Ding Dang Darned Day

Yup, that about sums up the day.  Let me start with yesterday, when I fell on the pavement using only my knee to break my fall, leaving a huge scrape that still burns like fire.  Thanks to the pain, I finally fell asleep around 5am, waking up at 7:30… so this is where we start.

In the wee hours of the morning I realize that today is the day… my brother in law is leaving once again on deployment, and it breaks my heart.  His wife is my ultimate military spouse hero, and their two girls are amazing.  This is a family full of love, tenderness, compassion, and it’s out there for the whole world to see.  14 years of marriage and you’d think they were still newlyweds.  My sister in law remains so strong in his absence and is the photograph next to the word “support” in the dictionary.

It’s hard for people not in a military family to understand deployment.  This is the job that all service members signed up to do. They didn’t sign up to be a mechanic, a driver, an admin guy, a cook, etc.  They signed up to fight for our country’s freedom, and that job takes them to war.  When they are not deployed, their job is to get ready to deploy. That is it!!!  As my mom always asks “Does he have to go?” the answer is always “yes!!!” It may suck, and it might not be understood by all, but to a marine/soldier/seaman/airman…this is what they do.  Everything else is just prep work.  It is their job to fight, it is our job to love them.  Funny how something that sounds so simple is the most complicated thing in the world.

So, as I am sitting in the waiting room at the Doctors this morning, I start to tear up with a trifecta of sadness.  70% for my brother/sister/family who are having to say their goodbyes now, 20% for me thinking that that is going to be me in two more months, and 10% pregnant hormones.  Yup, I’ll pull that card. 

Sucking it up and dealing with it, moving on about my day…. I return home from my five hour trip looking forward to the deliciousness of the pot roast that I put in the crock pot that morning, only to find that I forgot to plug the darned thing in!!! I even turned the crockpot on high real quick and googled how long meat could stay at room temperature without being a danger (yes I was that upset/determined) and I was well past the two hour limit. Darnit!!!! This is just my luck!  Grabbing the crockpot to toss the entire thing, I burnt my fingers!!  How did it get so hot in 5 minutes?  So I resign myself to spaghetti, quick and easy, right?! The water started to boil and I grabbed the box of noodles to dump them in, and half of them dump out onto the floor.  At this point I just don’t care any longer.  Yup, I picked those bad boys off y kitchen floor, threw them in the pot, and walked away.  I’m going to go finish creating this dinner and sit still somewhere before I can mess up anything else. 

Thanks for letting me vent, and if nothing else, I hope I accomplished something today by putting a smile on someone else’s face.