Mrs. Marine and the Tiny Troops

Saturday, July 31, 2010

One year ago today we arrived in Hawaii, we have 2 more years left here! The day we arrived, we were welcomed to the island with pouring rain. So, on the drive from the airport to the base I didn't get much of a view. But the next morning we were all awake early (jet-lag sucks) and decided to go to breakfast off base. The sun was shining and I got to see some of the beautiful mountains first hand, and the ocean of course! A whole year, and I am still in awe of the mountains here, there just amazing and so different from the Rocky Mountains I grew up with! It doesn't seem like we have been here that long...

This is our 3rd and Definitely by far our best duty station yet!!! 3rd times a charm for us!
It can be tough (exiting, stressful, interesting, crazy) moving every 3 years. We not only move to a new house, but a new, city, state, time zone. Island, in this case.
My family moved every few years growing up, so I guess I'm kinda used to it. Although we were always in the same general location of Colorado. The longest I ever remember staying in one place was when I was 14-19 years old.

We have yet to do a lot of the "touristy" stuff. But Hubby has been gone for over half the time we have been here and I want to do things together as a family. Plus, I didn't want to do all the tourist stuff right away anyway, I had wanted to spread it out over the 3 years that were here. Also, I figure whenever my family comes out to visit they will want to do that kind of stuff, then I will be seeing it for the first time along with them! Makes it more fun for me!

Mrs. Marine

Topics: Aloha Friday, Meme

The Uncertain Life of a Military Wife

Thursday, July 29, 2010

You would think after 7 deployments and 8 years of marriage in the Marine Corp that I would get used to the "not knowing", the uncertainty. That I would learn to ignore the rumors (or that my husband would stop telling me the rumors). But after all this time, its still drives me crazy... I have however learned to take any rumors with a grain of salt...
This 7th deployment is finally coming to a close (eventually). Not that I have any idea of the exact day my husband will be home. The rumors keep flying and info keeps changing. There given a "window" of dates when they will be back which keeps changing from two different possibilities... Its very annoying and always drives me crazy.... Is is too much to ask them to just tell me the day my husband will be home? The "higher-up" always seem to make a decision, tell everyone what it is, then change it a few weeks later, UGH!

With the kids, I learned early on not to tell our daughter ANYTHING as to when Daddy will get back until I know with ABSOLUTE certainty. Like, when were driving to pick him up... Which I have done that, its fun to surprise her! She doesn't have a greatest concept of time anyway. I do tell her the month or general time frame in which he will be back. With our son, he's too little to understand so I dont tell him anything until we are getting in the car to go get Daddy.

Mrs. Marine