I’m in a total funk right now. Things to share that I’m not ready to do yet. But, more than that, I’m feeling lonely and blah this week as I have so many other weeks. This summer has seen my few close friends move away. And I don’[t think that’s something you ever get used to doing. Then we had R&R and then went on a last-minute trip to Indiana. Wonderful! But now I’m here, alone. Next week my base bible study and MOPS start up, so that will be good. But this week I could really just use a friend to come over and chat with me. We’ve gotten some new neighbors but none that I’ve really connected with. The one newish neighbor I have connected with just had a baby, her husband is getting ready to deploy and her in-laws are here. Plus she has three other kids. So her plate is full. And so I’m lonely and blah.
I’ve had a hard time making friends at this base. Good friends. The kind you call up just to shoot the breeze for 10 minutes. The kind you can have deep conversations with. To some degree I just haven’t put myself out there enough. We moved at a weird point for me with being so far pregnant and over the holidays. By the time the holidays were over, I was ready to pop. And by the time I was getting really moving again after giving birth, programs like MOPS & my base bible study were ending their session. Come last fall, again I was in a weird time with Jim deploying. I put myself out there more but never found a close friend. And now we’ll be leaving within the year. So it seems pointless. Yet it isn’t, I know. We could still have another year and that could be an awfully lonely year. And Jim is coming home. And other things. Times like this we could just put down our roots and I could find close, lifetime long friends.
I’m just in a total funk.
Posted on August 27th, 2009 by happygrl6 | 2 Comments »
One of my 2009 goals is to do more reading. I’m setting my goal as at least 10 fiction books and at least 24 non-fiction books.
Anyone else on Shelfari? Its a fun way to keep your books & reading lists organized. And its definitely inspired me to do more reading. My Shelfari Shelf: http://www.shelfari.com/happygrl/shelf
Anyone want to share anything they’ve read recently or plan to read? I’d love some ideas, especially for fiction books.
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by happygrl6 | 4 Comments »
Yikes, another long-time-no-write here. There hasn’t been much going on yet I feel pretty busy, too.
Mr. Benjamin has started walking!! Its still those early steps where they don’t realize what they are doing. And each time it has been to *ME*! Just a few here and there, just like E did. I’m hoping he doesn’t take off until we’re in Indiana. One less airplane ride w/o a new walker wanting to get down and go.
We leave for Indiana this weekend. I’m really excited to see my family and get away from here. I can’t wait to get some cold weather!!
We’ve had crazy amounts of rain here lately. It has rained a LOT in the past month and then, last week, we got around 20 inches in just a few days! Lots of buildings have been flooded, roads closed, etc. The past couple days have been pretty dry. Hopefully the land can dry out a bit now.
As for me…I’m in a bit of a funk. We’re two months into the deployment and I’m feeling pretty good about that. But that means I still have ten more to go. And probably six until I see Jim again. We just passed the one year mark of being here. I’m not where I want to be as far as being involved in the community. I can’t do some of the things I want to do, though, because I can’t be away from Ben too long. He’s yet to actually swallow any food (he loves to chew it though!). Plus he’s just really a mama’s boy. I love that yet I’m itching to do a few things by myself. Hopefully that can happen in the new year. I’m also on the lookout for a good babysitter. I get 20 hours of free care at the center each month but I really think Ben would do better for longer periods of time if he was at home. Jim finally got internet in his trailer, so we’re able to talk more often. That has gone a LONG way in how well I deal with the deployment. Most days we get to IM at least once. Much better than once a week phone calls!
Posted on December 18th, 2008 by happygrl6 | 2 Comments »
3 1/2 weeks into the deployment and here’s the tally…
2 colds
1 ear infection
1 set of stitches
2 calls to the Poison Control Line (note, I have never had to make any for Elizabeth…Ben’s tally is two calls before 10 months!!)
1 stomach bug (that I pray doesn’t pass to us, increasing the total to 3)
1 broken weed eater (engine blown)
1 broken garage door
1 broken flat-screen TV (it looks like you’re watching through night-vision goggles, appropriately enough! LOL)
3 of my favorite glasses are broken
2 broken dessert plates
2 broken cereal bowls
1 broken glass mixing bowl
1 broken Pyrex dish
A gazillion diet cokes
1 mom who is losing her mind!! LOL
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by happygrl6 | 5 Comments »
This war, all the other wars. US soldiers, all the other soldiers. A “good” war, an “unjust” war. Fighting, peace-keeping. Whatever the circumstances, soldiers are still away from their families, they still die, they still get injured, they still come home with nightmares, they still come up with mental illnesses, they still miss out on so much.
In this war alone, more than 4500 soldiers have died. More than 4500 families from just this war are grieving and remembering. Tens of thousands have been physically injured. No counts on those mentally injured. More than 600,000 soldiers have served in Iraq & Afghanistan.
I'm Tricia, a 32yo SAHM to a 4 year old and a newly-1 year old. The army currently has us in Hawaii but we call the Midwest home. The army has, so far, also sent us to Washington & Georgia.
