It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

The last two months have somehow managed to fly by. I work in retail so needless to say I've been busy. I'm actually extremely grateful for the distraction. It's made the time go by so quickly being apart from the love. We're down to 10 days.. Ugh, I'm so anxious to see him! I hate this whole being apart thing... it's not for us.
I know, I complain an awful for 10 weeks being the longest we've been apart when some military couples are apart for years. I admire their strength because I don't think I could do it. Or at least I wouldn't take it bravely. I'd complain the entire time like I am now. I'm so extremely grateful that this is the longest we'll most likely have to be apart. I'm even more grateful that it's almost over.
It's been hard having the holidays without him. This is our favorite time of year. We love exploring the autumn weather and scenery...
But I've been trying to get into the Christmas spirit knowing he'll be here soon.
I'd love to share some exciting things going on in my life, but unfortunately I don't have any..how sad.
But here's some Christmas themed pictures to leave you with. :)

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"Home" Sweet "Home"?

Well, I am officially back in the Midwest... yippee...
I guess I should back up and summarize the last few weeks.
The move was stressful. I was so worried about getting something wrong with all of the moving forms or that something wouldn't go right and we'd be screwed. On top of that, I was incredibly stressed about our checkout with our landlord from our place. It had to be impeccably clean or we'd be charged.
Of course, I put off the cleaning until the last minute, which meant the last few days I had with my husband were spent cleaning or being stressed about cleaning. Besides the actual "moving out" part, that last week did not go how I wanted it to.
I wanted to spend every possible minute with him before he left doing stuff we actually enjoyed. Instead, we were cleaning or packing.
The day that the movers came went really smoothly surprisingly. We just sat around and they took care of everything. Perks of being military. :)
However, they came the next day for his motorcycle. That was an ordeal. We were told that we had to disconnect the battery and empty the gas tank. Well, of course we forgot to run the bike to empty it so we had to let it run all morning to try and get out as much as possible. Then, I ran to buy a siphon pump about 15 minutes before the time they were supposed to arrive. It took me about a half an hour to figure out how to put the little sucker together and how to actually use it. After all of this, once they arrived, they informed us we didn't have to do any of that because it wasn't being stored. Insert appropriate four letter word here.
That night my mother flew in to drive with me back home. I really wanted to show her our little part of California and actually do something fun, but instead we spent her only day there cleaning..:/
The next day, he left. That was absolutely awful. Do goodbyes ever get easier? Luckily I was distracted with all of the things that needed to get done and didn't get a chance to have a complete meltdown.
Finally, we gave back the key to our first home together and said goodbye to California. So began the 32 hour trek back to the Midwest. It was long. Really long. We ran into some troubles including needing a new tire, taking a half hour wrong turn, and driving through torrential rain and hail, but we made it.
It's been an adjustment being back, to say the least. My parents divorced a few months ago, so I get to adjust to the whole situation late in the game. My mother is currently living in a trailer that is small and old. I won't be too judgmental, but let's just  say she doesn't keep it that tidy.
I really  miss having my own home and my own space. I miss having my patterns and routines. I miss the people. Most of all I miss Ty.
It wasn't too bad at first with how busy I was and considering the fact that it was only going to be 6 weeks. A couple of days ago, however, he informed me that it was now going to be 3 months. What the hell. I lost it. I pretty much cried all night. I was so upset. I accepted 6 weeks. 3 moths is not an option.
He will get to come home for a week at Christmas so it's really only 9 weeks until I see him, but still. I don't know what to do without him for three months. He's my best friend. He's the one I want to do everything with...
I don't know how military wives do it. This is only 3 months. He's not deployed or going to be gone for a year. I should suck it up, and I'm trying. But it still sucks.
Well, this sure is a negative post. With all of this crap, there are things that I've enjoyed. I got to see my babies (nephews and niece). I didn't realize how much I missed them and cannot believe how big they are. I'm really looking forward to spend time with them while here. I also am enjoying the foliage. I haven't seen autumn in over 2 years. I'm going crazy over all of the colors...
Well, that's all I have for now. I hope I haven't whined too much.. but it's my blog. So tough! (just kidding)
Here's some pictures to hopefully make up for my complaining:

My nephew's birthday party!!

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The Future is Coming...Eventually...

