Great News!

So we recently got great news that Cody will be coming home earlier than expected! Yay! A shortened deployment I will take that! I am so ready for him to be home right now, I can't believe it is going to be so much sooner than we thought. I already started my sign and I ordered another for our yard. I still have a while, but I am still super excited to prepare for him to be home! I took Gunner to the dog park yesterday and he was attacked by another dog and his ear was ripped open. I told Cody about it on the phone today and all he had to say was "did he fight back?" leave it to Cody lol our dog gets tore up and all he says is did he fight back, I can't imagine how it will be when we have kids. Wow.

Algebra

Algebra! I swear it will be the death of me, I have never been able to do certain things in algebra and then there are other things that I am a math wiz at in the Algebra department. I think the thing that frustrates me the most about Algebra is the fact that I will honestly never find the slope of a line in my life, there is no reason for me to ever need to. The uselessness (totally a word) of Algebra makes me hate it even more. I love math, but math that is logical like Accounting and Business math where it makes sense where I could use it in my life someday. Ugh! If I fail this class and have to retake it I will be really angry, because I don't want to put up with this crap for ANOTHER 9 weeks. I also think I have an Algebra part 2 after this one, so just shoot me now. please.

On another note I bought my plane ticket back to Michigan for a week in August and I don't know whether to be excited about it or worried. People are already trying to get "dibs" on me like I am a piece of meat or something and no matter how much time I spend with everyone they will never be happy. And I have to leave my puppy behind, even though he is going to a good place and I know he will be taken care of, it makes me sad to leave my "baby". I am going to be in Cody's mom's wedding while I am there, but the dress I have never seen or tried on and his mom seems to think I am a lot skinnier than I really am, so this should be fun.  The one thing I am super excited about it the fact that I am getting a haircut and my eye brows waxed. I can not wait, I haven't had it done since we were home for Christmas and it will be so great to have freshly cut hair and not so bushy eyebrows. lol

I need to start working out soon, like Monday soon. There is word of Cody coming home early so I need to start my Homecoming workout earlier than expected so I can look great for his homecoming. I also want to train for a 5k with Cody and run it with him in November in San Diego, but I don't think he will go for it but it is worth a shot, never hurts to try. I want to do the color run, it looks like so much fun :)

Missing him...

So tonight is one of those nights where if Cody was home we would just lay in bed and be up for the next two hours talking about the most random things an listening to music. I miss those nights, they were always my favorite. Just talking about everything and anything food, movies, people, thoughts on life, what to do for a "zombie apoculypse", talking about our future was always fun kids, house, jobs, location; just everything. I can't wait for him to come home, that might we will probably stay up and tell stupid stories about our time apart. Needless to say I miss him and want him back :) Well one month down and unsure how many to go, gotta love the certainty with the military! This weekend I went to Huntington Dog Beach with my friend Savannah and my dog Gunner, it was great Gunner behaved I got a little tan, it was great to get away and we ate at this great cafe called the Sit and Stay Cafe it was dog friendly AND a nice short walk from the dog beach. Gunner is exhausted and has slept since we left Huntington beach earlier today, I am so ready for bed but I just need to talk and ramble, which is what Cody and I would be soon if he was here. I talked to him for about 2 minutes on the phone last night and he says he wants to go to the thousand steps at laguna beach, I googled it and it looks awesome. I cant wait for him to come home and us go there and take gunner to the dog beach together. So much I want to do with him right now, but it shall wait.

And He's Off...

Well once again here we are faced with deployment, he left a few weeks ago and I am slowly falling into a routine to keep myself  busy. Wake up, watch TV, maybe do my school work, Shower, Dog Park for 2 hours since Gunner has SO much energy, Yoga on tuesdays, thursdays, and fridays, watch Ellen or various other recorded shows, if nothing is on watch Desperate Housewives on Netflix (my new obsession), play with Gunner outside to burn off some more energy, maybe another show, and bed to start it all over again. Of course little things might change occasionally, like I went to the pool today, and tomorrow I am going to a children's museum with my friend and her son.

