Mark leaves tomorrow for Iraq. I can’t believe that there hasn’t been anyone from the Air Force who has spoken to me pre-deployment. No mental health checks. No here’s how to set up your move or here’s how to change […]
Mark leaves tomorrow for Iraq. I can’t believe that there hasn’t been anyone from the Air Force who has spoken to me pre-deployment. No mental health checks. No here’s how to set up your move or here’s how to change […]
Such an insane week. First, we learned that Housing had never actually put the order in for our fence. As of Tuesday, it was two weeks since we moved in. The housing folks came in and put their little orange […]
So I just dropped off Mark at the train station. He came home yesterday at 8 p.m. We had a quick visit with an awesome dinner at Outback and then an exciting day of grocery shopping, a trip to Target, […]
So, I should be at work. But I’m not. I’m sitting at the table in the front room of my house just praying the ceiling in the back rooms doesn’t collapse on the nice mahogany living room furniture and table […]
MY FAVORITE DADISMS Prior to eating chili–”Chili today, hot tamale tomorrow!” On the last day of the year— “I’m going to work today, and take the rest of the year off.” At every dinner—”Bev, you’ve outdone yourself again.” And […]
So it’s not been an easy few weeks, but we’re getting more and more used to our fate. My boss called my office and asked, “So has your situation changed at all?” I told her, “It’s changed in the respect […]
So Mark wanted us to blog about the entire experience before and during his deployment. This morning I had the conversation I dreaded most: I told my bosses that Mark is deploying, that we are still trying to have a […]
So we finally have an appointment at Walter Reed on Wednesday, June 24. It could have been earlier, but I will be in STL June 11-22. At that point, they’ll do/set up some lab work for both of us, and […]
Writing helps me process what I am going through, and since I don’t think many people read our blog, I have decided to kind of chronicle our summer of doctor appointments on here. Today, I had my annual women’s health […]
Well, after only living in the D.C. area, Mark and I are Washingtonians. Since the population here is so transient and few are really from here, they embrace transplants quickly. Consequently, we looked at the week’s festivities with the eyes […]