It's been over a year. Where have I been? I thought you might ask that. Really, I was kind of hoping you might have an answer for me. I'm not entirely sure.
August 2008 -Lost my mind Got married.
September 2008
- Flew back to Germany and spent a month trying to get into housing.
Lived with 9 people (4 adults, 5 children). Moved house the same day my
husband left for a month. Lucky bastard!
October 2008
- Kris comes home and we start really getting things put together.
House comes along nicely. We're both working too much. I start to
realize that perhaps my time as a soldier is drawing to a close and
it's time to fight the good fight on the homefront.
November 2008 - Hosted Thanksgiving at our place. Decided next year, we'll go to someone else's house!!!
December 2008 - Christmas in Germany. It was a first for all of us as we'd always gone back to the States for the holidays or we were deployed. It was lovely!!!
Morgan and Madison played several parts in "A Christmas Carol" at the post Community Theater.
April 2009 - Took a very quick trip to Baton Rouge to sign some paperwork and see the folks and Logan. Spent most of it asleep.
Went to the Battalion Ball. Decided that wearing 5 inch heels after years of Combat Boots is not ever an intelligent choice. The first smile was genuine. The end of the evening, it wasn't really a smile. It was a grimace.
On April 21st, I was having a bad day. I took a friend to an appointment, the appointment ran longer than expected. Loki had a very unfortunate accident in his crate and I had to take it apart to hose it down. I honestly don't remember what else had happened, but it had been a bit of a rotten day and when my friend and I went to the mail room, I said it. Right out loud.
August 2008 -
September 2008
- Flew back to Germany and spent a month trying to get into housing.
Lived with 9 people (4 adults, 5 children). Moved house the same day my
husband left for a month. Lucky bastard!October 2008
- Kris comes home and we start really getting things put together.
House comes along nicely. We're both working too much. I start to
realize that perhaps my time as a soldier is drawing to a close and
it's time to fight the good fight on the homefront. November 2008 - Hosted Thanksgiving at our place. Decided next year, we'll go to someone else's house!!!
December 2008 - Christmas in Germany. It was a first for all of us as we'd always gone back to the States for the holidays or we were deployed. It was lovely!!!
Morgan and Madison played several parts in "A Christmas Carol" at the post Community Theater.
January 2009 - We got Loki. A beautiful 8 week old Siberian Husky. He was teeny.
24 hours after bringing Loki home, Kris left for another month to a school. I got plenty of exercise going up and down 3 flights of stairs every thirty minutes!
February 2005 - On 05 February, I cleared the Army and became a bonafide SAHM with my hands quite full. I expected that I would spend 2-3 weeks sitting on my couch and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing. I was wrong. I felt completely lost and found myself doing things I never thought I'd be doing. I vowed to start blogging again.
So I'm a little late on the jump. Oops. I found myself more busy at home than I ever was when I was working. A lot of it comes from being married to man who is so OCD that 2 pieces of mail sitting on the phone table equates to "This house is a disaster!"
Went to a Wine Tasting for Valentine's Day.
March 2008 - Kris was sent off to another school and the kids threw me a "Happy 23rd Birthday" party while I was in the kitchen making soup.
I note that the kids and dog are growing at alarming rates.
Took the kids skiing in Garmisch.
February 2005 - On 05 February, I cleared the Army and became a bonafide SAHM with my hands quite full. I expected that I would spend 2-3 weeks sitting on my couch and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing. I was wrong. I felt completely lost and found myself doing things I never thought I'd be doing. I vowed to start blogging again.
So I'm a little late on the jump. Oops. I found myself more busy at home than I ever was when I was working. A lot of it comes from being married to man who is so OCD that 2 pieces of mail sitting on the phone table equates to "This house is a disaster!"
Went to a Wine Tasting for Valentine's Day.March 2008 - Kris was sent off to another school and the kids threw me a "Happy 23rd Birthday" party while I was in the kitchen making soup.
I note that the kids and dog are growing at alarming rates.
Took the kids skiing in Garmisch.
April 2009 - Took a very quick trip to Baton Rouge to sign some paperwork and see the folks and Logan. Spent most of it asleep.
Went to the Battalion Ball. Decided that wearing 5 inch heels after years of Combat Boots is not ever an intelligent choice. The first smile was genuine. The end of the evening, it wasn't really a smile. It was a grimace.
On April 21st, I was having a bad day. I took a friend to an appointment, the appointment ran longer than expected. Loki had a very unfortunate accident in his crate and I had to take it apart to hose it down. I honestly don't remember what else had happened, but it had been a bit of a rotten day and when my friend and I went to the mail room, I said it. Right out loud.
"This Day Could Not POSSIBLY Get Any Worse!"
Don't do it, folks. Don't say it. No good can come of it.
I've been a mother, a soldier, I've climbed (as well as fallen down) mountains, I've seen combat and medical miracles. I've also done some pretty stupid things in my lifetime. Then, in the simple wifely duty of going to get the mail, I stepped off the curb and bit it.
I've been a mother, a soldier, I've climbed (as well as fallen down) mountains, I've seen combat and medical miracles. I've also done some pretty stupid things in my lifetime. Then, in the simple wifely duty of going to get the mail, I stepped off the curb and bit it.
This also happened to take place the day after Kris left (are you guys sensing a trend here) for the field for 30 days.
I'll admit absolute panic. What about the dog? What about the kids? What about the simple tasks of being able to get a glass of water from the kitchen and transport it to the couch?
May 2009 - Well, here we are. It's been a month and I'm still on crutches. No sign of the bones healing yet. In my last ditch effort to retain some of my sanity, I allowed them to put a glow in the dark teddy bear cast on this last time.
The kids have hung in like champs and stepped up to the plate to take care of me, the dog and themselves.
Kris made it home and gets to do fun things like drive me 4 hours to Landstuhl to get Teddy Bear Casts.
I'll admit absolute panic. What about the dog? What about the kids? What about the simple tasks of being able to get a glass of water from the kitchen and transport it to the couch?
May 2009 - Well, here we are. It's been a month and I'm still on crutches. No sign of the bones healing yet. In my last ditch effort to retain some of my sanity, I allowed them to put a glow in the dark teddy bear cast on this last time.
The kids have hung in like champs and stepped up to the plate to take care of me, the dog and themselves.
Kris made it home and gets to do fun things like drive me 4 hours to Landstuhl to get Teddy Bear Casts.
So, there we are. All updated and ready to hopefully keep it a little more current.
Sichy, The Casted
Sichy, The Casted
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