So, I have been missing for a little over a week due to my husband coming back from his first deployment! Yep, we survived our first deployment! Although there have been some rough patches because of him transitioning back into our home, we are ecstatic to finally have him back. It's weird to think that he has been gone for a year. Yes, I know he was gone obviously because we lived through his absence, but I look back on everything and it makes me sad to think of everything he missed while being gone. Our son says full sentences now! Chris left when Wes was 15 months, he came back and he is now 2 years and 3 months, which is a big difference and a huge change.
While Chris was deployed he decided that he wanted to reenlist, not only for 3 years like we originally planned when he joined, but for 5 years! I do support my husband, but I'm not sure I wanna do this career army lifestyle thing. We've (and yes I say WE because it is us who are in, we all move with Chris and we deal with deployments and training etc etc all together) been in coming up on 4 years, but it feels like forever! I can't even remember how life without the Army was. His date to get out would be September 2012; I just keep thinking that this would be our last full year in the Army. How awesome would that be? No more Army life and moving back home to sweet home Alabama! I would love that! I cannot deny that the Army has been good to us, without it we would not have our sweet little boy, our cars almost paid off, a good chunk of money coming our way, etc. It's been amazing, but I just want our time to be already over with. It would be awesome to get out and get back to normal civi life. I know it won't happen, but a girl can dream, can't she? I don't want to deal with another deployment, but I know if he stays in, it's inevitable. My life is planned around the Army, you plan something without including the Army and they screw up your plans last minute. So, you must always have in the back of your mind to make sure your plans are flexible because 99.9% of the time you will have to change them. I don't know where this journey will take us, but I'll stay on this ride supporting my soldier.
"Deployments last a few months, but our love lasts..forever"
While Chris was deployed he decided that he wanted to reenlist, not only for 3 years like we originally planned when he joined, but for 5 years! I do support my husband, but I'm not sure I wanna do this career army lifestyle thing. We've (and yes I say WE because it is us who are in, we all move with Chris and we deal with deployments and training etc etc all together) been in coming up on 4 years, but it feels like forever! I can't even remember how life without the Army was. His date to get out would be September 2012; I just keep thinking that this would be our last full year in the Army. How awesome would that be? No more Army life and moving back home to sweet home Alabama! I would love that! I cannot deny that the Army has been good to us, without it we would not have our sweet little boy, our cars almost paid off, a good chunk of money coming our way, etc. It's been amazing, but I just want our time to be already over with. It would be awesome to get out and get back to normal civi life. I know it won't happen, but a girl can dream, can't she? I don't want to deal with another deployment, but I know if he stays in, it's inevitable. My life is planned around the Army, you plan something without including the Army and they screw up your plans last minute. So, you must always have in the back of your mind to make sure your plans are flexible because 99.9% of the time you will have to change them. I don't know where this journey will take us, but I'll stay on this ride supporting my soldier.
"Deployments last a few months, but our love lasts..forever"
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