new years-

I, for one, have not been looking forward to this year since last summer. However, I counted down the days til December 6th, is when we began our transfer to Virginia... What did I think? I could rush right through to December and then just have time stop..?
 Yeah..... well, that did not work out to well for me, here I am, already living in Virginia for damn near 2 months, and already beginning to face the reality that I had denied and dreaded.
....We are back on sea duty, at ship command. You know, the whole military, hurry up and wait... let us tell you one thing and do the opposite? .... not really giving a whole lot of compassion for your family, because lets be honest," if we wanted that baggage it would have been given to you in your seabag" type of reality. I will adjust, it's just a bit of a culture shock, for lack of better words.

To keep me sane, and occupied as I spend 80% of this year as a single parent, guardian of the home-front, homemaker, school seeking, worried wife, coffee dependent, insomniac... I plan to try my best to blog so that family, friends, and my husband can share our moments (and just so I can fill another slot in my bare calendar, to make me feel like I am busy,and important... in hopes of passing the time).

We absolutely love our house here, it is smaller than our first home, but the space is well used, and we are really enjoying making it ours, as we tweak things here and there to add our personality. We have spent almost everyday, at some part with our friends, neighbors or parks. We have begun settling in a new, fun, upcoming/growing church that fits our spiritual needs to a 'Tee'. I have absolutely no complains for Julian's school, they are a little less personable, but they do an amazing job taking care of Julian, and teaching him lots of new things. Josh has yet to step foot on his ship, as they were already out to sea by his report date, and despite all efforts to have him flown out, he is still here home with us( thank you Jesus, no complaints from us on that for sure).

I am getting use to being bored....hahaha! At first I was stir crazy, and losing my every loving mind, but as I adapt, my house is just always clean and I find myself spending more time in self evaluation, prayer, and study of Julian's diabetes trends and management. I also have begun to fiddle around with trying to cut corners and save money with couponing and sale surfing. Oh, and let me not forget, I also spend time, figuring out projects to help keep Josh's time filled up as well!(seriously....) he has this new thing for craftsmanship, and I am all about it! He spends hours in his cool little work shed, music playing, beer in hand, making me all my pinterest projects, (and making me one happy lady).

The boy's are making friends, and a new routine. Learning to play nicer together, and how to stay busy indoors, because this def isn't the same climate as good ole Mississippi, where flipflopps aren't just summer seasonal footwear.
 One thing we found to  be fun, and very entertaining is going to Dave and Busters! We went for the first time, and the boys had a absolute BLAST! We will probably make a habit of going there at least once a month while Daddy is gone. It's like a much more clean, well kept, yummy food and less germ filled arcade.