5 Months Down and the Big MOVE!

It has been a crazy last couple weeks- so crazy that I am about a week late with my "month five in review" post.  I am still settling into life in North Carolina- but I am just so incredibly happy to be back.  Every day I wake up and I still feel so confident about this decision- and so thankful for everyone who helped make this move easy and stress free!

So, August 6th marked 5 months down in deployment number 5. I'm still not sure how much time we actually have left- and I of course am thinking worst case... because well, I've been doing this long enough and I know better to believe anything until the boy is standing in front of me.  We shall see.

Month 5 highlights:

     -Lots and lots of "see you laters".  Not really a highlight- because I HATE this part of the military life- and I suck at it!

     -My last day of work at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.  So bittersweet- but I am so proud of all that I accomplished and learned during my time there, and incredibly thankful for the people I met.  

     -The big move.  Holy moly- was that stressful!  It turns out that PCS-ing is stressful, but then to throw a deployment on top of that, plus moving 2 cats and a dog for the first time- all I have to say is God bless my mother for volunteering for that crazy mission.  I'm sure she never really thought she would share a hotel room with her daughter, grand-dog, and grand-cats.  It was interesting- but I have some pretty awesome furbabies who handled the move better than I could have ever dreamed.  They are completely adjusted to life in North Carolina- and really loving having a bit more space to roam around.  

All in all, month five was jam-packed.  The move took exactly one week- and while it was stressful, I know that I am incredibly lucky that I got a door-to-door move, and all of my stuff arrived safely and in one piece.  I seriously had the best movers EVER- who went so far above and beyond to make this easy on me.  The second I told them my husband was deployed, I really felt like they took care of me even more- from taking my live plant on the truck with them, to delivering my stuff at night and staying pretty late to make sure everything was placed where I needed it.  I could not have had a better group of guys!

And while my movers were awesome- my friends were even better.  The second the moving truck pulled up, I was handed a glass of wine.  They brought dinner, and more wine- and made sure that I had everything I needed.  I am still amazed with how many friends offered to come help me unpack and get settled- I love you ALL!!!

Now that I am settled, I am already getting restless- so now starts the job search!