Drama Drama Drama

On a happy note, this is my 200th post! Yay me for actually keeping up (however sporadic) with blogging!

On a less happy note. Man am I TIRED of drama! It seems like there must be something in the air or something because drama is coming across the interwebs in waves!

I'm not going to get into serious specifics, because I get the feeling that's just going to cause more drama, so let me just say my point of view. Granted, my point of view is just that, my point of view. Others who are players in this drama might have felt or perceived things to be VERY different than I did, and if that's the case, let me apologize in advance and please let me know if I have my facts very wrong.

There's this group on facebook. I know I know, the words have just caused whoever is reading to think already "well OBVIOUSLY there's going to be drama from that hot mess!" but hear me out. It was supposed to be drama free. I can feel you giving me a look now. I know.....what was I thinking? The groups that say "let's keep out of the drama" are usually the most dramatic, which is why we love them.

It was a military wife venting group. Man, you know just attempting to type this all out is just making the outcome all the more predictable isn't it?

And it was a secret group. (Yeah, this is just becoming silly to even try and complain about drama)

Long story short: I somehow got deleted from said group. I was a little bummed, but took it philosophically. My sweet friend took it a bit harder than I, and fought for me to get reinstated. I was, with a sincere apology. I was happy to get my "free soap opera" back. Then, my sweet friend posted a vent, it got taken the wrong way, and she was somehow talking about a entirely different issue than the one she was venting about. Mainly, me getting deleted. Afterward, she either left the group or was deleted after having words with the creator of said group.

Now, the part that I'm more than a little puzzled by is this: why on earth was I deleted too? I had no idea that friendships were now "black marks" against being able to be a part of social subgroups on social networking sites. I'm starting to see why Sailorman has made it very clear that he'd prefer I didn't hangout with Military Wives, because about 80% of them do seem to be rather nuts, take great offense to things, and generally blow things out of proportion. I'm not saying I'm not prone to the same thing, because let's face it, we're all human and we all make mistakes. I just don't get it, why on earth do people need to make things so complicated?

Randomness From the Squirrel House

Couple of random and in my opinion funny things have happened in the last few weeks. The first being, Sailorman fell asleep really quickly last week, so we didn't get our usually 5-10 mins of cuddling before rolling over into our usual sleep positions. I was fine with it, and fell asleep quicker than usual. Sailorman on the other hand......around midnight he starts nudging me with his hand. That finally wakes me up, so I turn over and go "what?" he then says "I want snuggles cuz I love the snuggles" I'm half awake, mostly annoyed, but I know that if I don't snuggle he'll just keep bugging me. So I nuzzle in, and get this.....he just lays there, and starts snoring. He did this all in his sleep! When I asked him about it the next day he denied it, but come on.....can you make something like that up?

Next ont he list: I went to bed rather early Saturday night. What can I say? I was tired, and decided 9:30 was a perfectly great time to go to bed. Around 10:30 Sailorman comes in, and wakes me up with a "babes, whatcha doing in bed so early?" ummm.....well sweetheart, I was sleeping, because that's what people do when they're tired. Fast forward a few more hours, it's now 3 am and I wake up realizing two things: 1. it's three in the morning and 2. Sailorman is sleeping on my pillow. Not cuddling, just really close to me on my pillow. As soon as I shifted, he whipped around to his pillow, as if even in his sleep he was saying "I don't know what you're talking about, I've been here the whole time." Sigh....

Next morning, I wake up and it's 9, Sailorman staring at me. Can you say creepy? I ask what time it is, he tells me, and then says "wow baby, you must've been really tired!" I wonder why. I get up and make breakfast, which was a potato, chorizo, and egg scramble (we forgot to buy tortillas, but Sailorman said it was all good since he doesn't need extra carbs.) I haven't made this since July 2010 when he came to visit me in SF. I asked him how it came out, I like knowing if he likes what I've made, even if chances are great that he does. He replies with a "it's AWESOME honey!" Me being me, I ask "just as good as when I made it in CA?" then get this: "BETTER! Cuz this time there's sour cream on it, and you're my wife!"

I about fell off the couch laughing, especially since he put sour cream first.

Blog Facelift

If you haven't noticed, I got a makeover! YAY!!! This something that I've wanted to do for a LONG time, but honestly I didn't have a clue what I really wanted as my blog layout until after I got married. Of course, I didn't really settle on a name for my blog until after we were engaged for a while, so me taking forever to figure something out isn't that big of a jump right?

Anyways, the ever so amazing Brea over at Utterly Chaotic Designs took a few hours and my ramblings and came up with what I wanted, down to the tee. I am soo in love with my squirrel, not gonna lie. Even Sailorman thinks it's pretty badass, though him being the gun nut that he is did have to say that that the "the dude's gun looks way too big for him, if he shot it I'm pretty sure that he'd be a flying squirrel." My husband is a total dork. I guess that makes him pretty perfect for me right?

Let me just say that if you're thinking about a blog design, and are completely design dumb like I am, Brea if your girl! She's funny, smart, and gets it done really fast. Go check her out!

Bands For Arms

Married to a Sailor: The Journey of a Navy Wife is hosting a pretty amazing giveaway from Bands for Arms. Here's their mission statement:

"Welcome to Bands for Arms, whose mission is primarily focused towards all United States Military Services Members. Bands For Arms will donate a percentage of the sale price supporting military non-profit organizations, to help raise funds to continue a bridge of communication with their loved ones. Communication with Sailor, Airmen, Coast Guard, Marine or Soldier with their loved ones back home, is the primary goal and mission of Bands For Arms.

Every Bands For Arms bracelet is hand crafted in it's own creation, so none are identical or made the same, making each one unique and personal.
Each personal Bands For Arms bracelet has a uniform piece from a service member, incorporated within the bracelet.
With each Bands For Arms bracelet, you will receive a small description of the service member who provided their piece towards the bracelet. " ~Bands for Arms

Who wouldn't want to support a company like that? Honestly, even if I don't win the bracelet, I'm fairly certain somewhere down the line I'm going to end up purchasing a bracelet from them. Who wouldn't love to own one of these unique bracelets? Check out the link to enter in the giveaway (though, I'm half hoping you won't because I want to win!!)

I'm Back

She posts again, it's a miracle!

 It's strange when it gets right down to it, I think I enjoy the idea of blogging much more than the actual doing. Why? Probably because actually blogging means I have to focus and sit down at my computer and type. This girl isn't too used to typing anymore! Especially not on her computer. Sailorman and I are complete internet hogs, so this last month we used up our entire allotted amount (we have verizon internet because the apartment stuff SUCKS) in like two weeks. That meant two weeks of relying on our phones for internet which was just.....not fun.

Now that I'm done complaining, what was I going to write about? Honestly I have no idea now. Weird.

I suppose I could vent a little. I'm a stay at home wife. That's my "job" so to speak right now. I don't really want to look for work, mainly because I get the feeling that it's just going to be a ton of disappointment. School isn't a huge priority for me at this moment, I get the feeling that'll change in the coming months. I'm cool with that. I like the fact that Sailorman isn't pressuring me to do anything. We're both more than ok with me being home.

My problem is this: people who judge that. Just because I'm home all day doesn't mean that I sit on my ass watch tv, and do nothing. I didn't think that it would be this much work being married, but it is. We went to the bank to get my name changed/on the main account. When the woman asked me what I did, I said I wasn't currently working. Her reaction? "Oh so you just stay at home, that's nice. It must be so relaxing to just be able to do that. I wish I could just be home all day." GRRRRRRRR.

 I went for a break from school during Sailorman's deployment, so I was a sort of "stay at home wife" for my mom. There wasn't nearly as much work. I mean, I had to clean, I cooked, did laundry. Not a huge deal. I also took care of our dog, which again, was not a biggie. I still had tons of time to skype, email, and chat with Sailorman. Not to mention there was tons of time to just not sleep. Now, I'm up a little bit after Sailorman leaves, I take a while to wake up, and then I'm cleaning for the bigger part of the day. How it's possible to need to clean something everyday is just weird. Boys are messy! Not to mention all the errands and the looong list of things I need to get to keep the house running smoothing. Then, there's the whole "dealing with my big baby" once he's home from work. Let me just say, I'm so happy we're waiting to have children, because my husband is already a pretty big one as it is!

Little Update, Veteran's Edition

Hello lovelies!

Here I am again, blogging from my phone because.....dun dun dun, we don't have internet right now. Sailorman and I have verizon internet, and have currently used it all up. Me on facebook, blogger, pintrest, failbook, and fmylife.com lol. His on airsoft forums, and gun sites. Yeah, we're both insanely nerdy in very different ways. Yay for my data plan, that's all I can say.

On to what's been going on with me. This weekend is the VIB Sephora 20% off sale.  Sweet deal if you ask me, and Sailorman was so sweet in coming to the mall with me and hanging out in sephora with me while I browsed. Speaking of which, we ran into Mr. And Mrs. Y from Miles Behind Me! It was so random, and Mrs. Y and I have been talking for about a year via FB and text, so to see her and meet her hubs was a treat.

This weekend Sailorman is heading out to skeetshoot tomorrow, airsoft games Saturday, and possibly Williamsburg Sunday/Monday! I'm excited, seeing as how I've never been :) I hope you all have an amazing Veteran's Day weekend, I know I'm going to be cherishing my time with my amazing husband!

Our Weekend.

This weekend, Sailorman went Airsofting Saturday, then it was videogames and football all day Sunday. Airsoft is his new thing. He started this absolute obsession when he was deployed, and I was on board, much to his surprise. I knew that this would keep him active, which is great, and it would keep him from drinking. Not that he's a drunk or alcoholic by any means, but before I moved out here, and he was still hanging out with his old roommate Chris, let's just say that bars and rather large bar tabs were the story of his weekends. Now while Airsofting isn't cheap by any means, I'm positive that in the end it's worth it. Except for the fact that I'm pretty much alone on the weekends. That part is slightly sucky.

 I think Sailorman was feeling rather sorry for me last night, so he actually came out and hung out with me for an hour in the living room. Might not seem like much, but it was nice to watch The Big Bang Theory with him, say the lines before the actors did, and just laugh together. It's those little tiny moments that warm my heart, and make me realize just how lucky I am to have married my best friend, the guy who loves all my dorky, nerdy ways. The guy who kind of shook his head and laughed when I said I wanted to see The Muppets when it came out, then about an hour later came out of his room, looked at me and said "baby, we HAVE to see The Muppets when it cames out! It looks effing hilarious!" After I was done mocking him, it just made me happy that we (for the most part) enjoy the same stuff.

So how's married life? It's fun, it's frustrating, and it's absolutely wonderful. There truly is nothing like seeing someone, faults and all, and loving them unconditionally.

How's Married Life?

The first question EVERYONE I talk to asks me. I honestly don't know how to answer it. It feels.....normal. It feels like we're still us, nothing has really changed, except for the fact that I use my NavyFed card for everything instead of my Amazon Visa (speaking of which, I need to talk to Sailorman about me continuing to use it and just writing my mom a check for what I spend each month, who doesn't love those points you can use???)

Have things really changed? In some ways yes, I'm cleaning up after Sailorman A LOT more. I'm also doing all the cleaning period, which kind of sucks. But I do get the perks of being able to text him that we're out of 'fill in the blank' and can he pick some up after work and he does. It's nice to go to sleep and wake up next to Sailorman. Now that's awesome. This is the longest that we've ever been together straight. Unless you're in a military relationship, I think most people would think how on earth did we think we could get married. I think we've gotten to know each other more through our daily multiple hour phone calls faster than most who spend physical time with their SOs.

So, how's married life? In a nutshell, I want to kill him sometimes, he wants to kill me sometimes, but we're pretty gaga over each other. It's how we've always been, and hopefully, how we always will be.