I can't believe a year ago at this time I was prepping to graduate, move out here, and have Cody home! It is crazy how time flies, and how things change. I was having him home last year at this time and this year I am sending him off. Actually thinking about the situation makes me sad, I try to put it in the back of my mind and forget about it.

My step mom got me started on the Bachelorette, so I watched the first episode last night and now I am super excited for the rest of the season. I hope she picks Charlie, he was my first pick and I love him, but we will see my other picks are the single dad, the race car driver, and the ex-pro football player. I hate Stevie though, he seems like trouble and needs to go.

Well off the entertain my puppy (not much of a puppy anymore) but Have a great night.

Emotional Day

So... Today has been an up and down type of day. "Aunt Flo" came to visit so that is probably why I have all of these emotions flowing. I had a dream about Cody dying last night and now I am a wreck. I keep thinking about it and even though my dream wasn't even combat related I am still a mess. He will be leaving soon and this deployment seems to be much more dangerous than the last which scares me. I am glad Cody shares these things with me so I know what he is going through/ has gone through  but sometimes it makes me a mess. I have those days where I just want to cry about it all and then I have those days where I am perfectly fine with it and I am strong and can do it.  I am really thankful I gave Gunner though, he is my little buddy and sometimes drives me bonkers but he keeps me company and I am very thankful for that. Cody gets back from the field tomorrow which I am so excited about because I miss him a lot more than I thought I would. :) that sounds bad but I thought 11 days would be easy whatever but I really want him back here now. I have conversations with the dog or with myself in my head, golly I need to be around people more often.

once again

Once again the realization of deployment is bothering me. Tonight we have a meeting to get things around for wills and POA. that is crazy that we are already thinking about this once December is over it is all down hill from there. Everyone is leaving 29 and I am stranded here. I DO NOT want to go home, like I have said before I hate home so I am not going back there. I am just so scared that something will happen to him this time. Last time I was is denial that it could happen, but some things have changed (OSPEC- not going into detail) and is job could be even more dangerous than before. What do I do, sometimes I am scared and other times sad. It is just crazy to think deployment is right around the corner. I really signed up for a life or this? him coming and going all the time and living in fear every single day. Wow. I don't regret marrying him at all and I am proud of him as a marine, but this is just a crazy realization I have am going to face. Just me and the dog for 7 months. wow, Lord please help me.

scared?

I'm unsure of what has triggered it or why I feel this way but all of the sudden I am scared and worried about Cody deploying again. Even though it is quite a ways away it is still really close and it scares me. We got their schedule right up until it is time to leave and I guess just the thought that every thing is already planned out and we are already planning for yet another deployment scares the crap out of me. I don't know how it will actually go. Last deployment I had school every day and lived where my family was so it wasn't completely horrible yeah I missed him and was worried about him but it wasn't too bad. This time I will be all the way in california and I plan to go home for a few weeks but not moving home that's just insane. I don't know what I will do I kinda go crazy with him at work late somedays since I am here alone... Okay, I have our dog Gunner but it is still lonely. A plus this time is I have a friend who is married to a guy in cody's platoon so they will be together and we will be together. We are partners in crime. I just had to get it out that I am worried and scared and any other emotions that comes with deployment. Last time I didn't freak out until the day he left and even then I was pretty chill about it... I don't know.

Same Thing, Different Day

Basically I do the same things everyday and not much changes. Cody is at the rifle range most of the day I take him at 3 am and pick him up whenever he calls. I clean, clean, and clean some more. It seems like my house is never clean even though that is all I do. I want a job so bad, I can't stress that enough. I am a person who needs to keep busy and I am going crazy sitting here. Ugh... hopefully something soon though.

