"rock of the marne ma'am"

Today has been a very productive day overall. I've gotten our wedding gifts put away and packed up the items it replaced. I also gave away SEVERAL pairs of shoes! And...it doesn't stop there, I also cleaned our entire place, except the master bedroom.

BUT, the highlight of the day was driving onto post at the guarded gate, it's the one that I was NEVER able to go through without being in Mikey's car. However; now I am officially part of the Army. As a wife I have stickers on my windshield that allow me to use THAT gate! Yippee. And, as I showed him my military ID he responded with "Rock of the Marne Ma'am." Wow, that's something they used to only say when Mikey was with me...I'm thinking at this point this is really cool. Then as I drive the speed limit (I don't need a ticket on my first day on post all alone...what would Mikey think!). I passed a MP (phew, passed that test) and found my way to the commissary. I made it - I can now get those great deals on pop without calling Mikey to make sure he gets there before coming home. It was official again! Instead of me rambling on and on I should just stop and say this - I finally felt ownership to being in the Army. I've been left off my leash and Mikey no longer has to hold my hand while on-post.

Phew, now to sit here and watch Lifetime - I need to make sure I catch up on Army Wives so I can really see what they mess up. Mikey always points it out and now the test is on for me...let's see how much knowledge I really have!

Tata for now everyone...thanks for joining!

annie

My first night alone as a wife

Here I am, alone as a wife. Not because Mikey left me, but his job called and he is on night shift at the tower. (Don't ask what he does because I don't even really understand yet! I'm just glad he is still around some of the time.) So let me tell you my adventures of today - I realize now that I'm a wife I am suffering from short-term memory loss! Here's why - I went to make some noodles for lunch (nothing left in the house) and I left the water boiling and forgot about it until the water was all gone. Mikey was the only reason our house or our pot didn't start on fire. Whew, he's got this husband thing down! Then, as I get done with work I start unpacking, to which I find a disaster from a lotion explosion in the front of one of the suitcases...okay, I should clean that. But instead I decide I'm exhausted and I want to watch a little television. Oops, I fall asleep!

When I awake it shows 8:00 on the clock. I panic and think I should jump in the shower for work...and for some reason I was thinking we had a guest that left and got lost so I grab my phone and start looking through my contacts. I seriously think I lost my mind. I couldn't figure out what was going on, if it was the morning or evening or what I was doing anymore. Finally I got myself together and figured out it was 8 PM and I should just keep working on unpacking, laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping. Out to my adventure of grocery shopping, which for the most part was uneventful. It took my nearly an hour though to get the necessities because I was randomly going all over the store. I just can't get my bearings tonight.

Next stop is home. I get the groceries put away, change a load of laundry and check email again. Doing well - except it hit me that at some point I should go and check on my noodles...yep, I did it again. Only this time I had put the noodles in the water and now they were frying to the bottom of the pan. Wow, I'm batting zero!!! No biggie, I'll just eat noodles that are overcooked enough a 6 month old could eat them. Gross, but I did what I needed. I figured if I went to cook something else I would FOR SURE start this place on fire. But now, as I sit in our backyard I think I've figured out it isn't me just being a bad wife, I'm blaming the full moon!

With that, I think I should go to bed - let's just hope I remember to shut off all things that could burn up and remember to set the alarm! I'd say that now that I just typed it I will for sure remember, but as this day is going it is proving different!

I'm off to bed - with my recent humidity shower from being outside I can only imagine how cute I'll look to Mikey when he gets home!

goodnight, dream sweet everyone.

Annie

...now what do I do as a Wife?

Well, we made it through the adventure of our wedding weekend and our week of "relaxation." It was all amazing to me, as I walked down the isle and stood in front of everyone at our reception I was overwhelmed by the love in the room. Everyone worries about your stress level, but no one can ever prepare you for the emotions of watching your husband gaze into your eyes with all his love and then to look out to a room of others with tears in their eyes and smiles on their faces...it is all so much to take in and truly touched my heart. We cherished every moment and several times Mikey and I asked each other if we could just put it all into slow motion or pause to absorb it all. I still think the entire weekend hasn't fully hit us yet. I know we didn't get to spend enough time or talk to everyone we wanted to, so let me thank you through this blog and tell you all how special you are.

And now we are back in Savannah, starting to figure out what the role of a wife and a husband is. We are just waiting for something to be SO different - which I'm sure we'll notice in the upcoming days. I suppose being in our own home and really realizing this is the start of "our family" will hit us and we'll transition into our new "roles" quickly. One thing Mikey's already noticed is that it is tougher for him to see me tired or upset because he just wants to make his wife happy - what a sweetie! Little does he know he's always wanted that and he's always done a great job at it.

Now that the planning is all done I'll try to update this more often...thanks again for all of your support. I look forward to the next time we meet up again!

All the love,

Annie