This is My Place to: Vent, Rant, Cry and Laugh

Matthew checked into the base today! He says the ship is ginormous inside and out and feels it will take a month or two of figuring out until he will know where he need to go to get to where he is going. He was assigned a rack and another Petty Officer stayed late after his shift to show him around. He seemed pretty excited about the whole thing.

Of course I can see the nerves he has, because one, I have them too, and two, I am his wife, and I know him very well. Seems like I know him better than he knows himself at times! He was told it was a great time to show up, right before a deployment. The guy showing him around said, as horrible as it may seem, it works out great in your benefit. He will get to qualify much faster being out at sea, and start his job, and also gain a rank! So my baby will be an E5 when he comes home, without having to re-enlist! As well as the big deployment being now, he will get to be home for the next 8 months, and may not have to go back out to sea for any of that time. Oh but here is the kicker! Are you all ready for this?!

Matthew was informed that the Lincoln will be moving ports in Jan of 2012! So my dreams of being somewhere for a long period of time were crushed! We will have to move all the way back to the East Coast to Virginia in a year and 4 months. Then we will move, and right after (or right before we move) matt will go on another 8 months deployment. I suppose a year and 4 months is longer than the 6 months we were in New York, but not as long as I would have hoped for. Oh well, we will see how this all plays out, and I am sure I will blog about it.

As of right now, in the moment, I am sad, mad, nervous, anxious, and having a bit of a sweet tooth. Matthew and I had the "D" talk today... that's right, DOG. (What were you thinking?! lol) I have been wanting one, and wanting one, and he has been coming up with every excuse not to go ahead and get one. "too expensive" "I wont see him grow up" "We don't have a big enough place" "we already have 2 cats'' "It's just not the right time" blah blah blah blah BLAH! Anyway, he and I had a long talk and it ended with me mad, and storming off into the bedroom, and him sitting downstairs playing his games.

He ended up coming upstairs to apologize after each of us had time to cool off, and he told me if I wanted to keep looking while he was gone, and found one I know he would approve of and for the right price, I can go ahead and get him. If not, when he gets home, we will bump up the price we are willing to pay for the dog, and go ahead and get one from the breeders in the area.

What's funny, is my friend Caitlyn and I had plotted this whole scheme before he mentioned it. So either he was reading our messages, or she and I are just smart, and he finally gained half a brain cell! Either way, we talked it out in a mature manner and we are all better now. He even helped me make dinner tonight!

We ended up making breakfast for dinner, possibly one of my favorite things in the world! We had bacon and eggs, and Matthew made diced potatoes and seasoned them! So delicious! It was fun, we were jamming out to music on his new speakers, dancing around and being goofy! It was fabulous!

Matthew bought new speakers yesterday. Not just any speakers. Gigantic home theatre speakers, like you see in rich peoples "Theatre room". He has been looking at this specific brand for about a year now, and budgeting for them. When all of a sudden a guy on Craigslist was selling the exact same speakers, sub woofer and receiver matt wanted, all for 1,000 bucks. I know it seems like a lot, but apparently these speakers are 650 a piece. So he got not only a great deal, but we have money left over from what we were saving for... (Can we say, "Add to the puppy fund!"? I know I can!) Anyway, he is so excited about these speakers, it's ridiculous. It makes me heart melt to see him so happy about something. It's been a while since he has gotten himself something like this. he works, and works and gets paid, but he never spends it on anything BIG. Mostly little things, like a game here and there or clothes or food. so I am happy for him.

Goodness, I really shouldn't do the blogs when I am bored and have a lot of time on my hands. They get to be really long and boring. I should try spicing these up! Nah... this is my place to get all my thoughts out. vent, rant, cry, laugh, whatever. It's really not for your enjoyment, so don't think for one minute I care what you think! Haha jk, I do.. but not enough to change anything. so HA! Anyway, I am going to go, with all the goofing around and dancing in the kitchen, we made a mess, so I should clean that up before I become too lazy to do so! Until next time...

~ Live, Laugh, Love

We Finally Made it to Washington

So, Matthew and I finally made it to Washington! We are living in the cutest town home in Marysville, and I couldn't be happier with our find. It's crazy to think that Matt and I will be here for at least 3 years! We will be here for a while! We wont be moving so soon! It's so exciting! :)

We got here on the 4th of August, and unloaded the truck and everything that day. Just Matt and myself, it was hard, but I am very proud of myself. I am a lot stronger than I thought I was! Throughout the weeks, we have been slowly unpacking, and playing games mostly. Last weekend we decided we would go into downtown Seattle. It was a ton of fun, as we walked through what felt like a carnival, and then toured the science museum. Matthew was cute, trying out every little experiment thing they had set up. He was just one of the other 300 kids running around. We didn't see much of Seattle last week, because it's a huge city, but we hope to go back before Matthew leaves.

Yes, Matthew's ship the U.S.S Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to leave in early September for 8 months. I am not looking forward to it one bit. I can't complain too much, I knew this day would come for 2 years now. I have been talking to my friend Elsie, and I think she may come down and live with us for a while though. It will be so nice to have her as a roommate while he is gone, and more fun when he is here. She will just become part of the family.

I hope it works out well at least. My friend Caitlyn has had several roommates, and each had their problems, so I hope it's not like that! We will see though, and she and I both agreed, if it doesn't work out, we will help her find a nice place in town she can afford.

While Matt is away, I also plan on having a job. I have been looking like crazy, but i haven't heard back or found anything yet. But I have only been looking for about 2 weeks, so I haven't lost hope yet. Just have to keep trying. Something will come up sooner or later!

Things in Washington are going well so far. The allergies are really starting to bug me, but I pop in a Clearetin Clear first thing in the morning and it usually lasts all day! the weather isn't as rainy as everyone says it is. We have been here for about 20 days now, and i have seen maybe 2 days of rain. Maybe that is a lot to some people? But not to me. Besides it wasn't like a down pour of rain, it was more of a light misting throughout the day, it was actually very nice. But I do hear in the winter, it rains a lot more. Most winters it just rains and rains and never snows, but there are the occasionally winters where it snows, and it snows a ton! Well, I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Anyway, things are going well here for the moment, I know I wont be saying this when it comes time to see my baby off to sea. But until that day comes...

~ Live, Laugh, Love