Organized Chaos

MIA (for a bit)

This is how I spent much of my morning- standing around, waiting for J and the rest of the guys to get "released" for a small vacation of sorts.  He doesn't have to return to work until Monday; something i'm pretty excited about to say the least.  I probably won't be posting here much over the next couple of days so that I can spend every waking moment with him.  haha! As I type this he is passed out from jetlag- i can hear his snores from down the hall.  lol  ♥

cloud nine

A year ago I was preparing to say goodbye to my best friend as he headed off to Iraq.  Today, I find myself easing into the settlement of a normal life.  I can't believe a whole year has gone by!  It's been extremely tough, some days worse than others, but the one thing i can walk away from this with is the knowledge that we are stronger than ever.  I'm so overwhelmed right now. ♥

tick-tock

I can't believe i've gone from counting down the months and days to the hours until I have J back!  :) 

Now THAT'S what I call customer service

What a LONG day yesterday was. Drove to Berkeley, had sushi in Alameda and walked a little in downtown SF to run some errands (SO mad at myself for forgetting my camera at home!). 

The thing that seemed to take the longest was when I headed out to C0ast Guard Is|and to get my military (dependant) ID updated to my new last name.  I ended up sitting there for an hour because their machines were broken and they didn't really know how to fix them.  Though I suppose I can't complain because there were actually two Marines ahead of me that said they were there for TWO hours.  I ended up just leaving; figured i'll get it done at Camp Pend|eton.  When J emailed me last night and asked how the ID thing went I wrote back to tell him what happened.  He had me laughing so hard when I read his take on it. Usually I just take the military branch rivalries with a grain of salt but I couldn't help cracking up when I read this:

"That's why you need to do this stuff at Pend|eton.  If it were a Marine admin shop, we would have gotten you an id, taught you how to use an M-16, balanced your budget and then made one of the PFCs clean your car, all in under 20 minutes. Wham bam thank you, ma'am."

"OORAH" to funny husbands.

Mail Call

Heh.. J cracks me up.  Since he's been in Iraq i've received a few letters from him.  Apparently one of the perks they enjoy out there is letters can be sent through the post office, postage free.  I have to laugh every time I get a letter in the mail from him.. (check out the upper right corner)

moonlight madness

JUST got home from a crop.. SO AWESOME to be around other scrapbookers that GET IT.   Tonight I felt like i was a little out of it though- quiet, introverted, shy.  Got a lot on my brain these days i suppose and today was no exception.

I really miss J.  I mean i just MISS him.  Even on days when it's bad it's still bearable.. tonight's one of those nights that it's pretty hard.  I was driving home across the San Mateo bridge and (i swear while still keeping an eye on the road!)  I couldn't help but notice how bright the moon is tonight.  No stars, yet the moon was really clear.. and I just kept thinking about him.  I  remember when i was a kid i used to think about that song from An American Tale- Somewhere Out There- and, silly girl that i was, i'd wonder about what person could be out there, under the same sky, that i had yet to meet.. that was maybe meant just for me.  Tonight i couldn't help but think about how i've finally found that person and yet, here we are- still hundreds of miles apart.

Yep, this situation officially sucks.