His orders are sitting on the table. It’s a reality then. I guess I was thinking and hoping that something would come up and the whole thing gets cancelled or postponed … stupidly. It was a go the minute we got orders to report to this duty station way back in June of last year. The reality of seeing it in print … is staggeringly sobering. It’s an instant smile-wiper.
He is definitely going.
Frankly, aside from all-of-a-sudden sober, I am not entirely sure how I feel. A little bereft, for sure. Apprehensive, ya. Anxious, most definitely. Aside from that … nothing else. Not yet. Part of it is the retreat this weekend, part of it is … I think that our “courtship” was a key preparatory phase for us … well me. While those separations were never more than 3-4 months at a time with full and complete telephonic contact of some sort the entire time, it helped. We already know what it is like to be apart for months at a time. A year – well that will be the challenge, but having gone months, I am confident that we will make it through the year.
Of course, there is the added very basic fact of WHERE he will be that changes the landscape a whole shitload more … but you know what? I am NOT going to worry. It’s what he’s been training for his entire military life. It’s sort of in his bones now.
As for me stateside, I’ve got my toys, I’ve got my friends, I’ve got my plans … I will be fine. And oh yea – I’ve got WoW. 
It’s not time to bid him farewell yet. I just wanted to get that off my chest – seeing the orders. Right now, it’s time to continue the prep for block leave.
And as luck would have it (Man! My guardian angel is working overtime!) I found me a pet sitter – affordable, efficient, professional, likeable – Easy Case Pet Sitters right here in Killeen, TX. She’s been doing it professionally for 4 years and did it for a year or 2 before non-professionally. She hand picks her staff and she has paperwork up the yin-yang to protect both herself and her clients. A member of the local chamber of commerce and insured. And her personality is winsome. This time around, Nala will be in her own home, cared for and I won’t be worried sick for the entire time.
What’s better is that when it comes time to hit the Caribbean for a long overdue visit, Nala will be in good hands. Hell, she’ll even on a moment’s notice come check in on her if I wanna go drive to Dallas for a day or 2. I gotta remember to thank Maddy (FRG leader) profusely on giving me the link. She saved my sanity.
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