Last night Cody and I played Call of Duty Team Deathmatch and I always do good at the beginning and then suck it up at the end. I'm sure is someone watched us play they would be entertained. We call each other some mean names and hit each other but we don't really mean it, it is just fun and games. We applied for a loan at the bank yesterday for Cody to get a motorcycle, a Honda CBR 250R to be exact and we are suppose to find out today if he was approved then we can go get the bike. Then we are going to get gear like helmets, gloves, jackets and I have been looking at some stuff online and I am crazy excited. I am scared to ride a little since I have never been on a bike but I kind of feel like a badass. hahaha it just sounds fun to pull up some place and get off the back of Cody's bike. I don't know maybe I am a nerd. I just don't want to die... o_0      <---I love that little face

Where have I been?

Wow! I haven't been on here in forever and I gave up on my 31 days military challenge. I guess things just stated getting busy. I had one more week of school, an open house to plan, packing to do, graduation, and my husband was suppose to be home before I was going to be out there. I had to change all of my plans to get out there. So I flew to LA and had a friend pick me up and my parents drove my car and stuff out here. Then they got delayed in Kyrgistan (I know it is spelled wrong) and then delayed in germany so they ended up getting home on the day I would have been out here if I would have just drove... but whatever. It was so wonderful to see him again. He didn't turn his phone on so I didn't know which bus he would be getting off of so I just stood in the middle next to some big cement thing and I couldn't find him. He called me from someone else's phone and asked where I was and I told him in the middle next to some big cement thing and he asked where is that... umm I don't know so he hung up and got mad. So I went searching for him and left my parents. Then I turn around and he was right there with my parents so of course I went running to him and gave him a huge hug shaking and crying. It was so awesome. I even hugged him so hard I knocked his cover clean off his head :) So we have gotten our house around and got a german shorthaired pointer puppy and named him Gunner. Now, we are just living day to day. It seems like there is always something else we need for our house though. It's frustrating. Now for some pictures.

First Hug and notice his cover on the ground :)

Day 9

Day 9 - A picture of your favorite thing that you or your significant other has made and tell what it is.

well I didn't really know what to use so I went through my pictures and I found the top one that always makes me laugh. Cody made a drawing on my stomach. He used my belly button ring as the anchor and put a boat in the water with fishys. The boat is called "THE Kaitlyn" and it has us on a boat with him doing me in butt saying "I Love Your Dick" and he is speechless with stars and a bucktooth smiley face. Ohh... and my mole is the light to the light house. Can you tell he is the creative one?


The bottom picture is our pumpkins we made October 31, 2011 the day before he went to bootcamp. His pumpkin is the badass looking one and mine is the USMC one (I am motarded) We had a contest and obviously he won.

Day 6, 7, 8

Day 6 - A picture of the base your man is at and tell 5 cool things about that base.

Twentynine Palms, Ca is where Cody is stationed at. Though right now he is in Afghanistan. 

Five Good Things:

1. Warm

2. Not Michigan

3. It is where Cody and I will make our first home

4. It is in California so that means that with a little drive there is a lot too do and explore.

5. Did I mention it is Warm?

Day 7 - A picture of a wonderful friend that you’ve made because of your significant other being in the military.

My very first Marine family friends. I meet them while Cody was in Bootcamp on usmc.yuku.com and though I have never met them they have helped me so much through this whole Marine journey. Shelly in the top picture is a Marine Mom and is very dedicated to her children. She is an awesome person and very supportive. Bryn in the bottom picture is a Marine Girlfriend and is awesome. She is very supportive and can always make me smile or laugh when I am having a down time. I am looking forward to meeting many more moms, girlfriends, and wives when I move to California, but they will always be my firsts. lol

Day 8 - A picture that is your favorite from deployment, or if he hasn’t been deployed yet, a picture of see you laters, him coming home, or him deployed, and tell why it is your favorite.

