Just Keep Swimming.

I love how I start a blog and then neglect it for 20 days. But, life has been hectic. With school and my new job I just don't have any time for myself! So, I noticed something interesting today. I think I need to vent! Many women in general do this. But, I'm going to talk about one in particular. Let's call her Erica. So Erica is engaged to a man in the Army. Erica has "Army Wife" and "US Military Spouse" listed as her employers on Facebook. This bothers me. It bothers me a lot. I understand that she loves and cares for her fiance, but she doesn't do what he does. She isn't overseas fighting for our country. Why does she think it's ok to list these as her employers? It's not a job; she doesn't get paid for it. And she's not even married to the guy yet! So she isn't a spouse or wife. In asking her why she has those listed she replied with "well it is a job". Ok, whatever. Another thing she does is post statuses twenty times a day about her and her soldier. That's the words she uses: "my soldier", "my soldier", "my soldier". Not my fiance, my boyfriend, my man, no. It's almost like she's obsessed with the fact that he's in the military and that's the only reason she is with him. She just likes to brag about it and blast it all over Facebook to get sympathy over missing him so much. Yea, I miss my boyfriend. I miss him A LOT. But, I don't plaster it all over Facebook. I honestly think she would die if he decided not to reenlist. That would just ruin her whole "military fantasy". AND let's just mention that he is gone on a six month deployment. She cries about it to the world every day. She doesn't even realize how good she has it. Uhm, I'm going through a one year deployment and I don't ask for sympathy. GAH. Ok, end vent.
 On a happier note, I've been able to talk to Woody every day since he's been over there. We have a schedule worked out where we can talk when he gets home from work and when I get home from school before having to go to work. The internet has been pretty crappy at times. But, today it was wonderful. We talked for an hour and a half completely uninterrupted on Skype! It was seriously amazing. I am actually quite surprised at my ability to handle this deployment. I have been thinking positive thoughts: it's not the end of the world, he will come home to me, and r&r will be here before I know it! His r&r is around four months away now. I am ecstatic. It really isn't too far away the more I think about it. I can make it. I will be fine. Just keep living day to day and he will be home soon. Or as Dory would say: "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming".