June 2nd, 2010

I can't believe its already June, this year is just flying by. So many things are going to be going on soon! Amanda is coming out sometime in July, Mom and Nicole are coming out in August and also Katie is due in August. This deployment is going to breeze by.. LoL at least I hope so because right now the days are going by pretty quick, its the nights that drag on!

I took today off because my shoulder is killing me and the pain medicine the doctor put me on is making me sick. I have off tomorrow also so hopefully I'll have it rested enough for Friday to go back to work. I go back to the doctor on the 11th and hopefully by then I'll have my MRI done and my physical therapy started.

Tomorrow I have a ton of things to do. Post office, food shopping and picking up a couple things for the apartment! I want to finally get it done!

--Amanda.. near or far you will always be my best friend. I love you more then anything in the world. I may not be 25 miles away anymore but i'm just a 7 digit phone call a way. <3--

May 29th, 2010

First and for most I want to wish everyone a happy and SAFE memorial day weekend. This weekend isn't just the start of the summer or time for great sales. Very brave men and woman have fought and died for this country and that is what this holiday is all about. When your sitting down at your family bbq's this weekend and having an ice cold beer remember those who have died fighting for this country..

Well Tuesday will be TWO weeks that Roy has been deployed. I thought I would be the last person to say this but this deployment is flying by. I guess being so busy with work and life I really don't have time to sit and cry all day long about something I can't change. I do have to say that I'm lucky enough to talk to him everyday online. Lately we've been catching each other and able to email back and forth. It sucks that I can't hear his voice but emails are better then nothing!
I hope he's able to take some pictures soon and send them to me. I can't wait to see him again.

Well it's Saturday night and I'm going to finish a couple movies and then head to bed. Tomorrow I want to make the apartment sparkle! And I plan on cooking a pot roast. I can't wait to have the apartment small like an actual home cooked meal!

<3 Why Do I Do It?
Because nights alone aren't permanent missing him reminds me that I'm lucky to have someone to miss because I am not afraid to make sacrifices for
TRUE LOVE <3

May 24th, 2010

It's Monday and my day off. I made sure I was up at 5am to get online and hopefully email back and forth with Roy for a little while BUT I had already got an email from him. Why?? Because they were going through the time zones and he was another hour ahead of me :( I wrote him a couple emails back and went back to bed. I ended up not waking back up till about 11am when Natalie said she was on her way over. Good thing she has a key to the apartment because I didn't want to get up off the couch!

My day has consisted of doing nothing but watch television, eat snacks and find awesome coupons and free things online. If everyone checks out Drugstore Divas' website they have some awesome things that you can save on! They even have some contests going on and you can win free samples of things! (drugstoredivas.net)

May 23rd, 2010

I spent the night at Nicole's last night and it was a much needed night out. Granted it wasn't out partying and drinking, it was more like laying in bed and relaxing. Holding Izabella (when she's not crying) is soo relaxing. AND NO I do NOT have baby fever. LOL I want Roy and I have to US time when he gets home. We are in no rush for any babies!

Today I went to work and it went by pretty quick. I don't mind working Sunday and Monday's for the fact that I get out at 7pm and it's still light out. I came home, opened the windows to air out the apartment and cooked me some dinner. Nothing like frozen pizza and fried potatoes. A typical living alone meal and it was quite yummy :)

Tomorrow is my day off so I'm going to spend it doing home work and cleaning. Sounds fun? I don't think so but hopefully I'll be able to get a lot done.

Loving and Missing Roy <3

May 20th, 2010

What a crazy day it has been. Well it started last night with a phone call saying that my boss' house was on fire. At first I didn't want to believe it but hearing all the fire trucks Unfortunately it made sense. I ran over to a friends house to watch her kids while she went to my boss' house. Sadly they lost alot including their dog Sara. My prayers go out to Angie and her room mate Brett.

I slept at Katie's last night and got a much needed text from Roy. Its always nice to hear from him especially when my day or in this case night is going so shitty. We talked for about a half hour but he had to get back to work so I went back to sleep. It was about 330am here when he texted. Joseph (Katie's son who is 3) woke me back up at about 830am by snuggling with me on the couch and then nicely asking me to make him breakfast. I hung out at Katie's for a little but wanted to run to the exchange to see what we can do for Angie along with getting Karie a birthday card because today is her birthday.

Amanda, Natalie and I went out for lunch to Jumbo buffet and then Amanda and I went food shopping. I bought a crock pot for $20 and got a free roast, potatoes and carrots. Tomorrow I will return the crock pot to a different store to get my $20 back and hopefully some extra!
Amanda and I decided that we should make Karie cupcakes and a big top cupcake for her birthday to bring to work on Friday. Well the big top cupcake turned into an animal looking thing and I couldn't wait till tomorrow so I called Karie and we brought Pablo over to her house. YES we named it Pablo!
We lef
t Karie's and got pizza and now at the apartment and relaxing. A nice glass of wine and pizza. Very classy, I know !! Watching Grey's and going to bed. Working tomorrow..

Missing Roy <3

May 18th, 2010

Well today was the day I had to say good bye to Roy. He's official gone for 218 days, 14 paychecks or 6 months, how ever you want to count. I'm counting paychecks and NO its not because I'm money hungry its because there are 2 paychecks a month and 14 paychecks in my mind seem soo much shorter then 6 months.
We woke up at 4am and started getting ready. We got to base around 5am and Roy had to get his last barracks inspection EVER!!! All was good and we headed to the terminal around 6am. We sat around for what seemed like FOREVER. We kept on going in and out of the terminal, just sitting there was driving us nuts. Around 7:30am it was time to say good bye. His plane wasn't leaving till 8am but they had to start getting in line and get ready for boarding the plane.
I broke down, I never knew how hard it was to say good bye to someone you love so much. Even though deployments suck, I know how they work and I know what to expect. I WILL make it through this.

Why Do I Do It? Because nights alone aren't permanent missing him reminds me that I'm lucky to have someone to miss because I am not afraid to make sacrifices for TRUE LOVE

I left base and went to Nicole's house to cry. I'm glad I have her right here for the whole deployment and I will be right by her side when Preston deploys. That is what Best Friends are for :0) I hung out with Nicole and Izzy for a while and headed home. Natalie met me at the house and we went to taco bell for lunch. Food was MUCH needed, now its 3pm here & 6pm on the east coast. Roy should be landing soon so hopefully he can call as soon as he gets off the plane.

I haven't cried since Nicole's house this morning and I'm sure I won't till I go lay down in bed and realize that last night was our last night together.

May 17th, 2010

Well tomorrow is D-day. Well not the official D-day but Roy heads out to VA tomorrow morning. I have to bring him to base for 6am, its going to be a REAL early and sad day tomorrow. The tears have already started days ago but I've been trying hard to hold them back in front of him. Last night I just couldn't help it, we were laying on the couch just looking at each other and they just started to flow. I've never felt this way about anyone before and I'm glad that I know I can feel this way about someone as much as it sucks.
Roy is at work now and doesn't know what time he's getting home but I hope its before 2pm so he can drive me to work (since my car is going to car heaven soon) if not Amanda offered to drive me. I don't even want to go but I don't want to leave them hanging with one less closer tonight. At least I'll be getting out at 7pm and not 9pm. It is still plenty of time to spend with Roy.
Well before the tears start flowing again I better get up, shower and continue to clean the house.