{"id":20671,"date":"2013-11-07T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/?p=20671"},"modified":"2013-11-07T09:40:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:40:59","slug":"deployment-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/deployment-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Deployment Day #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been one week.<\/p>\n

We’re fine.<\/p>\n

My new definition of “fine”<\/p>\n

Teeth brushing: Optional. Try to find your own toothbrush, if you can’t use your siblings, if you can’t find any toothbrush get a drink of water, swish it around your mouth, and go to bed.<\/p>\n

Hair brushing: Optional for everyone including me.<\/p>\n

Homeschool: Not optional. Please be up and at the school table before lunch. Getting dressed is optional.<\/p>\n

Chores: Semi-optional. Will be completed randomly when mom freaks about about the mess level rising.<\/p>\n

Meals: Who said cereal wasn’t for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? I also discovered we live 5 minutes from a Little Caesers pizza, I’ll probably end up on their Christmas card list for frequent visits.<\/p>\n

Grocery Shopping: Who knew convenience stores had such a large selection?<\/p>\n

I’m only half kidding, but I’m learning to be okay with a little something I’m calling “transition time.”<\/p>\n

In other exciting deployment news, I had to take the dog to get his nails trimmed. He’s a nail trimming flunky and we’ve already had four unsuccessful attempts to get them trimmed. On the advice of a friend I took him to a different place.<\/p>\n

He flipped out as soon as we got in the door. My eighty pound normally very well behaved dog was dragging me around the office like a rag doll. He was barking, growling, and generally scaring the heck out of anyone who came in the office.<\/p>\n

\"dog\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I attempted to fill out the paperwork while losing all feeling and blood flow to my arm from the leash.<\/p>\n

I was mad. I’m always irritated by people who cannot control their dogs, especially big ones. I was now one of those people.<\/p>\n

I was mad I had to take the dog, that I wasn’t strong enough to control the dog, that I even let my kids talk me into getting a dog. I was mad this was now my responsibility.<\/p>\n

I wish I could say I learned something in all this- but I haven’t yet. I’m sure I will, but I’m still nursing rope burns on my arms from the leash.<\/p>\n

My husband has been deployed to the Middle East for 274 days.\u00a0 These are my real thoughts expressing my heart during his absence.\u00a0 I appreciate your prayers and kind words as we cope, adapt, and carry on without him until August 2014.\u00a0 To read from the beginning, click here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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