Things that Kept Me Sane

I really admire military wives. I mean, Handsome and I are spending only two weeks apart. And I just cannot imagine the amount of trust and detatchment and courage it would take to spend your nights alone for months or years while your husband or wife are in a place you cannot go and they could possibly lose their life in. Now, don't get me wrong. I cannot even come close to comparing my term to those men and women. But this stuff is hard... I am CLEARLY not cut out to be a military wife.

"Long distance is the wrong distance, Sue." - Liz Lemon, 30 Rock.

I'm not sure if I'll ever know if Handsome enjoyed this, but one thing I did while he was gone was email him. Every single night before bed, I sent him an email about my day and tried to include pictures of everything. Which consequently resulted in me taking pictures of things... I probably wouldn't capture otherwise. Like this, for example: 

Why? No one knows. Weird? Yes.

Bunny Story (my version of Side Story and Rabbit Trail): When Handsome first moved in, he made this hilariously large deal over this silly body pillow he has... and loves. Maybe it was the fact that I wanted him to snuggle up to me in bed or maybe it was that I already barely get enough room to sleep in our King sized bed or maybe it was that I just watched a 30 Rock where James Franco had a "real" relationship with a body pillow.... In either case, I really didn't want his dumb body pillow in my bed. -I promise, this story will really tie back into my original post- He kept asking me to remind him to grab the body pillow every time we went to his Grandparents' house.... And I would always *accidentally* forget to remind him. Well, once he actually moved in, there was no avoiding this body pillow. Turns out, him sleeping with it would actually keep him on his side of the bed! And I would actually get some sleep!
About when Handsome was leaving for Dubai he asks sarcastically, "You think you'll sleep with the body pillow?" Of course not! The body pillow conversation was pretty much an all the time deal.
In my first email to Handsome on the first night he was gone the following was included: "I miss and love you babe. PS. Yes, I will probably sleep with the body pillow tonight. No, I probably won't admit it to you tomorrow."

Emails. Emails really kept me sane. It certainly helped me feel like I wasn't missing anything in telling him what was going on with me.

Plans. I constantly was making plans for what I'd do for him when he came home. :) I made brownies, and had muffin batter ready for when he came home. I cleaned his truck and washed everything in his gym bag.

Cleaning. I got all of my odd jobs done around the house.

Girlfriends. I spent sometime with my yoga bff, Mona.

Yoga. Yoga and the gym really. I kept VERY busy working on my body and my endurance. I can't wait to get back to a regular yoga/gym schedule, however.


Anticipation. Yeah, it was easy to miss him. :)

Sushi date after he came home.