It has come to my attention...

...that I beat my husband in my sleep. Or I did at least, before I started taking 1/3 of a Tylenol PM before heading to bed. Suppose this means I'm working out agression while I sleep (or that we need a bigger bed)?

Working on BFF Status

So in case you didn't get the memo (which you wouldn't have because I'm a delinquent poster), we're moving to... Hawaii. Thrilled, I am not. Just because I'm a little overwhelmed by the prospect of putting every thing I own on a ship and sending it across an ocean (my friends and family all know how I feel about boating anyway!) and then there are the INSANE requirements for getting your dog on the island - requirements that are going to cause us to have to leave Baxter behind to live with my parents until Summer. Erik is pleased though, and for that I'm happy. I'll be happy wherever we are as long as we're together. Nothing is better than exploring the world with your husband.

And it helps that I have a friend coming along. A guy Erik is in class with and his wife (who were actually at Drum the same time we were but we never met) got the same assignment we did. She's fun and broke up with her BFF around the same time I did (for remarkably similar reasons) AND we seem to have a lot in common. So we like to joke we're working on our BFF status. Truthfully, I'd be concernicus if the other couple wasn't coming along to Hawaii - having a female friend already in the picture will help make those awkward-mandatory-fun/social functions a little less awkward, and when the innevitable second deployment looms it's ugly head, I'll have a friend nearby. Plus, Ichi is coming too. We should be able to claim that kid on our taxes by now.

So that's what I've got for now. I'll try to get better about posting - remember I was slow starting on the xanga too, and just think of the magic I created on there!!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it...

So last Wednesday my husband came home, handed me a piece of notebook paper with 9 places on it and told me that we had about 15 hours to pick our future. We did some research, some googling and made our decision. At first I was SO annoyed that the Army gave us such a short period of time to make our decision but honestly, I don't think we could have made better choices than we did.

Our top selections:
Ft. Campbell, Kentucky: We have wanted this post for awhile, it's the post nearest to the halfway point between our families. The downside - from what we understand, it means an almost immediate deployment for Erik, however, it'll be a deployment that is NOTHING like the one we just endured. It was still an awful decision to make, to decide it was better to take an easy deployment soon rather than a possibly more difficult one later.

Hawaii - Eh. I'm indifferent to this one, but Erik wants to stay light, so I went along with it. It's Hawaii for goodness sake!

Ft. Carson, Colorado: I'd like this one, I've heard its great but it would likely mean a deployment in the near future. It's a bitter pill to swallow, for sure, but at least I'd only be about 9 hours from home (on a good day).

Somewhere in Germany: I can't remember which post - there were two on the list, neither were the ones I'd heard of.

Ft. Hood, Texas: Because it would be better than going to Ft. Drum.

Ft. Drum, New York: Who in their right mind could stay away? I jest... I miss it, but I'm glad I didn't have to deal with the snow.

Ft. Bragg, North Carolina: Now you see why Ft. Drum was higher on the list.

Our options went on to include another post in Germany and (coming in dead last was) the post in Alaska where you-know-who will be taking over. No thanks to that. We aren't sure what we'll get yet, but if the last deployment was good for something it's that we have a good chance of getting what we want.

So that's my first blog. :)