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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘deployment’
Ringing in Two Thousand and Ten
The holidays were pretty weird for me. Especially considering what the 2 previous years have been like. What it boils down to, however, is that this Christmas and New Year’s is the last one the hubby and I have before he deploys to Afghanistan. And we chose to spend it with each other doing what [...]
Combat games and war games … off to war we go
Yesterday morning, I watched my husband get ready for his first day of “Road to war” training. As usual, he got into full uniform (ACUs they are called) and then grabbed his armor and put that on too. That armor is heavy as shit, let me tell you. When he first put it together, he [...]
Preparing for a deployment
There. I’ve said it. Acknowledged it. Now what?
I guess I haven’t really been acknowledging this upcoming period in our lives. My first clue was when another wife in this unit spent one night crying her eyeballs out and I still have yet to FEEL that panicky. My second clue, I guess, is Mom saying that [...]
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