Long time no post, I know. But life hasn't seemed that stimulating enough to share... How sad...
But I do have some recent developments. Kind of.
Well, if you've read my previous posts, you know we've been in limbo waiting to move to our next home. Finally we've gotten confirmation that it's happening the first of October!
Not only that, but I won't have to be away from Ty as long as I originally thought. We were told 3 months, but it's gotten cut down do only 7 weeks.  I'm so relieved. I know that some military families are separated sometimes years so I shouldn't even think of complaining, but 3 months would have been rough... I'm very blessed.
Not only that, but it looks like we'll be in our new home and on a new coast before Christmas! I can't believe it. We've been waiting over a year to move on and now that it's time, it's all happening a lot quicker than I imagined. I'm anxious, but admittedly nervous about the move. Starting over is rough. New place, new people.. new coast! It's hard to believe that in about 3 months from now I'll be over 6000 miles away from where I am sitting now...
I'm going to miss this place. As ready as I am to go somewhere new and start a new chapter, this place has become "home". It's where we were newlyweds. Our first house. Our first chapter. It's going to be hard to say goodbye to this beautiful place... Hard to believe I won't drive by the ocean every day and see the sunset over the water every night. It'll be sunrises on the horizon now.
I'm going to try my best at not being too sentimental. I want to be excited for this change. There's going to be so much to do out east. We're going to be in the middle of everything. History will be around every corner. As a history major, let's just say I'm ecstatic about that. We'll get to see the seasons again too. It's probably strange how much I'm looking forward to that. I haven't seen a real fall or winter in two years! I guess even a real summer for that matter. I'm not looking forward to the harsh New England winters, but I'll have to get used to it again. It's a good trade off I suppose.
I hope it's as wonderful as I imagine it to be. I hope we're as happy there as we were here. A new chapter is starting for us. I have a feeling our lives our going to change a lot in Maryland. Maryland will hopefully be where I become a mother. It's hard to wrap my mind around that fact... surreal. I'm anxious about it though, I'll admit. Probably a little too anxious for my husband's liking. I'm just ready to be a mother. With every day I grow more and more certain I'm ready. I want Maryland to be where we start our family.
I will say being a military spouse and surrounded my military families sort of makes having kids "quickly" the natural occurrence. It seems like everyone has children around us. Either that or the newlyweds announce pretty soon they're expecting. I guess it makes sense though. The spouse who isn't in the military tends to not work (not everyone of course, just I feel the majority around here) so it's easier to start a family.
I'm glad we've waited as long as we have though. We were able to figure out how to combine lives without adding a third to the mix. I'll admit, I'm glad we have had a chance to be selfish a little too. I had him all to myself.
But my maternal clock as sounded it's alarm and it will not be ignored! By the way, what's up with that? I'm 22... shouldn't it start ticking later? Hmm.
Well, since I don't have babies to take endless pictures of yet, here's pictures of Phoebe!! I guess you can say she was our first "baby"... :)

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New York, I Love You...

Not a real post (even though one is WAY over due). I just had to share this with you.

I though this was the cutest thing ever.
This is what I always imagined growing old with someone would be like.
I hope that in 61 years I'm still bickering with him and as in love as I am today.

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Recent Life Happenings...

Life has taught me that making plans is basically a worthless endeavor. Just when you think you've got your future all figured out, life cackles at your arrogance and completely turns your world on its end or goes the absolute opposite way out of spite. Being in the military has further validated this outlook. Nothing goes as planned.
We were supposed to be leaving here by now, but it turns out we have another two months here. I don't really mind as this is probably the most beautiful place to be "stuck". But that's what it feels like sometimes. We're stuck. We came here knowing this was temporary, expecting to be here no more than a year...and it will be two in a month. We're just ready to move on, get going with our lives. While this place has become a home, it's hard to get too attached because we know it's not permanent. We're ready to go somewhere we'll "know" we'll be for awhile. We're restless.
Despite all of this, the last few weeks have been pretty eventful. The in-laws came out for a visit for Ty's graduation from his program. We haven't seen any family since Christmas. While it was good to see them, I'll admit it made me a little homesick for my own family (even though I don't miss "home" in general). It's hard to believe it's already been seven months since we've been home. Even harder to believe Christmas is less than six months away... Time moves so fast lately, doesn't it seem?
While the parents were here, we tried to show them every corner of our little piece of California. We took them to all of the touristy places and the places we enjoy. I'm pretty sure we ate out every night. And I have never done that much day drinking in my life. My in-laws are the type of people who follow they're cup of morning coffee by cracking open a beer. Yeah. My in-laws are more awesome than yours.
We had an amazing time with them. I know my husband enjoyed having them here especially for such an important occasion. I'm so immensely proud of all of the hard work he's put in over the last two years in this sometimes shitty program. Seeing him graduate finally after all he's gone through was perfect.
So now, the in-laws have departed and Fourth of July has come and gone. We spent the day eating and drinking with friends which is basically how you're supposed to spend it, right?
We now are wasting time until we officially get to leave here. Or Halloween comes. Whichever happens first.
That's all for the present. Now enjoy some pictures!

SO PROUD!!

Aren't we cute??

The in-laws enjoying 17-mile drive.

Yeah, I rubbed this in my father's face.

Cocktails at Pebble Beach? Okay.

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