Well Cody is currently deployed and I don't have any pictures of him leaving me at the airport and though he will be home soon and I will have an over abundance of pictures I don't have any yet. So, I have the top picture from after 13 weeks of Bootcamp at Parris Island on Family Day our very first hug  I am squeezing him to death not wanting to let him go and you can see the smile in his eye and the bottom one is after his Bootcamp Graduation, this just shows how happy I was to finally be with him again and it just looks priceless.

twenty-four days until Graduation and Moving :D

Day 5

Day 5 - A picture of the branch he is in and list your favorite thing about him being in the military

Cody is a Marine. There are two things I love about him being in the Marines...

1. The Uniform, need I say more those darn Dress Blues will get you every time

and

2. After Bootcamp he became a much better person and boyfriend (well now husband)

Day 4

Day 4 - A ...picture of the family he had to leave behind to protect his country.

Well Cody left behind, of course me his lovely wife whom he loves dearly. lol and since we don't have any kids I decided he also left behind his parents and siblings. I couldn't find in our hundreds of wedding pictures the picture with our siblings but ohh... well. The top picture is me and the bottom picture is us with our parents at our wedding. I find is so depressing that everyone is divorced and with someone else. I am still unsure why they are so blurry, it might be from me transferring my pictures from my gateway to my Mac I am unsure ohh... well


Anyways, can you believe it is already May. CRAZY.

Day 3

Day 3 - A picture of how you met (for example, computer for you met online, school for you met in high school, ect), and tell the date you met. Did you know then that you’d be where you are with him today?

Okay, so this is the ONLY picture I could find of my high school. But this is where I met Cody. I knew him as Cody Gallant my brother's friend who always wore a purple LSU sweatshirt (that I made fun of him for) but the first time I ever talked to him was in the hallway as he was asking me to prom. Kind of crazy to ask someone to prom the very first time you talk to them EVER. but it was cute especially when we talk about how we felt that day and stuff I love telling him what I thought when he did this or that. :D I just Love him. <3

Day 2

Day 2 - A picture of you and your military significant other being silly.

These pictures are really blurry because I took them on my phone but it was on Cody's Pre-deployment Leave and I had his shorts on my head and in the bottom picture I was "being an Arab" :D

I have ONE MONTH until Graduation and Moving to California :D

Day 1

Day 1 - A picture of you and your military significant other

Yep, that is Cody and I. Pretty plain and simple :D

30 Day Military Photo Challenge

I am sure you have seen the 30 Day Photo Challenge on Facebook, well today I was tagged in a military one and wanted to do it.  I will start tomorrow so it will end perfectly the day before I move to California :D

Here it is:

Day 1 - A picture of you and your military significant other.

Day 2 - A picture of you and your military significant other being silly.

Day 3 - A picture of how you met (for example, computer for you met online, school for you met in high school, ect), and tell the date you met. Did you know then that you’d be where you are with him today?

Day 4 - A ...picture of the family he had to leave behind to protect his country.

Day 5 - A picture of the branch he is in and list your favorite thing about him being in the military.

Day 6 - A picture of the base your man is at and tell 5 cool things about that base.

Day 7 - A picture of a wonderful friend that you’ve made because of your significant other being in the military.

Day 8 - A picture that is your favorite from deployment, or if he hasn’t been deployed yet, a picture of see you laters, him coming home, or him deployed, and tell why it is your favorite.

Day 9 - A picture of your favorite thing that you or your significant other has made and tell what it is.

Day 10 - A picture that you or your significant other took on webcam or cell phone

Day 11 - A picture of the stationary you pour your heart out onto in letters to your significant other.

Day 12 - A picture of a book you are reading/have read because of your significant other being in the military and tell how it has helped you.

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite military support accessory and tell where you got it from.

Day 14 - A picture of what consumes most of your time when your significant other is away.

Day 15 - A picture of your significant other during your proudest moment of him.

Day 16 - A picture of your favorite piece of jewelry that your man has gotten you and why it is your favorite.

Day 17 - A picture of something your significant other left you while he was away and how that helped you… did/do you carry it with you or sleep with it?

Day 18 - A picture of the lyrics of yours and your significant other’s song and tell how it became your song.

