Deployment Positives...

If you're going to follow my "Thought of a Military Wife" blog for the next 7 months, then there's something you need to know now. If there's one thing I learned during the last deployment it was that during deployment I become bipolar. Probably if I went to a Dr. it would be a dianosable disease. Seriously. It's crazy. And, I'm only telling you this because if you look at my last entry.. and look at the entry I'm about to write you'll notice that I go from very melancholy to very positive in a single day. That, my friends, is the mind of a military wife during a deployment. Don't say I didn't warn you.

I decided to write a list of
REASONS WHY DEPLOYMENTS AREN'T SO BAD AFTERALL
1. You have an excuse to go to the hairdresser and try out a completely new (and super cute)hair color and syle.
2. People do really awesome things for you like surprising you with dozens of beautiful roses on your front doorstep the day after hubby leaves(Thanks AIM!)
3. You have a really good excuse for why your house is a gigantic mess (and why even though you're not currently working.. you're not planning on cleaning it today!)
4. You have the unique opportunity to make friends with some of the ladies from Hubby's Team who are going through the same thing as you.. (and these friendships are absolutely priceless!)
5. You don't have to worry about Hubby taking up 75% of the bed and leaving a sliver for you to sleep on. :)
6. Hubby gets a chance to REALLY REALLY miss you more than he ever thought he could
7. You have so much to do with taking care of the house, dogs, yard, pool, and of course your LIFE that you don't have very much time to be very sad for very long.
8. Deployments are a GREAT opportunity to start some new and better habits.. (like eating right and exercising more!)
9. You have a good reason to drink a glass of wine at night with your dinner
10. If all else fails.. you have the homecoming to look forward to!

:o)