My Ranger talks to his parents on the phone while soaking up the birthday love on pass!
I can't believe this experience has finally come to a close, and I couldn't be more proud of my darling, brave husband for persevering through one of the toughest leadership courses in the world and successfully graduating Ranger School!
As a new military spouse, learning to find balance and flexibility in the midst of isolation (and a touch...
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
The New Normal
Funny enough, back in September I was just a little bit nervous about living alone for the first time ever (I'd had roommates for years) and laughed hysterically over this video with my mom and sister. Scary true. Not all of it, I mean, I'd never admit...
If this is all new for you too, how are you adjusting?
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Saga Continues!
Super sketchy shot of Camp Rogers, where I picked M up for Christmas Exodus
What started as our Ranger School story has turned into our Ranger School saga...
Nevertheless, I love and support my courageous hubby 110% and I feel like it's good to be one tiny voice of "(hey! not everyone sails through in 60 days! and that's ok! it's the nature of the beast.)"
I could go intro great detail on the nature of his experience and the...
Saturday, November 24, 2012
What keeps you sane while your sweetheart is away?
Home Alone (Phase) 3
After 78 days of playing this Ranger School game... I'm relatively settled in to a routine of living alone.
From taking care of business all on my own to deciding that it's acceptable to wear leggings every day of the week, catch up on all the classic movies and Law & Order I can handle for the year, and eat roasted brussel sprouts for dinner... ok maybe it's not the most balanced routine, but it works!
What...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Recycle Land
What?! Recycled? No, no, no, not him, he's too strong, he leads too well, his peers all like him....
Well, ladies, I don't care how strong or tough your men are... sometimes at Ranger School, it's all about numbers. If RI's need to have 30 men recycle, they're going to get those numbers. B. gave me the reasons he recycled -- and as luck has it, it was just a bad draw of RI graders. He got the same one twice -- and that fellow was PCS-ing to Hawaii after that, so he failed everyone he graded. B. then had 1 shot with a "fair"...
The Lost Art of Letter Writing
We, as Ranger School wives, girlfriends and fiances, are intimately acquainted with a tradition long out of practice - the art of writing love letters. At this vantage point of Day 54 (36 to go! Hooah!) synthesizing all I would share about day-to-day life, our hopes and dreams, and how much I miss my other-half into a peppy little letter of encouragement has gotten quite natural. But for me, it’s been a learning experience.
After...
Friday, October 19, 2012
Last Day of Mountain Phase
I really struggled with the title of this post. Maybe it's because I have zero information about what's going on over there, but I've become highly superstitious these past 40 days. Seriously, do you realize that God would have ended the flood in Noah's time by now? 40 days and 40 nights. Not saying that the Almighty-created flood compares to Ranger school, I'm just making a dramatic point.
I didn't want to call this post what I did --...
Monday, October 15, 2012
Care Package Time!
Ok, for those of you class 11-12 procrastinators like me, you just might have one day left to send a care package. Maybe. With priority mail from Texas, this box of goodies is supposed to arrive Wednesday and only cost me a small arm and a leg to ship. It was about the size of 2 large flat rate boxes ($15/each) so for $30 flat rate would have actually cost me 40 cents more! Ha. I'm clearly out of touch with shipping rates.
I just...
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Ranger On
Hi Friends!
How are y'all hanging in there?
For those of us with guys in class 11-12, we've only got 23 days until the first graduation week pass! Yeah!!!
Sorry to be so absent lately, but we've had one hellofa week. In short, my dad-in-law had a medical emergency, in fact, his heart completely stopped, and we had some tough choices to make in regards to Ranger School. I'm not usually keen on divulging personal details like...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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