As many of you know, my husband Colin, is in the Army and has been deployed for the last year of our marriage. Well, this isn't so much about weightloss, rather a big change in both our lives! Why? BECAUSE MY SOLDIER IS COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!
So, in the next few weeks, Colin is going to be coming home from his deployment. It's been a year, and a very LONG year, but I'm having so many mixed feelings! Of course I'm ecstatic, but I've gotten this life down to a routine! So, I thought I would lay out for you all the great and not so great, things there are when dealing with homecomings! Cons: You may ask "Cara, how can there be cons? Your husband has been gone a year, it should be all roses, puppies and rainbows!" Let me tell you my friend, there are things...OH, there are things! One thing, how he eats damn pickles! He will suck off the juice then take about another 20 minutes to eat one spear! UGH!! It drives me CRAZY, and he knows it does! So, here are a few more cons:
- I can't listen to my country music all the time anymore
- I'm no longer the driver of the car!
- I've trained Tony to listen to me, now the poor pup is going to be confused!
- Grocery bill will be doubled (plus more, who are we kiddin?)
- My closet space is divided in two, as well as my dresser space!
- I lose a lot of my sleeping t-shirts!
- I've gotten my diet so strict that I don't keep anything extra in the place anymore!
- Golds has become a second home, now I have to keep both our reputations up!
- I have to share my puppy cuddle buddy
With cons, come even more pros however. I get to get a hug and kiss every single day!! There is absolutely nothing better than that at all! It makes all the pickles worth it! Here are some of the awesome things about having Colin home:
- I don't have to take Tony out in the morning or at night anymore!
- Finally, someone to help me carry the groceries up the stairs!
- Lightbulb out? Colin to the rescue! - I have too many high dishes!
- I don't have to put the silverware away anymore when dishes are clean! :)
- No more folding socks for this lady!
- Breakfasts will be taken care of! :)
- I get to spend the next two years with my best friend and the love of my life!!!
So, obviously the pros completely outweigh the cons, but it's going to take some time to adjust to each other! We've been apart for a whole year, and he has developed his life, and I have mine, but it will be so nice waking up every morning to my soldier laying next to me! It will make all the crazy way he eats those damn pickles, totally worth it!
I think the sock folding alone should be reason to get excited! You're right about the silverware thing, too. I love that we're both so annoyed by the exact same silly little jobs. :)
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