Pity Party

Some days I just have so many emotions running through me. Pride for my husband, yet scared for his life. Loneliness for wishing I could see him everyday. Deprived for wanting him in my bed every night. Hopeful for the future. You name it, I feel it. 

I know that as long as we are together (even if he is deployed he is always in my heart) we can overcome anything that has been put in our path. but damn this is an emotional roller coaster, living one day at time! You never realize how much you love and need someone until they are no longer with you every day. My advice is to cherish every moment you spend together. Cherish every letter, phone call and text message. You don't know how long it might be before you hear from him again. 

Anyway, enough of the pity party. I'll leave you with this....

 

 

OH BTW: .... Deployment is half way over!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!

Happy Monday!

I can't believe the weekend is over already. On the bright side, I always look at it as one week closer to my husband being home. AND only one week until I leave for South Carolina to pick up the newest Marine of the family ... my awesome brother! I'm so excited to see what he looks like and how different he acts out of boot camp. This should bring back some memories from when I was there 4 years ago for Drew's graduation! This week will probably drag by since I have something to look forward to next week. 

(That always happens!)

On another note ... I ate terrible this weekend. I ruined Friday's workout by drinking wayyyyyyyy too many TRASH CANS at landmark ... along with margarita's, sweet tea vodkas, and god know's what else. WHY do I do this to myself? Fun time though! Got to see all the girls (and the guys too). It was totally worth it untilI woke up the next morning with that awful hangover that ruins your entire day. Sometimes I like to think I'm 21 again. I wish. I definitely can not hang like I used to. So Saturday was pretty much ruined. I didn't even start to feel better until at least 5pm ...and I worked that night so no fun there.

 Sunday, I had dinner with my momma at Panera Bread and of course indulged myself with their delicious, unhealthy food. .. I did go out for a run last night though. That has gotta count for something ....right?!

Back on track today!

Throwback Thursday

It's soooo weird looking back at old pictures. For the most part, everyone looks the same. It's amazing when you come across a good group of friends and years later, you're all still close. Even though we each have different things going on in our lives, we still make time for each other.

Anyway, I am determined to get back to the weight I was at a few years ago. Seeing these pictures really makes me feel like a total fat ass! It's sooo hard to stay motivated though. A cheeseburger and French fries sounds much more appetizing then any lean meat or vegetable on this planet. Though, I do have a much better variety of what I'll eat compared to a few years ago. All of the sudden, one day, out of no where I decided I liked onions, peppers, broccoli (I'd totally perfer it smothered in cheese but that's a no no), and many other things that I used to make faces at before. It makes me believe that your taste buds really do change every 7 years..or something like that. (I swear someone told me that, I'm not making this up!)  I have been trying to eat healthy and exercise. Not nearly as much as I would like to, but it's a start. Since we're on the subject, I did go to the gym yesterday and I actually jogged for 15 minutes straight! I know that doesn't sound very impressive but that's a huge accomplishment for me since I normally can't even jog more then 5 to 10 minutes at a time. I'm not even sure how that happen last night. I was just in the zone. (It also helps when I feel like other people are staring at me as if they care how long I'm running for). Hopefully I can step it up to 20 minutes tonight ...(let's not get ahead of ourselves, that may not happen right away). 

2008 - MCT Graduation

Never thought I'd do this..

So I never thought I would jump on the "blogging train" but here I am! I still don't even know why I am here or what I am going to write about, but if you feel like listening to me vent about my wonderful life ... hang on for the ride! 

A little about myself ....

My name is Danielle, I am 24 years old and  I am a Military Wife from New Jersey! I have been married to my high school sweetheart for a little over 2 years now. We don't have any little ones yet, but we do have a 6 year old black lab who is our baby girl. We are a little too obsessed with her sometimes, but that's okay with us. As for my husband, he has been part of the USMC since April 2008. Years ago when he decided to join the military, I never thought we would be where we are today. He is currently in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (He did get to come home on R&R for two weeks last month, thankfully!) He will be returning in February/March of 2013. He is stationed out of Camp Pendleton, California where I lived with him on base for about a year and half. I moved back home to New Jersey in February when he deployed so I would have the help of my family and friends to get me through each day. So far, so good. As long as I keep myself occupied, I'm okay. I work at a tanning salon at the moment and am hopefully going back to school in September. (Still trying to figure that all out right now). 

Well, that's all for now!

- D

Drew & I when he came home on R&R!