Meanwhile back on the ranch
Scribbled down on February 9th, 2009 by she
Posted in Random Burbling
Weekly call from Drew concluded last night with his reminder that he’s close to 1/2 way through his tour. Good thing too. Apparently when I’m not the one traveling I miss him more than expected. Granted he was gone for a long time before he left for KAF what with the course in Montreal and his quick stint in Calgary. So by those standards we’re closer to 80% of the way through his time away rather than 50%.
Mostly I miss the conversations we have. We talk about some of the silliest and fun things. Serious stuff too. Sure we get to talk for 30-40 minutes a week but it’s not the same. Mostly, it’s just too short and there’s too much yawning going on during than calls.
Military families get notices of the types of things to talk about (or avoid) during calls to keep up morale. Avoiding fighting or whining is supposed to be rule #1. avoiding fighting is easy. We rarely argue. Too rational I think. Mostly we just rant, listen to each other and move on. Avoiding whining is harder. Our previous daily routine was to come home and rant or whine about work for 10-15 mind. Once out of our systems we moved on. A shared burden is an easier burden to carry.
For the moment we’re carting around extra shares of our concerns lately.
Perhaps that’s why I blog my whinging (not a spelling mistake, Scottish for whining). It let’s me share my day with Drew while he’s half way across the world. That way I can move on to whatever the next day brings. Tomorrow, I’ve got to head into work early to attend a meeting. Will need to try and get to bed early tonight. Not a good idea to sleep in…
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February 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
And how is he doing?
February 9th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I’ll leave that up to him to answer next time he reads/posts on the blog.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Glad he is most of the way through the tour. I would have a tough time as a military wife. Keep a stiff upper.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
fine
February 9th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
One word answers from “chatty Cathy” just doesn’t seem right…
February 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
A man of few words. Or word in this case. Maybe next time we’ll get a 6 letter word. And maybe 2 syllables even.
She.. gift show this Sunday to Wednesday. We’ll be parking in your spare spot unless that’s a problem (parking on-site is $12 now!). If you want to come for the walk, we can leave child at home for Sun or Mon. We don’t have the passes for Doug, Maurice, etc., but we do have one for said child. I know he’s taller than you, but it’s a non-gender specific name so it could work.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Of course you can park at my place. If the neighbour is in our extra spot just parallel park across the garage door. I’m way behind at school so I won’t be joining you on any of the days but thanks for the offer.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Things are not bad here my plans for this evening is to go get my laundry, I dropped it off last thursday, its 24hour turn arround I just can never find the time to go get it.
thats it get laundry, go to bed, sounds like a party
February 10th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Sounds like you need to arrange a drop-off and pick-up service. If only you had the time…..
February 10th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
It must be hard to be apart for so long. My work took me away during the week for about 6 years. But I was able to come home on the weekends. Glad to see that you talk about things you would talk about if you were together.