You might be wondering why i did the title i did, but i will explain. So Sam has been a very busy guy the month of May, the first 3 weekends he was off doing military things. First weekend he had his normal drill, then the next two he got put on what is called orders to go to Wyoming to transport tanks to another military base.
Well Sam had one weekend before he left for Germany to be with his Family. Luckily it was a 4 day weekend for him. We had my sisters high school graduation that Friday night.
We watched a lot of movies with little B and played outside. Saturday night we went to a REAL soccer game with our friends, it was a lot of fun to be with everyone and spend that time before Sam left. Sunday we spent the day with Sam's family and his sister and kids ended up sleeping over and we stayed up watching movies. I will say staying up till 2 am isn't as easy as it used to be haha! Monday was Memorial day and we let the kids play outside all day in the water and we had a bbq. It was a very nice weekend.
This last week has been nothing but trying to get him ready for his big trip to Germany. Doing all of our last minute running around, making sure he had everything he needed, going to banks to make sure things will go smoothly with our debit cards, calling the phone company to make sure we can still talk, to trying to squeeze in last minute dinners with our families and a last minute date. Friday was definitely a crazy day because it was the day before he left.
One thing i have learned with being a "military" wife is that no matter how you feel you can't be to sad or talk about the stresses of life before they leave. Why might you ask, well they don't need anything to worry about while they are away, especially when they go out of the country. They have enough to worry about why they are gone, even though its only a few weeks its still something they don't need. Sure we will send the occasional "i miss you" text but talking about the dramas of home is a stress they don't need. They just need and want to hear everything is fine. When they come home thats when you can tell them everything. Saving the "goodbye" crying for after you drop them off is usually the best way to do things.
Getting Sam's last minute packing done Friday took all day long. We finally tried getting some sleep around midnight, which didn't do much since we had to be up at 2:30am to take him to camp williams. I will admit saying goodbye isn't the easiest thing for me to do. I get asked if it is something i get used to, and honestly not really. Yeah it might get a little easier but its still hard. I will say that after having little B things got easier but i think its because if you show emotions then it sends your child mixed messages. One of the biggest challenges i have faced is keeping things normal while Sam is gone. By normal i mean the same routines, sure we go do more fun things to keep us busy and go have sleepovers at my moms but i like to try and not make it one big party when he leaves, keeping the same bedtime and things like that. Brodie is starting to notice a lot more when his daddy leaves but doesn't understand why, so i like to keep him busy so he doesn't think to much about it.
Germany is a first for all 3 of us, Sam has never been out of the country and we have never had him so far away. Sam has now been there for 2 days, he left 3 days ago but he had a full day of flying. I finally got to talk to him at midnight last night after he got settled in and got caught up on some sleep.
So far he says they haven't started working they are just hanging out, which is probably best considering the time changes. The time change is something we both need to get used to.
I will try and keep everyone up to date on his Germany trip. i just hope these 3 weeks go by fast.