Day 19 - A picture of his favorite show and tell of one episode you watched with him.

Day 20 - A picture of you in something military. (shirt, camo,etc.)

Day 21 - A picture of a movie or show you watch when your significant other is away that you usually don’t watch when he is home and tell why you don’t watch it when he is home.

Day 22 - A picture of what keeps you strong when your military significant other is away.

Day 23 - A picture and tell what your life would be like without your significant other.

Day 24 - A picture of your significant other’s favorite sports team.

Day 25 - A picture of your favorite moment or experience you have had with the military.

Day 26 - A picture of your mans military branch and tell your favorite stay strong quote.

Day 27 - A picture of something that reminds you of your significant other and tell why it does.

Day 28 - A picture of the band that sings the song of your significant other’s ring tone while they are away..(usually a military themed song like "wait for me").

Day 29 - A picture of the coolest place you ever got to go to because of your significant other being in the military.

Day 30 - A picture of your favorite military significant other support group and tell how it has helped you.

Ohh... Happy Days

So today has been wonderful. I had some rough spots but at the end of the day it turned out wonderful. I got the call I have been waiting months for. Cody's return date window. Yippie. I am so excited to finally know of course I can't say it due to OPSEC but yeah. There is a little bit of conflict with it but I am putting it in God's hands he has a plan.

I called housing and they said we were getting an apartment not the duplex we wanted I was furious. But after doing some research I found out it is the area we wanted but isn't exactly a duplex confusing but whatever. I am happy nothing will bring me down, maybe waking up to go to horrible school in the morning but tonight I am great. :D

Good Mood :D

So I am in the mmost wonderful mood in the world everything just seems to be falling right into place. First off, I got to talk to Cody 3 times in the past two days. CRAZY! He took the thing about his friend Underwood pretty hard and I hated having to be the bear of bad news. But with all of our talking we have talked about all the thing we are going to do when he gets home. Go to Cedar Point (amusement park,) a Tigers baseball game, the zoo, sleep under the stars where he asked me to marry him, snuggle (god I have missed that,) shop, get our house setup, and finally have a Barbecue. I am so excited. I can't wait for him to come home. I just want to hold him in my arms again, ahh... it is almost time.

Of course with the good comes the Semper Gumby or Always Flexible. Cody told me one time when he called me that he was going to be home May 28. of course my first thought WHAT THE FUCK! That is the day before my graduation and I will not be there. So after run through it in my head I came to the conclusion if that does happen I will fly out there for a few hours if I have to and back home to be sleeping at graduation. I don't care I WILL BE THERE. Of course though Cody and his dramatic self says "I am going to be a poor homeless kid with no place to go" and "I am going to tell Sells (his friend) family that you are a cheating whore and that's why you didn't show up" haha That is our sense of humor though obviously I am not a cheating whore, we always do that like I ask him how his Hajji girlfriend is over there, he asked me what my boyfriend got me for valentine's day that is how we are and I love it. Soon he will be home and we can make jokes together. YAY!

News on Underwood is he went to Germany last night for us and today for us is doing good (not sure exactly what that includes, consciousness I think) and will be state side in the next week. God really does work miracles and I can not wait to tell Cody whenever I talk to him. :D

Hope everyone had an awesome Easter. I did in Frankenmuth and at my dad's too bad I had Anatomy homework but hey life is good and my new life is about to start soon so I will stop complaining... Maybe :D

Sorry for grammatical errors I hate them but my brain isn't up to fixing them.

Prayers Needed

Mitch Underwood, Cody's good friend from bootcamp and ITB and the sweetest guy you will ever meet has been injured in Afghanistan. Earlier today his wife called me and told me what had happene and I was in complete and utter shock. He was blown up while on a mission and has multiple health problems. I ask that everyone pray for him, his wife, and 1 year old son. He had about nine weeks left before he would be home. This isn't even my husband and I am shocked, scared, and sad. I can't imagine if this was to happen to me. So please pray...

On another note I got to talk to Cody.