About that time

Well it's that time again. DJ is on yet another underway, the longest one. This one seems to be affecting everyone more than the past ones. Maybe its because it is so much longer or maybe it's because they weren't home very long in between the last one and this one. Who knows? I just know none of us are really liking it. This time, I dropped DJ off, which is usual. But afterwards, I came home got ready and went with a friend to actually watch the ship pull out. It was such a bittersweet moment to be there for. So hard to watch the ship leave knowing my husband was on it, and many of my friends husbands and their babies fathers. It was hard not to jump right in the water and go after him! But the jellyfish stopped that idea pretty fast. As much as I wanted to break down and cry, I smiled, I smiled because I know how hard not only DJ but thousnads of others sailors have worked to get that this point, to have the Big E on the move again. It makes me so proud of all of them! But especially DJ! As he packed uniforms, washed uniforms, and folded uniforms the night before I just watched him in awe! Not that I haven't seen him do all those things a million times before, but he just amazes me. One of the few men I know on the ship that loves his job, even on bad days he finds something great to tell me about, he takes pride in being squared away at all times in uniform. And he loves the Navy, for all they have given him and us. Alot of people would disagree with the both of us on that, and thats okay. I'm not always a fan of the Navy, I mean I miss my family so much it hurts and then having DJ be gone to is just very difficult at moments. But all in all the Navy has been good to us, pays the bills, puts food on the table. And not to mention we love the command. They have always been good to us. I see so many people say that the Navy isn't "real" military, that they don't do anything but "float around". And being 110% honest I used to think the same. And its not an argument I am going to spend my time in with someone, I know that's not the truth and I know how hard my husband works, and to me it doesn't take being on the frontline or handling a gun to be an American Solider or in our home an American Sailor. Or a hero.

Now to my sweet husband, I have to take a mintue to brag on him! I was completly down the other day(the day before they left) and dreading it coming so soon. As I watched some TV and was putting away dishes I heard to front door start to open! Much to my surprise there he was!!!!!!!! Home at 10am! I helped him get things out of his car, and as he leaned in to get something, I just stood behind him waiting. He turns around with that HUGE smile of his and handed me a gift bag...I asekd what it was for and he told me it was my anniversary gift! Our one year anniversary is this month and we will be celebrating it apart. I was in such shock he was even thinking about our anniversary. Especially with everything happening on the ship. But little did I know he had been thinking about it for a while. All week he had been taking people's working parties so he would have enough money to buy me a gift ( he didn't want to use our account because I check it daily lol) smart boy! He bought me an awesome Navy wife shirt & key chain, he said it wasn't much, But I don't think he knows just how much it meant, I had butterflies like the day he first asked me to be his girlfriend 3 years ago! We agreed to do gifts that day but save our cards for our anniversary! I just can't think of a better way to send him off!