A Family Living Through Deployment....The Mommy Journal: Our New Reality...

So today is day number 2 without our "man of the house" you could say. Today we had the first taste of our new reality. So I'm going to vent a little bit about my very overwhelming day. To start off Addi slept like shit. Meaning i slept like shit also! Next on my bitching list is about our damn "miniature" Dachshunds. There is NOTHING miniature about these dogs! One of them is named Bella. That one is my hubby's baby. Her size is somewhat normal you could say. She is just very long. Then we have her sister...we cant even call her a wiener dog. She to huge! She a Kielbasa! But those damn dogs were whining last night keeping me up too. But I understand why so I didn't get upset with them it was just annoying. so i finally get them to shut up then they think they can take up half my bed or sleep on top of me! HELL NO!! I just got the bed to myself and I would like to enjoy it a little, not in this house. I'm already tired and annoyed and its only 4am!

Well our day is about to begin at 5:20am. My phone goes off I get up and start the good ole Kruger. MMMM coffee!! I love it!! So i get ready for work and I wake the kids up to get them packed up for daycare and school. Which getting packed up for school means all the snow gear in a separate bag, snack, tennis shoes and of course homework. Thank you Jesus for such well behaved children! They get ready and packed and brush their teeth without me having to tell them more then once. I am very proud my school-age children. But Addi was as I expected a pain in the ass. Just like her daddy she does not like to be woken up if she is not ready! So I get to a infant ready to go while is is trying to crappie flop and cry. But once I get her clean clothes on and a dry diaper on she's good. Shes all smiles:) SO away we go. Keep in mind at this point it is ONLY 550am. So I drop them kids off and I go to work for a few hours then go home. Even though I work only 4 hours a day, today felt like a 12 hour shift. But not in a bad way, I'm mentally and physically drained. I can even hear it in my voice. I'm not my normal self. I'm not sure if its because I'm sleep deprived, lonely, overwhelmed or all the other emotions that have been racing through my mind and body but I am exhausted and it's only 11am. So I make some green tea and take care of my very happy little baby and try to relax with listening to music and doing some light cleaning. This was just my morning. I haven't even told you about my evening. Lets just put it this way. Between making dinner, cleaning up dinner, laundry, girls scouts, taking care of a baby, bath night for 3 children and face-timing with my husband I finally sit down at 930pm tonight. Its has been a long day. HAHA and it's only day 2. My new reality is going to take some time to get used too...