Saying goodbye to your man at MEPS is long and drawn out you sit and wait for him to finish going through his processing and then your given about 5-10 minutes to sit around until the bus arrives. A lot of people bring their families but Chris and I decided that it would be best if it was just him and I ( we would have brought out dog child if we could have) We made a pack that we weren't going to get caught up in the emotion and look at it as this is his job and that its only 2 months, couples go a year without seeing each other all the time. I love my husband to death and although inside I wanted to just cry my eyes out and hold on tight to him I knew that it would just make it harder for him to leave if he saw me breaking down. This was the best decision that we could have made and I think it made the saying good bye process a lot easier.
The reality check didn't come until about ten that night when I got a phone call form his cell phone that consisted of a couple sentences that I could tell he was being forced to say. Thinking about how I had no idea what was going on at the other end of the phone was a little weird for me since Chris and I have always included each other in everything that we do in life. The next phone call was the same rushed feeling with him rattling off his address and he was able to get in one I love & miss you until the phone was call was ended. Writing letters is almost like writing in your diary when you were a little girl, I talk about all these random topics and don't hear anything back for a couple weeks so after a while you start to feel like you're talking to a wall.
I have been staying busy with family events, dates with my friends and tomorrow I am starting a baking class. Although I do miss having my husband around I think it is important to keep moving on with my normal daily routine to keep my spirits up. After all I am the one that is still at home surrounded by people I know and the comforts of home, my husband is the one that is in a completely different environment and doesn't need to have letters sent to him telling him how sad I am.
This experience has only made me fall more in love with him and appreciate the times that I do have with him. I have always known that I got lucky and married a sweet man but he even surprised me with the surprise he had set up for me on my Birthday. Chris left on July 1st and my birthday was on July 6th so I figured I would just do dinner with some of my girls or something really mellow but to my surprise my AMAZING husband had the entire day planned out for me that included letters from him through out the day. He totally pulled a "P.S. I love you" moment like the movie but this was even better because he isn't dead lol. He had one of my girls pick me up in the morning with flowers & coffee and she took me on multiple adventures that included some nice drinks because lets be honest when it's your birthday and your husband just left you 5 days ago you could use a good drink or two.
I can't wait for the end of August to get here so that I can see him again and find out where we will be moving to and starting our new adventure!
