Only 363 days left

So we have 363 left of this deployment. Yes, I am counting down. I know that I will forget and end up losing the time frame, but to make it easier I will end up counting down months and weeks. Right now I just miss my husband terribly but was so glad to hear his voice on the phone this morning.

This year should go by quickly with it being my first year teaching. I think that it will be okay and that the only times I will have to worry will be when I am off work. The weekends and the weeks off that I have will be the times when it will get too horrible to bear. But I shall survive.

School is going well and I love being in the classroom. I am just loving it and even though it's stressful, it is very rewarding. I think that once I get the whole thing down and I'm able to really figure out what to do as far as planning goes I will be okay. I have a mentor teacher now, but I'm not quite sure how much help she is going to be as far as the subjects I teach go. But we shall see. Right now I just want to get through and hopefully teach the students what they need to know. Some are doing really well but a few of them are struggling big time. But if they are struggling at this point then they must have struggled wherever it was they came from the previous year.

Life gets in the way

So things have been really busy the past few weeks. I had training and then school started a week ago. Once that started I have been in full swing and haven't even had much time to come up for air. But I love it and each student is so wonderful. I think I have already established a few that truly will be unforgettable. Although, this being my first class, I think every student will be unforgettable to me.

Deployment sucks. It's happening and I hate every moment of it. The only thing I look forward to each day is that it goes by quickly and that is one less day we are apart. I'm really hoping this one is only a year and not longer like the last.

Meadow is getting really confused because she sees both cars and Chris isn't home. But my friend came and actually borrowed our van today and so now there is only one car again. So hopefully tomorrow she will be a little less confused. Poor baby. It's hard not understanding why daddy is away but needing him home. We all miss him and need him home. Hopefully someday we will get that.

A friend of mine is stationed in Hawaii now. Well her husband is and they are there with him. And from the pictures it makes me want to go there really badly. It's gorgeous. Maybe we will go visit her this summer. But I really want to go to Cali so I don't know where I am headed. Most likely to Cali. There are a few people I need to see.

My oldest brother had a heart attack today. I'm worried about him. He's in the hospital and they are keeping him for now. I just pray that he makes it through okay. He's only 40 and I haven't told Whytney yet because I know she is going to take it badly when she finds out. I want to see what happens first before I drop that bomb on her.

Okay, time for bed....

Very offended

Today I found out that a wife called the batallion because they were still at work sitting on their butts literally doing nothing at 6 o'clock. Since they deploy in two weeks, these men need to be home with their families, not sitting around waiting for whatever time they feel like letting them off. What offended me was hearing what they said when they got yelled at by the batallion commander. He screamed at the company commander and so they told them to learn to "control their wives" better. I have a half of a mind to call batallion because that is the most offensive statement I have ever heard. I guess they still think it's 1950 and men are on top and women are crap. I have not gone through hell to get the education and career I have to be told that I need to be controlled by a man. That just makes me mad. I wasn't the wife who called, I mean there are 100 or so other wives in that unit. But just to think that they had the nerve to say something like that just really upsets me.

On other news, my classroom is just about ready. The kids start on Wednesday and I am super excited. I am not however, looking forward to my husband deploying soon. But we will survive and be stronger after we readjust again.

Busy in training

So I have been in professional development classes and meetings for over a week now and it's getting monotonous. I am ready for school to start and the students to fill the halls. But that will happen next week. I am really anxious!

Chris is back in Georgia and I am missing him terribly. It's rough now and he isn't even in Iraq yet. Just a couple more weeks until that happens. Hopefully we will survive.

Not much else is happening. I'm just working like crazy and am having a hard time figuring a lot of things out. I just really want things to get figured out in many different ways. I'm hoping that it does soon. Only time will tell.