I awoke to the phone ringing next to my bed this morning. It was Shane calling from Kuwait. HE CALLED ME!! His voice is/was the sweetest sound I have ever heard in my whole entire life. He is stationed temporarily in Kuwait, though I can't/won't say where. I hope he will get the chance to call again before he moves into Iraq. We said I love ( Read more... )

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This weekend Shane's parents' and grand father came down to see us. We(I) got lucky because Shane had CQ on Friday night so he was off all day Saturday and then his whole unit had off Sunday. Had he not worked all night on CQ Friday night, I would have had to stave off the urge to commit murder on Saturday all by myself. In other words, I would ( Read more... )

I'm posting to let everyone know I'm still alive. Not much to say today. Shane will be leaving "sometime" in February. They haven't told him when exactly. I have a feeling it will be one of those middle of the night calls saying he has an hour to report. He assures me it won't be that way, but my fears won't let me listen ( Read more... )

YESTERDAY... was my 26th birthday.
YESTERDAY... I spent most of the day crying.
YESTERDAY... my husband received his orders to be deployed to the Persian Gulf region sometime in February.
YESTERDAY... I realized he will not be home for the birth of our first child.
YESTERDAY... was the worst day of my life.

Well, here I am. Almost completely unpacked. Shane and I have moved from our apartment in Temple to a house on Ft. Hood. We love it here. It's all on one floor. We have 3 bedrooms and a back yard for the dogs to run in. We don't pay rent. We don't pay electricity. We don't pay water. We pay for our phone and we pay for for our digital cable ( Read more... )

Last Sunday while I sat quietly watching TV with my dogs, a fire of unknown origin (probably a stray ember from a near by fire place since it was windy down here) broke out on my back porch. Thank God I caught it when I did otherwise me and the puppy dogs could be crispy critters right now. I know that's no where near funny but this is how I'm ( Read more... )

Went to my kidney specialist yesterday...nothing real exciting to report. My kidneys are stable. Levels are still the same. I guess as long as they don't get any worse I'll be OK. My blood pressure was a lil elevated (shocker)so the doctor upped my blood pressure meds. No biggie. I was kind of expecting that to happen anyway ( Read more... )

This sounds like something out of an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. Help him out wouldya?

My due date is May 24, 2002. I have gained just 8 pounds in almost 2 months. I have ultrasound pictures already at 7 weeks and 2 days. I would post them but A) I don't know how. and B) I don't have a paid account (not sure if that's relevant or not) I got to see his/her lil heartbeat even though an actual baby like shape can not be made out. ( Read more... )