Life as a military wife

Another day closer to seeing my husband, that’s how I see it.  I must say that the last couple of weeks have zoomed by.  I guess that is what happens when you have four kids.  Yeah, you read that right, FOUR KIDS!  How do I do it?  I have an awesome mom we live with.  She’s my right arm, my role model, my best friend, all rolled up in one.  Plus she used to be a Navy wife, just like me, so we have a lot in common.So I guess with me being new on here, I should give a brief introduction.  I am LD (to give my family some sort of privacy) and I have been married to my sailor for nearly 12 years.  We have four kids, boy (10 years old), girl (7 years old), girl (five years old), boy (just turned one).   My DH (dear husband, for those who don’t know), has been in the Navy for nearly 12 years.  We live in beautiful California and will probably never leave here.  I bet some of you are scratching your heads thinking, “What is she thinking?  She’s a military wife, she’ll go where the Navy sends her.”  Well, normally that would be true, but our first born was born with a very severe congenital heart defect.  So there are only a handful of places we can be transferred to.My DH deployed for his fourth tour to Iraq.  I was a little scared about this because the last two trips he made out there was with an infantry unit.  He lost some friends during those tours so it took its toll on him.  I honestly cannot imagine what it would be like to watch several friends die.  I know it has left some scars that will remain with him forever.  The past few days I have been battling with the joys of being a military wife.  It is an inside joke among military wives that once our hubbies leave, something always goes wrong.  Yeah, well something went wrong alright.  The water heater broke and now we have water damage.  Of course our insurance agent is not returning our phone calls.  Are you kidding me?  How long do I have to wait.  So among everything else that I have to do, I have to call the darn insurance agent.  Wish me luck!I also have to adjust to having all four kids home.  Don’t get me wrong, I welcome the ability to sleep in for a couple hours longer.  I hate waking up at six in the morning, but having all four kids home all day means having a whole lot of noise, whining, fighting and screaming too.  I just need to take them out and have them run around a bit.  I want to take them out sometime next week.  I don’t know where, perhaps down to SD.  I am not sure.I must say that I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I get to speak with my husband on a daily basis.  I remember when we did our first deployment, a decade ago, we relied heavily on snail mail and random drunken phone calls from some foreign country.  My have things changed!  I do think it is ridiculous that they charge the military personnel out there $60 a month for internet.  Yes, these guys will pay that amount to be able to communicate with their family, but does it really have to be that steep?  Haven’t they sacrificed enough?  Well, that’s just my two cents.I have a one year old screaming for my attention, so until tomorrow, have a great night. 

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