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
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