"Dang it, does this mean I need to learn how to spell 'February?"

Today has been a wonderful and very successful day, however Bernie and I have a lot to think about.


Last night, it kind of hit Bern that we're only going to live together for a month and a half before he deploys.


If there is one thing that I have learned over and over and over again from any Army Wife it is this:  HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PLANNED FOR THE TWO (2) WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT DATE.  Nothing, nothing at all.  No work, no luncheons, no last minute road trips, nothing. Now, the reasoning to this is because our families are going to be at a high stress level...everyone will be.  No one knows what to do, what to expect, how to budget time wisely.  The last thing I'm going to want is to be away from him so as I pass along the advice I've been told, block out those two weeks before he deploys, hunny because you're never going to get those two weeks back and you want to be readily available to do anything for your hubby and his family.


Having that said, Bern and I know that it's not going to seem like we have 6 weeks together as newlyweds because he'll have his Army buddies calling him and wanting to hang out, he'll have his family, and his non-Army buddies wanting him to come out for a beer, his unit is going to do last minute training, and packing, and standard pre-deployment things and stuff like that.  So really, we're going to have what will seem like a couple hours as husband and wife before he heads out.


Now, again, having all that said, Bernie brought to my attention that even though I was joking yesterday about have a January wedding because I loved the way a table setting was displayed, we should move the wedding.
He was serious.  I couldn't believe it.  "Not in January," he says because you run into SO many weather storms in Nebraska and you never really know when they're going to hit.  "Not in March, because I have 21 days of training in Grand Island," he says.  "I know what about February......the 25ht?"  My first reaction was, "Dang, this means I need to learn how to spell February."


I know you think we're crazy and nothing is set in stone.  We're going to talk to our priest about getting on the fast track for our premarital courses/marriage classes and see if it's possible to accomplish the classes in 4 months.  In the past I have heard that they take 4-6 months....good thing we're meeting with our priest on Friday for our first marriage meeting because Feb 25th is exactly 4 months from today.


The thing that makes my feel like our day was so successful is that WE FINALLY FOUND OUR RECEPTION HALL!!!!!!!!  AHHH! I'm so excited!!  And it's only 2.6 miles from the church!  I gotta keep you on the edge of your chair a bit so I'm not going to tell you quite yet where the reception site is.  You'll have to wait until is completely set in stone...along with whatever date we decide!  So much to think about this week!


Anyway, I hope you had a great Monday!
xoxx