.

2. Do you collect anything? Tell us a bit about it.
As a kid I collected sea shells, but I have no added to it in recent years. But I must say I have quite the collection and it is a beautiful one at that! Most of the shells I have come from different coasts, west and east and even come carribean coasts and even the Gulf of Mexico. (I've been very lucky in the places I've been able to travel)

3. What is your favorite part about being an adult?
I would have to say choosing what I want to do and actually getting to do it without feeling pressure to do something else from a parent or something. I guess the other thing would be living on my own (well not when hubby is actually home, but thats not very often anymore lol) and getting to chose when to do things and how to do things and do them at my own pace and not getting flack for it!

4. What song brings a tear to your eye?
TOO MANY to list!!!! But here's a couple "When you're gone" Avril Lavigne, "Just a dream" Carrie Underwood, "Come What May" Moulin Rouge Soundtrack, "Even if I wanted to" Jason aldean, "Letters from Home" John Michael Montgomery, "EVerytime I hear your name" Keith Anderson, "Asphalt Cowboy" Jason Aldean, "You save me" Kenny Chesney, "Far Away" Nickleback, "The woman in Me" Shania Twain, "Come Home Soon" SheDaisy , "Stay" Sugarland... and like I said that's only a handful of them....

5. Describe your first plane ride (how old you were, where you were heading, etc).
I actually don't remember my VERY first place ride. I was very little, under a year old, and my mom, sister and I were going to IL to see some extended family. I've been on a plane so many time I'm not sure I can tell you which one was the first time I actually remember. Those rides seemed unmemorable that I can only remember the ones that either went wrong or were actually interesting to me.

Stressed...

So after blogging about how I thought I was pregnant and how I didn't think I could wait 19 days totally came true. I couldnt' wait and took a test this morning. And it came out as BFN which of course does not surprise anyone, but you know... I wanted it to be a BFP so bad. So that started me off on a kinda of bad mood. And I was late to work this morning, not by much, but too much by my standards. I had to take O. to therapy this morning and afterwards taking him to school I hit crazy traffic and he was almost late! Came home and found MORE mushroom things in the backyard I had to dig up. I'm crazy tired because I woke up in the middle of the night to pee AGAIN! AND about an hour later to throw up. I must have eaten something crazy... maybe too much sugar or too many things with eggs in it. And then of course I needed to get up for work in like 3.5 hours after that! Ugh! Super tired today. And I found out I can't have this one day off because my boss is maxed out on her vacation days, which I completely understand, but my hubby's side of the family is having an informal get-together for some important birthday moments. With the hubs gone, I thought it would be nice if I showed up and took pictures and then showed him for when he returned. His Gma is turning 80 and his great aunt or cousin or something turns 100! So it's this big to-do and I can't go. Like I said, I understand, but it would have been really nice if I was able to make it.


ugh. again.


now I have to go look up how to prevent mushrooms from growing in my backyard....

Retail Therapy

... is just what the doctor ordered!

YES! It is only the second day hubs has been gone and I went for some retail therapy. They are redoing the NEX and making it bigger , even adding a second floor, and I went and spent 2 hours there. I got some leggings and sweater dresses (yes I am jumping on the trendy band wagon) and I got brown boots since my last ones died. I also got some goodies for the hubs to send him. Even though this underway is short than the last, he convienently forgot some things and I had to send it to him today. Of course, not before I bought some more goodies for him and the guys to share! :) I love spoiling him and the guys he works with. :) Anyways, I also bought myself a new winter coat! It's one of those ones that looks like the Navy peacoat. I could never own one before because usually they're made out of 100% wool and guess who's allergic to wool? moi!!!! how annoying?! But I found one today with a lining in it and the actually coat was only like 50% wool. I figure I can handle that. It's a winter coat and it's lined and I'll usually be wearing long sleeves and scarves and such with it protect my skin from starting to itch. So I spent a good amount at the NEX today. good thing part os hubs bonus came in earlier this month! lol

anyways, other than that, today was pretty much a normal boring day. My dog has been having an allergic reaction to something and we're pretty sure it's the mushrooms that are growing in our backyard. So at DUSK when I notice said mushrooms, I go out back with a shovel and trash bag to remove the mushrooms. God, I hope my dogs realize how much I love them and appreciate the things I do for them! ugh... it was getting dark and hard to see the little things!

I'm trying hard not to think about it, but my period is late (even though I'm not really regular by any means) but I'm on Metformin right now. I bled for a week which I'm assuming was my period right before hubs came home from the last underway (Sept 7th) but then I started bleeding again the 21st. Thought it might be implantation bleeding but it started to get heavy and it lasted a full week so I assumed it wasn't after all the research I did on it on the internet. But still, I pee ALL THE TIME (even getting up in the middle of the night to pee the last 3 nights which is unusual for me), being really emotional with him leaving on this underway, general achiness, and extreme fatigue and then only a fleeting moment of other symptoms like heartburn, or cravings. The fleeting moments I can attribute to me just being me, but the other especially the fatigue and peeing all the time are unusual for me. I dont' want to think about it because I'm afraid to jinx myself or get my hopes up. So right now it's in the back of my head that I could be pregnant, but at the same time I'm thinking, nope! Don't think it! if you dont' think about the possibility then it won't come true because that's just your dumb bad luck! So I'm hoping and yet I'm not hoping at the same time, if that makes ANY sense at all! oh well... since I have irregular periods, t he box says to wait 19 days since we last had intercourse. I honestly don't know if I can wait that long! I'm half expecting to get my period in that time frame and it'll answer the question for me. But if it doesn't happen then I know me and I'll be impatient and want to test early because this is something we've wanted for so long that I will want to know ASAP!

Anyways, that's all for now! Good night, my few readers! Tomorrow's another day and i'm hoping to getting a good night's sleep tonight!

Machine!

I AM A MACHINE TODAY!!!!

It's not even 3pm yet and I've done the following:

*5 loads of laundry
*2 loads of dishes
*general tidying of the downstairs
*cleaned out the fridge
*clipped, organized and cleaned out expired coupons
*taken out the trash


Now maybe that doesn't sound like a whole lot, but for ME, IT IS!!!!! I freely admit that I sit on my fat butt during my time off from work. But today I feel like I have accomplished so much. I also have plans to bake cookies, prepare a slow cooker meal for tomorrow, and continue with the last bits of laundry. Now only if I can motivate myself to become a FOLDING machine all will to done and well!