Back to School!!

Tomorrow is the first day of school and I really don't think I could be any more excited!!!

The main reason I'm excited for it is because the next 10 weeks are going to fly by soooo fast. That'll put us about the second week in November. Then it'll be just a few more weeks until Seth is home for LEAVE!!!! I can't wait for these next weeks to go by ohhhh sooo fast.

I was also reading in my MilSpouse magazine that fall is an ideal time for those with a deployed spouse. The days are getting shorter, therefore it seems like the days are going faster. Of course I'm looking forward to this too.

Next year at this time, we'll be married. I want to be wherever Seth is, no matter what. Right now, we're thinking he'll be a lifer in the Army, and so he'll have to re-enlist, and hopefully he'll have orders within the next 6 months (that's hopeful thinking, I know) if he'll PCS after this deployment or if he'll stay in Germany. I sorta hope that he'll be in Germany for another year, so I can go live with him and we can travel Europe. I think he's ready to be stationed somewhere else though.

I've also been thinking lately if this is my last year at my current job. Will this be the last year where I'm preparing for back to school for myself? Will this be the last year that I'm at this job? (I will miss it actually). Will this be the last fall in Michigan? Will I be living abroad a year from now? Will I be pregnant?! Will we finally have a pet together? Will we finally be able to spend a fall season together? So many questions, so little answers.

One thing is for sure: I am SOOOO looking forward to this time next year!!!! I'm not typically a fan of surprises and from what I've learned so far, the Army does like to surprise their families. I am actually looking forward to it all, that's for sure.

I have to go pick out my outfit for tomorrow!!!! Happy back to school!!!

"Best Summer Story"

We had our first back to school department meeting this morning. On the agenda was to share our “best summer story.” To spare my coworkers how I really feel and how my summer really was, I just said nothing to report, and moved on to the next person.

BUT! But if I had really shared how my summer has gone, this is what I’d say (yes I was thinking of this the rest of the meeting):

My summer hasn’t been so fun. Seth is deployed, we talk about twice a week, I’ve been sad, lonely and feel like I’m going crazy most days. I think I've had more bad days than good days and I'm ready for this deployment to be over. I spent another birthday alone (yes he sent me flowers, but they're not the same as a real birthday date). I took ½ day vacation in the last 4 months and will not be taking any more vacation days until he comes home in WINTER. Yes, winter. Probably after Christmas. That’s a really long time from now, in case you don’t know. So, when I’m a mega-bitch and get pissed off at you and everyone else really easily, you’ll know why. You won’t understand it, but you’ll know.

With that, the meeting is adjourned. Happy back to school!

Calm Before the (School) Storm

School starts in 13 working days. I’m SOOOO ready, but I’m SOOOO not ready. This is the worst part of the whole entire year for me. I really dislike it. I wish I could prepare for it much more than I actually can, but I can’t because the teachers and secretaries get back on a certain day, and then that’s when the constant questions/phone calls/emails come pouring in. In a way, I like it because it makes the days go by soooo fast, and the first 9 weeks of school are over before I know it. On the other hand, the days are really long, and I’ll be working much later than normal. I always have mixed feelings about this: I dread back to school, but I just want to get it started, so it can be over with. The only thing I ever enjoy about back to school is that the first 9 weeks will fly by sosososososoSO fast, and then that puts us in the first week of November which is a very short amount of time until Seth comes home for leave!! I am looking forward to it being November and December and seeing my lovey!! :)