Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Battle Group Stands Up = I Break Down

No matter how hard I try to come to terms with it all I just can't seem to grasp the concept of what is to come. Some days I do a pretty good job at fooling myself that everything is going to be okay and then other days, like today, the reality sets in. Today was understandable why my stress levels were up, the battle group standing up and all (for those who don't understand it means that the soldiers in 1RCR are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan this coming spring).
I just don't know how I am going to manage, especially once this baby arrives. My husband may be leaving in the spring but he still has a lot of uncertain hours between now and then including 5 weeks in California for training. Tomorrow he is sleeping out in the field and won't be home until Wednesday night. Again, thanks for the notice! Got to love how the military is so considerate of the families. I understand that they are soldiers and all but seriously they are people too, not robots!
I just hate how we can't plan absolutely anything in advanced right now due to the fact that some higher up may decided last minute not to send them home that night or the following day. I get that they need to train at night and during the day etc but can't you organize your schedule for the week so that the rest of us can too?
I worry that everything I am trying to work towards right now is going to crumble; I hate the instability. I may just have to cut back on my sons sports to ensure that his education doesn't suffer due to a lack of time in the evenings to get some homework done! Most people say there just aren't enough hours in a day, but I think there just aren't enough hours in an evening!!! I just feel like once this baby gets here things are going to be extremely rough, rougher than originally expected. I guess the stress wouldn't feel so big if I had a stronger support system in the area but both of our families are too far away to really help out, which really sucks!
I feel pretty bad for my husband and I'm trying to hide my stress from him (good thing he doesn't go online much!), but I know he can see through me. We both wish that all of this was going on at a different time, like we had originally thought it would be when we decided to get pregnant, but this is the way the cards were dealt so I guess we are going to have to deal with it.

2 comments:

  1. Playing sports is an important part of a child's education. Teaches them teamwork, good sportsmanship, discipline and instills passion. Schools give kids too much homework at that age! Let him dream beyond the text book.

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  2. Don't keep trying to put all the pressure on yourself, Heather. You're doing better than anybody else I know. The what ifs' will kill your energy faster than almost anything so relax and know you're doing great!!!

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