Chris left last Friday morning for Cold Weather Leader Course (CWLC--because the Army loves acronyms). Everyone in his company had the day off because of bad winter weather, which means they got a 3-day weekend. He, however, had to be in bright and early to pick up his weapon and get on the bus. Thus began my alone-ness.
I have been searching for mistletoe to hang in our house for Christmas, but this town just has very limited options on just about anything you could look for or want. I was able to find a "kissing ball", and bought it the first day he was gone. It hasn't done me any good yet, so I don't know why I bought it, honestly. The day he left, I also bought yarn and knitting needles. I spent some time on YouTube learning how to knit. I got so wrapped up in my knitting that I didn't even want to leave the house for our church Christmas party that night, but I forced myself out. That's how old I am. Not really. I'm 26, but I felt like an 85 year old woman that night. Knit? Go to party? Knit? Go to party? It shouldn't have been a difficult decision, but I was busy throwing my own little knitting pity party for having to be alone. I was being very lame and ridiculous, obviously. After the Christmas party, I went with a friend and got my tragus pierced. It hurt really really badly. Ouch. I don't want to relive that anymore. Bottom line, I wanted to stay home and knit on a Friday night instead of going to a party. I went to church, then I left church and went to a tattoo parlor. Identity crisis much? This is a really boring post, and I'm dreadfully sorry if you are still reading. Feel free to be done with my pointless ramblings at any moment.
I also began reading a 500 page book. Well, the book is finished, and so is my first scarf. I'm sure you can take a stab at how I've been spending my alone time!
Some exciting things that have happened since Chris left:
- He borrowed someone's phone and called me, unexpectedly.
- I have a new scarf.
- And a new piercing.
- Most of our SnapFish order arrived.
- I saw the Aurora Borealis really well for the first time.
- I went to North Pole, Alaska and met Santa.
- I ended up having girl talk until 4am with one of my new favorite people.
- I hung out with a new friend.
Some not-so exciting things that have happened since Chris left:
- The power has gone out for several hours.
- Every item from our SnapFish order has my OLD last name on it--OOPS!
- I burnt my hand on our wood stove and sizzled off some skin.
- I have had a flat tire.
- I ate half of a squash for dinner (my appetite is weird and lame when he's away).
- I found out his company has not gone in to work 70% of the time he has been gone.
- I have converted back to my insomniac ways (thus the 3am pointless blogging).
Another thing that has happened in the last week is that a friend challenged me to post random facts about mine and my husband's relationship. I never did that, so why not add them here.
- I am a bigger football fan than he is.
- Our first date was a shooting competition followed by steak dinner.
- I cried every day for almost the entire first month of our marriage (moving to Alaska and not having a vehicle was hard--on top of adjusting to marriage and the Army!).
- One of our first big newlywed fights was about pasta. HAHAHA!
- I pick on Chris for having a spreadsheet for everything and doing complicated math problems for fun, but I secretly really like that about him.
- We broke up right before Chris moved to Alaska because I was scared of how I felt for him, and it "didn't make sense" to be together. We didn't speak for over 2 months.
- We were married less than 6 months when Chris lost his *second* wedding ring. I think it's funny.
- Between meeting and getting married, we only lived in the same state for the first 2 months.
- We were married for 99 days before our wedding.
- We think about our future kids all the time. Both of us do--not just me!
That's really all for now. I'll write a more meaningful post next. Promise. :)
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