6 more months

I have majorly slacked on my promise to myself to regularly blog throughout this deployment. So, here I am recommitting to this little blog. We officially have 6 more months to go! Phew. C and I threw ourselves a mini party over the phone over this small milestone. Our conversations lately only seem to comprise of what presents to buy for our families and friends and avoiding the eminent, you're missing the holidays, moments. The holidays are C's favorite time of the year. I mean Christmas in our home starts by the end of October.

C makes me watch holidays movies on repeat all December. I mean he even buys those awful "Shrek Christmas" movies. It's kind of adorable. I'm patiently waiting for his "deployment christmas present," in the mail so I can ship out his package before it is too late. Overall, we are doing good so far. I hate holidays without him though. Even the stupid little ones. I've said it before and I'll say it again, deployment is easy because of my amazing girlfriends and my family. Oh, I can't even imagine how I would get through this time without my girls.

Today, I told C that I wanted the new Urban Decay Naked palette and surprisingly in his head he narrowed it down to something for your face. It was quite the moment. My first 5K is coming in a week and 2 days. I am beyond excited because I feel adequately prepared for it. That's the newest happenings in the last few weeks. I'll leave you guys with some silly things C does.

He always, I mean always gets inside the shower without grabbing himself a towel.
He sleeps like a log. The world could be falling apart and he could easily sleep through it.
C makes much better pancakes than me. Also pizza.
During workdays, when his alarm rings he immediately springs upto his feet. It beats me. I'm the type of person where I have to set 4 alarms leading to the alarm to wake me up.
His least favorite chore is laundry. His favorite? Dishes. It works out because I prefer laundry over dishes.
When we are out, he has a "Ready to go?" look. It's kind of hilarious.

More over thanksgiving break.
N

lets get real.

I haven't posted on here for a while because I was afraid to be too negative. You see we are finally down one month of deployment... cue in confetti. But these days I'm just overwhelmed. School is so tough right now. I'm in my Senior year, taking all my tough Biology classes, test all seem to be lining up during the same weeks, the course load is something ridiculous, I'm barely treading water. On top of that I've been super slacking on crossfit, which I constantly nag myself about because I've been missing so many classes. AND to put the cherry on it, I've missed more than a couple sessions with C because I'm just SO busy! Ladies, you know the feeling... You know he understands, but you just feel so so so guilty for being too busy for your man away at deployment! So can we just get real for a minute?
Deployment sucks. I mean I made all these goals and plans, but at the end of the day that really doesn't replace seeing C. Having him here, going through the monotony of everyday. I don't mean this in a whining way... but the reality of it is that some days really are worse than the others. I promised myself to write my version of my little experience with Army life and it would be wrong to exclude these moments. I know this is only a phase, a minor bump through the rest of deployment but oh does it suck!  I finally got a chance to skype with C yesterday and I burst into the tears mid-sentence, I whined about how much I miss him and how I'd rather just him have a "regular" job. Being the sweet man that he is, he consoled me from those thousand miles away, told me it would get better and that I have to keep focusing on the light at the end of the tunnel. We are getting through this. So ladies heres to my first major deployment breakdown and being real about what we have truly signed up for.
So. All in all deployment sucks this week.
Nisha.

deployment bucket list

One of the biggest thing I've learned from the army is learning to take every situation with a spoonful of sugar. C always teases me about my unceasing optimism but it really is a blessing. I'm also a big list maker. I love crossing off little tasks off my to-do lists so I thought what better way to get through this deployment than make a little to accomplish list.

1. Eat clean. I've been meaning to go mostly vegan for years now. I'm going to try my hand at this over the next nine months. I hope to share a few recipes on this little thing.

2. C is getting my crossfit. It's something I've wanted to get into for a very long time. Recently a crossfit gym has opened up in my little college town. We are planning to do the same WODs each day, obviously for him while he's in another continent. ;)

3. It's my last year of undergrad...going for all A's!

4. C and I bought Project Life so I plan to keep up with that.

5. Save money.

6. Read atleast three books.

7. Run some sort of a competitive race.

8. Stay optimistic and positive.

9. Focus on adventure.

Hoping for a swift and positive deployment.

on deployment

The season is upon us. Deployment. I remember when we first started dating almost four years ago, I wouldn't even say that word out loud. My girlfriends would always tease me about my dread of the word but somehow I got over that through the years. We overcame many obstacles over the years being in a long distance relationship and when we finally officially commissioned lo and behold he got stationed across the country. Once we got in the groove of things we got word that he was up for deployment for 9 months. 

This may sound silly but I already have various little white boards in my apartment with a countdown that reads "274ish days till deployment is OVER!" C has been my rock through all this, and we know that we got this. 274ish days is a long time but at the same time its a minor bump through the rest of our lives. When I get to wishing through times like this, I wonder if I would really like to end up with a man with a tradition 8-5 job? But then I remember all the things I am because of the army, I mean I am a stronger woman and our relationship has stood trials that most civilian relationships don't face. C wouldn't be the man he is without the Army. So I've realized that I wouldn't have it ANY other way. 

I have a long list of things I want to accomplish before C is home again, for good, for a while. I'll share my deployment bucket list soon. My moto through these next 274ish days is that I can't do this but I'm going to do it anyway. Missing the person you love is something that isn't the easiest thing in the world but I've learned that perception is everything. Mind over matter. Constantly. 

Here's to a swift 9 months of separation. And a lifetime of togetherness. 

-Nisha