Sunday, April 18, 2010

Deployment

No matter what, the military will let you down.

Sometimes I feel I would be better suited to run the military :)

It has been almost 8 months since I have seen my husband, and he was supposed to be home today. Well, guess what, he is not, no big suprise. I have been sitting in Oklahoma waiting to go on to Gulfport, Mississippi, but tomorrow I am going to go back home to Colorado...which is the opposite direction I need to be driving in order to see my husband.

So, I have definitely learned how things in the military work, and have learned to expect nothing, to make no plans. So I thought that when I decided to drive down to Gulfport I had it figured out...NOT! I thought dirivng would give me flexibility with dates. This last Friday I drove to Oklahoma to see friends and to go to a wedding shower, and then had planned on continuing to Gulfport on Monday, if Robby's arrival date changed by a day or two, I could deal, since I had my car and nowhere else to be, I could stay an extra day in Oklahoma, I did not have airline dates to be tied to. Well, the date did change from him arriving on Tuesday, to arriving on Wednesday...no big deal, right? Well then this weekend it was changed yet again to him arriving on Friday....still not too big a deal. I still had my sanity, I wouldn't mind spending a few more days with Megan.

Then, I get an email from Robby at 2am this morning saying that he was once again delayed until Monday! So, pretty much, I snapped. After waiting here in Oklahoma for five days, I am going back home tomorrow, and I am going to fly to Gulfport on Sunday...and I'm not sure I
even believe he will be here Monday anyway... It is going to be a long 11 hour drive tomorrow.

Who cares if some volcano is erupting...

Comes home soon!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Winston

For those of you who know me, (and maybe even those who don't) know that my puppy Winston is my life. Robby and I got him almost a year ago, he was my wedding present from Robby, and he was THE BEST present EVER! Winston, also known as Winnie, is a Shorkie (shit-zu yorkie mix)...they are the absolute best mixes and I recommend them to everyone.

I cannot tell you how much having Winnie has helped me through Robby's deployment...without Winnie, it would have been miserable. I grew up having dogs and when I went away to college it was so hard not having the puppies with me, I could not wait to get out of school housing so I could have my own puppy. Having someone who always greets you at the door when you come home, someone who is always happy to see you and loves you no matter what is the best!

Winnie turned 1 on March 21st and we had a birthday party for him, I made him a birthday cake and his cousins Betsy and Bogey were there...he also got lots of new toys too!!

Me with the birthday boy

It's hard to get a picture of him with his eyes open!

They loved the cake!

Kisses for the birthday boy