A day in the life of an Army Wife

So this is going to be a short post, but I just wanted to share a couple quotes that I have found and fallen in love with. The first one is from the movie “Why Did I Get Married” by Tyler Perry. That movie is phenomanal on its own however this quote makes it that much better.

“When you get married, the most you can expect to get out of it is 80% of everything you want. When someone comes along and offers you that 20%, it looks really good to you because when you haven’t been getting any, it looks like everything. But if you leave that 80% for the 20%, then all you’re left with is the 20%”

The next quote is one I stumbled across on the internet and thoroughly enjoyed. Now dont get me wrong, I dont endorse bank robbers or any profession of the sort but the general idea of this quote is what I love. So often in childrens stories the child aspires to be a firefighter, or astronaut or a doctor. This quote basically states, whats wrong with aspiring to be a garbage man or a crime scene cleaner or well you get the gist of it.

“Ever since I was a kid I always knew Id be a bank robber, & laugh all you want ladies and gentleman, because you never did become that astronaut.”

& this last quote that I have really doesnt pertain to anything at all, it holds no value and does not have a moral, but its freaking hilarious.

“The cop pulled me over and asked me to walk a straight line, and this is where my boyfriends smart mouth would get me into trouble, but I sound proofed that trunk.”

Hahah I think that that is hilarious!

So I dont think that I have talked about this on here yet, but ive been thinking about it here lately and I think maybe I need to talk about it. In December I found out I was pregnant and I dont think you could begin to understand just how happy I was. I wasnt expecting it and it wasnt planned but when I saw those two pink lines I couldnt stop smiling. About 4 weeks into the pregnancy, I started having some cramps so I went to the hospital and I was diagnosed with having an ectopic pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum  is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tubes. Thats where mine occurred. They caught it early enough to where I dont need surgery to have it removed (thank God) but they gave me this medicine called methotrexate, which basically helps pass the ovum. The Dr. told me that the reason the baby most likely implanted itself in my fallopian tube rather than my uterus is because I got pregnant within a week of having my appendix taken out and he said that that much stress on my stomach area probably had my body tricked into thinking that the baby was where it needed to be, and he said not to worry, that when we are ready for kids I should have no problem getting, or staying pregnant. So that was a relief. It was hard to lose the baby, but I really believe that God knew it wasnt the right time for us to have a baby. I want to have at least another two years to just spend as husband and wife before we venture into the parents world. If we get another unexpected surprise, then we will both be overjoyed, but we arent trying anytime soon. I was experiencing grief and a kind of relief at the same time, Just like a relief that at least it happened at only 4 weeks and not like 8 months. I just had a friend go through her whole 9 months of pregnancy, give birth, He was born Dec.27th and instead of gaining weight the little guy kept losing it, he died Jan 14th. The doctors dont even know what happened. I could not imagine going through something as awful as that. Its upsetting that everything happened, but im glad I didnt have 9 months to grow with the baby and make that connection that you make. Okay. Enough sad crap. We are still going to Korea, Alex is going March 27th and I will follow shortly after. (I want to go back to California before I go to see all my family)Theres about 2 1/2 weeks he gets off after AIT before having to go to Korea and we will be spending that in KY so we’ll be able to see all of our family there. Alexs 21st birthday is the 17th and it sucks because its not on a weekend so he has to be on base =( but Im going to make sure he has a good weekend afterwards, though he cant drink because hes still in AIT lol. But theres a strip club next door and the owner told me that she will let me in for his birthday(its supposed to be 21+ but she said for his birthday she’ll let me in) He doesnt know about that but im hoping he’ll like it lol. Things are good down here, we spend every weekend together, theres not to much to do but we usually go next door to this bar/restaurant and play pool(or I attempt to but he whoops my butt lol) or we play darts, so thats pretty fun. Monday through friday can get pretty lonely for me but luckily I have an aunt only about 30 minutes away so I go over there alot, im actually there right now. The first two weeks in February from the first to the 13th im going to be going up to NY to see my dads side of the family. Im pretty excited and nervous at the same time because I havent seen them in like 5 years, but I figured I needed to see them since were leaving for 2 years in march and being in Virginia I am only like 5 hours and a 30 dollar bus ride away. Other than that not to much has been happening. I figured I would just keep you all up to date. =)

This is the story of a girl. She used to be afraid. Afraid of everything the future, the past, love, life, friends, family, tomorrow and yesterday. She had a lot of growing up to do and it seemed like that couldnt happen unless she just did it. So she did. She closed her eyes and jumped. But then she realized here I am falling with my eyes closed and whats the point in that so she opened her eyes. Yes. She opened her eyes and took in the world around her. Because whats the point in living with your eyes closed. Shes not scared anymore. (Except of frogs but thats another story) Shes not scared because shes this amazing girl who alone or not can make it. She really can. She has. Shes made it and shes happy and she loves waking up. She knows theres going to be struggles and hard times but she welcomes them with open arms because without pain there would be no pleasure and without sorrow no happiness. Besides everytime a challenge presents itself, thats just another oppurtunity to prove how strong she really is by overcoming it. Shes in love. With this guy who is the only person that knows her deepest secrets and the only person who knows her weakness. He holds her heart and his words have her thoughts. She knows who she is but when their together its like he makes her want to be a better person. She feels like it really is all okay. Cliche? Yes. True? Yes. Her greatest accomplishment also being her biggest fear. She doesnt know what tomorrow holds but it doesnt scare her anymore. Because she knows that no matter what tomorrow is coming whether she wants it to or not so theres no point in dwelling on what happened yesterday or even today because none of that will matter. Tomorrow is a new day. This is the story of a girl. Its far from over because her book has a lot of blank pages and who knows how they’ll be filled. With love and hate, Pain and Pleasure, Peace and War, Laughter and Tears. Life. Her pages will be filled with life.Maybe she’ll join the Peace Corps

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