My room mate is SO close to getting our cable hooked up and ready to go. I don't really watch that much TV and the TV shows I do watch, I normally watch on Hulu. However, Hulu doesn't work here. Something about having an international IP address and not having the rights to stream over here or something really dumb like that. So no Office, no ANTM, no Project Runway, and no Glee... at least until the cable gets hooked up.
I actually rented the first Glee episode of this season on iTunes. It took roughly five days to download but when I finally got a chance to watch it, I felt semi normal again. And semi normal is good. Semi normal is synonymous to feeling semi at home. Kind of like the other night when I bought a case of O'Douls and a pack of Cigarellos at the PX. I only drank one O'Douls and smoked two Cigarellos but I was with good friends and we were laughing and for about two hours, Iraq didn't seem so dauntingly far away from my real home. I constantly fantasize about what its going to be like to come home for good. Not just for a few days there, a few weeks here... I mean home, your deployment is done, we'll see you in 90 days. THAT kind of home. Matt and I have never known what its like not to anticipate a deployment. Since the day we started dating, it has been in the back of our minds like some constant black cloud. But the sun is beginning to peep out now that we're on this final stretch and I can't wait! I remember the way it felt to come home after basic training and AIT. It was the best feeling ever to walk off the plane and into the arms of my friends and family. Just a few months left.....
So I'm kind of insanely jealous of all the preggers on my facebook. It seems like everyone is pregnant and having babies and I'm constantly creeping on all the expectant mothers. Seriously. If you're pregnant and my facebook friend, the chances that I've been looking at your facebook everyday, is very high. I know Matt and I are not ready to have kids. For one, I'm roughly 8,000 miles away. Two, we don't really have a reliable income. Three, the majority of our married life has been spent far, far away from each other and we need a chance to enjoy life just the two of us. But, I still can't wait to have babies. Its like being 13 again and wanting to be 16 so you can drive... You're not really ready to drive yet but you can't wait until you can. I don't mind though, because my lovely sister-in-law is due to have her baby in July and you better believe when I get home, I'll be getting my baby fix :)
If Matt and I had a kid, apparently this is what it would look like. Yikes.
I actually rented the first Glee episode of this season on iTunes. It took roughly five days to download but when I finally got a chance to watch it, I felt semi normal again. And semi normal is good. Semi normal is synonymous to feeling semi at home. Kind of like the other night when I bought a case of O'Douls and a pack of Cigarellos at the PX. I only drank one O'Douls and smoked two Cigarellos but I was with good friends and we were laughing and for about two hours, Iraq didn't seem so dauntingly far away from my real home. I constantly fantasize about what its going to be like to come home for good. Not just for a few days there, a few weeks here... I mean home, your deployment is done, we'll see you in 90 days. THAT kind of home. Matt and I have never known what its like not to anticipate a deployment. Since the day we started dating, it has been in the back of our minds like some constant black cloud. But the sun is beginning to peep out now that we're on this final stretch and I can't wait! I remember the way it felt to come home after basic training and AIT. It was the best feeling ever to walk off the plane and into the arms of my friends and family. Just a few months left.....
So I'm kind of insanely jealous of all the preggers on my facebook. It seems like everyone is pregnant and having babies and I'm constantly creeping on all the expectant mothers. Seriously. If you're pregnant and my facebook friend, the chances that I've been looking at your facebook everyday, is very high. I know Matt and I are not ready to have kids. For one, I'm roughly 8,000 miles away. Two, we don't really have a reliable income. Three, the majority of our married life has been spent far, far away from each other and we need a chance to enjoy life just the two of us. But, I still can't wait to have babies. Its like being 13 again and wanting to be 16 so you can drive... You're not really ready to drive yet but you can't wait until you can. I don't mind though, because my lovely sister-in-law is due to have her baby in July and you better believe when I get home, I'll be getting my baby fix :)
If Matt and I had a kid, apparently this is what it would look like. Yikes.
I love this, Catie! I'm so glad you have a good group of friends to make Iraq seem more like home. I wish we could drink non-alcoholic beer and smoke cigarillos together. The good news about not being able to watch all of our normal TV shows over there is that we get to watch them together when you get back! I'm excited to have babies, too... but until then, let's just get a puppy... or two... or however many it takes.
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