A Bit Rusty

Got some news Friday. :/ This week we should have more info.

It was only a matter of time. I need to return my husband to the far away Navy because the Army is lackingneeds him. Confusing huh? Yup, the request came in for an IA in his area of expertise and he is the only one within the three pay grades that could fill it. For you non-Navy folks; Individual Augmentee is when a Sailor is pulled away from their current command and deploys individually or with a small group to assist another service, primarily Army. Yes. Boots on ground kind of stuff! I'm far from one of those 'it's about time for him to deploy' kind of wives...and he's not one of those 'I need to leave' kind of husbands ... so I'm not going to lie, this sucks. Expecially the 'where and for how long'. But honestly, I am so thankful that he was around last year when we absolutely needed each other. It paid off to not be one of those crazy hypochondriac wives that I have seen so much of recently. I guess having the word "chemo" in my medical record at the time had something to do with it too. Since he has not been gone for about 12 consecutive months, my wheels were a bit squeaky. I actually appreciate how all those past deployments have seasoned me so well. So well in fact, it took no time to re-oil the wheels. I jumped in feet first with organizing my thoughts and making a list. We have a lot to do. Thankfully he's not leaving this week (I won't be posting exacts either since I'm the good Navy wife that observes OPSEC).

So yes...this bumps my port removal surgery to the left quite a bit (hopefully), throws my schooling way off and challenges me to find a way to make physical therapy, scans, and my follow up appointments sans kids.

Max and I have decided to embrace this challenge with our heads up because we know God wouldn't give us what we couldn't handle. He has a plan....