MilSpouse Friday Fill-In!

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1. How many pets do you have? And what type?

no pets at the moment :( we probably still won't get one for awhile, but we're looking at getting either a german shepherd or a husky :)

2. What are your favorite projects to do while hubby is away?

I haven't really had any "favorite" projects lol...E has been away at BOLC pretty much this entire time (he's done now though, yay!) and I filled that time with studying hard and graduating from nursing school, taking an NCLEX review course, studying and passing my NCLEX, and applying for jobs. The next couple of weeks will involve last minute wedding stuff and packing everything up! I have also been spending time with friends :)

3. What are the must-haves in your deployment care packages?

As a n00b army wife with no deployments (yet) I haven't sent any care packages. Some essentials for him will definitely be flammin' hot cheetos and flammin' hot fries, though :)

4. If you could star in any TV show, which would it be?

Grey's Anatomy :) and be a super important, super cool nurse. and show the world that it isn't just about doctors haha.

5. What was the biggest hurdle that you faced during you/your SO's first deployment?

Once again, as a n00b army wife, I have no experience with deployments. E did go away for 2 months 2 summers ago to LDAC & CTLT. We haven't really been apart much and that was hard, but it was also hard not being able to talk to him for a whole month while he was at LDAC. After getting through that, being away from him isn't so bad now. I'm sure my perspective will change once he deploys, though.

Other stuff:

* yesterday was my last day at work. I'm really going to miss the nursing unit I worked on, especially the awesome nurses. I'm hoping that there are brighter things coming my way in the near future.

* I started packing - or more like sorting stuff out because I'm still lacking boxes (apparently all of the places want you to call at like 0700 to save them...ugh!). This is such a pain in the ass. I have no idea where all of this stuff came from, either!

* I found out that E will not get deployed right away. There is another guy from his BOLC class is also down in Fort Hood and they chose that guy over him because this guy isn't married. He'll be going to Iraq later this summer. It almost makes me feel bad, because E would have gone if he wasn't married. I feel like I'm holding him back :/ I'm absolutely thrilled that he'll still be here for awhile, but I know he really wants to deploy. He didn't go through 4 years of college/ROTC + MPBOLC to be on staff. And he will be on staff for awhile until a PL spot opens up. When that will happen, no one knows. He should find out for sure on Tuesday.

* I'm getting marzipan callas on my cake :) I told them to reduce the number of flowers which brought the cost down and to mix with other buttercream flowers for a nice arrangement. yay!

* the wedding is like 3 weeks away and I still haven't found anyone to do hair or makeup...yikes! I decided I am going to do my own makeup, though. I feel like a lot of makeup artists will cake makeup on your face and I wear very minimal...so I know it won't look like me. I went to Bare Escentuals today and got a wedding day look. Let's just say right now I look pretty freakin' awesome, and I look like ME, just better. Even with money being kind of tight now, I dropped quite a bit of it at the store today...but I'm happy with my purchase. And I will look good on my wedding day :)