MIA

Woah it's been quite some time since I have been on here. Well actually I log in at least once a day and read everyone's blogs but I haven't written one myself in a while. I've been on overload with this class and the amount of work it takes. Plus catching up on all my dvr'd shows of course... haha.

Anyways, I'm super excited for this month to be half over with. Memorial day is coming up at the end of May and we are headed back to NY for our family reunion and a friend's wedding. I love going to weddings. It's crazy selfish that one reason is I get to dress up and look nice but that doesn't happen too often in this household so I can't help it. But I also love them because they're sooooo romantic!! I just love romance.

And of course our family reunion is going to be awesome. It's Jon's side of the family and I have been to more of them since he's been in the Marines than he has. In the past 3 years I have been to 2 of them and Jon has been to zip. Although he swears we have gone to one together I'm not sure. I have a horrible memory if you didn't know. I'm not talking oh she can't remember to buy the milk I'm talking I don't remember a good amount of my life until it's brought up and thought about for a while if at all. It's kinda strange but I think it's due to a crazy concussion a couple years ago. But anyways, the reuinion. We are finally making it to one together (even though Jon thinks we already have)! I'm sooo excited!

Plus to top it all off we get to spend 10 days with our family. I miss my Ooma (grandma) sooo much. We are staying with her so I'm sooo excited to spend some time with her. Maybe some kyaking and definitely some cooking. And then my incredible in-laws! I am so lucky because for some odd reason a lot of people don't like their spouses family but I LOVE mine. They are such amazing people and always make me laugh and happy! I miss them sooo much.

I also get to see my dad and step mom. I just got to see them at Myrtle over Spring break but it's not fair because it was only a couple days so I'm looking forward to some more time with them.

And the best part?? I finish my class the first couple days of June!!! So we will be heading up there and while I'm enjoying my week + up there I will also be enjoying the fact that I will be graduating college!! Woo hoo!!!

Ok, that's a huge update for now.
Here's a picture of our monkey girl<3

Alone time

How important is "alone time" in a marriage? By alone time I mean any time away from your spouse. I had an "alone" day today since my husband won't be home until very early morning but I was with Abigail all day so technically I wasn't alone. More so, girl and/or guy time.
In the movies guys have one night a week they get together to shoot the shit, drink some beers, and play poker. Are we supposed to take the time to be away from one another?

Jon and I have brought this up a couple times. I'm not sure if it's just the military speaking or if we are strange but we really like being together. All the time. 24/7. We have been together for almost 5 years now and we aren't sick of each other at all.

I can honestly say that I can spend every second of every day with my husband and still kiss him goodnight with a smile on my face. Is this strange? Does it have a ticking time bomb strapped to it? I don't know. All I know is that people are constantly telling me that it's their definition of healthy to designate time to themselves and/or with their friends.

I will admit that I feel awful when the girls are all getting together for dinner and I decline because it's a night that my husband is home and I don't want to leave him. But that's the military wife in me. It physically sickens me to purposely take time away from my husband. I just feel guilty for doing it. We went a year without one another and even before his deployment we would go months at a time without one another so it seems like I'm unappreciative of our time together.

I know that some girls get pretty annoyed by this. I can't blame them. I mean who wants to be scheduled in only when my husband isn't home so they can feel clearly inferior?

I wonder if this feeling will go away once he get's out? Am I seriously the only one or are you all just holding back on me?

Although I do have to admit, I really enjoy time away from my mommy duties. I think about her the entire time and I feel horrible about leaving her but the freedom I feel is incredible.