Today my husband left for three weeks of training in 29 Palms. I know that there are those people out there who believe that when the Marine Corps makes its marines leave for weeks at a time before a deployment they are being cruel. I, however, happen to think of it in a different way. I don't think the Marine Corps is being cruel by robbing me of the few precious moments I have left with my husband, and I certainly don't think that the 3 weeks he will spending away will be purely for the benefit of the Marines who are training. Actually, I think these 3 weeks of training are a rather ingenius way of giving those of us on "operation homefront" an opportunity to have a deployment practice. That's right, you heard me. I'm pretty sure that even though hubby will call during these 3 weeks pretending to be tired and aching from sleeping in tents for 3 weeks.. he will in actuality be living the good life and biding his time until my 3 weeks of deployment practice are over.
So far, deployment practice is going rather smoothly. Nothing in my house has broken or fallen apart in the 24 hours that hubby has been gone. Neither one of my dogs has run away, my cars are still running just fine, and my pool has yet to turn green. Oh, and most importantly, wild fires have yet to break out in Southern California leaving me homeless and fearful.
Because of all this, when I lay my head down on my pillow tonight, I will do so with a contented sigh. Not only is my deployment practice going very well, but I will again be able to sprawl out in my bed.
See, the Marine Corps really isn't as silly and impractical as they're made out to be. Afterall, someone in their ranks did come up with the incredible idea of Deployment Practice. Oorah!
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