I really do believe that the Marine Corps is trying to drive me crazy. I do. And I have to admit that it's not a long trip. Still…
It always seems to be feast or famine with the Corps. They are either deployed/traveling all the time or right, directly, no avoiding it…under your feet. And that is my situation right now.
Let me start by noting that I do have perspective on this. So many of you are getting ready to deal with or already dealing with deployments. I put up a link to thison Facebook and if that does not smack me back into the reality of how good I have it, nothing will. It does. As God is my witness, it does.
Still.
The Dark Prince is on week 8 of "living the dream". That means sleeping until whenever, getting up to feed, scratching a few unmentionable body parts, going back upstairs until the next time to feed, monosyllabic conversations with me, and then staying up until all hours playing "Left for Dead" on X-box. I love the boy and I am glad he is home but he is a little….ripe. Hygiene is not high on his agenda and his room really does smell like the place where hope died.
His dad is on leave between assignments. At first, it was a three week leave period and even though I shuddered slightly, I was a good little wife and embraced this particular kind of suck. Lancelot is not good with time on his hands. I suppose I ought to thank the Dark Prince for purchasing the headset that allows his father to play "Left for Dead" on the internet but so far, I haven't. I go to sleep hearing things like,"Hey, thanks, warrior 234, for the help in killing that last zombie. Do you have any moreblahblahblah because I am almost out of blah blahblahblah." Couple that with the sound of X-box automatic gunfire and you have the dulcet tonesto which I fall into slumber. Every night.
Monday, I found out thatLancelot has a four week leave period due to his new boss' adjusted check in date. Between that and the fact that the Dark Prince does not go back to school until mid to late August and I see a nervous breakdown in my future……
I think I mostly needed to vent about my situation but if you have any helpful suggestions, I would love to read them. Do you know what I mean about the feast or famine thing?
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Oh, I've told you my suggestion, Semper Fi Wife! There's an LA Boxing right near your house!
Hitting things ALWAYS helps. Always.
And imagine the look on the Dark Prince's face when you demand his room cleaned while flexing your guns in front of him. It's a beautiful thing.
Believe me, AFW, I am seriously considering the boxing thing.
Your guns are things of beauty and the added bennie of making the DP clean the pit known as his room is tipping the scales. :)
I'll trade you X-box noise for crying-it-out with a baby phase… :)
I can't imagine that. I mean, the Xbox isn't a big deal to me. Both the hubby and I are big into gaming, but I can actually understand what you mean. I'm already dreading my husband coming home and having nothing to do and no where to go for weeks. I have no idea how I'll keep order in my house with him there. I only just got my house decent again and am maintaining it well.
With him home, taking up space and making his mark in my house I might just lose it. It'll be so good to have him home though.
Maharet,
Everything in life has upsides and downsides to it…:)
I was just venting. I really don't mind the X box and I can fall asleep even while they are killing zombies. I just realized that my house got really, really small all of a sudden.