Today marks three months that Sidney’s been gone. It’s been a strange in-between time; he’s not downrange yet, so I’m not in full-on worry mode, but something’s not quite right.
I’m not exactly a Navajo tracker, but I could usually walk in and tell exactly what my sweetie had been doing in the kitchen. But now, it’s always clean. The bathroom, on the other hand, is always not. (Honey, I always believed that you cleaned the sink, but now I really believe it.)
Laundry has dwindled to maybe a load a week, instead of several. Grocery shopping can be accomplished with a hand basket, although I still grab the big cart out of habit. I’m cooking weird grains. I made tofu last week, for pete’s sake.
On garbage day, one bag goes to the curb, and half of that is cat shit.
I’m watching more TV, partly because I don’t have that interesting man to talk to in the evenings, and partly because I can finally get my mitts on the damn remote.
In other words, I’m back to the single life, which fit me very comfortably for many years. Except instead of a one-bedroom condo, I rattle around in a four-bedroom house. Instead of stopping by Marshall Field’s (RIP), I troll the PX. And instead of wondering if I will ever find the love of my life, I have him -- but I don’t have him here, and that’s not quite right.
March 13, 2009
Quarter time
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*sigh*
One day this will be over, right? Jeeze, I hope so.
On a lighter note, how was the tofu?
I wasn't convinced at first, probably since eating BBQ sauce on something not meat was causing cognitive dissonance. But the next day, when I snacked on it plain and cold, I liked it much better!
Oh, amen Sister! It's not so bad when you don't know what you are missing (ie: Single life), now that you've GOT him but he isn't around? Really hard and really sucky. At least you are 1/4 the way done! Hooray for that!
Yay for 3 months down!! When does he come back??
Oh, yes. The groceries. And, I always return to some of my half-ass vegetarian ways. Tofu does taste good fried, but then again everything does.
My thoughts are with you. Hang in there.
It is strange isnt it? to walk in the house and have it be just the way you left it and the grocery shopping. Thats always the strangest.
Hang in there : ) your not alone
I sounded awfully mopey, didn't I? I guess I'm finally realizing how much I'd gotten used to having him around. That's military life in a nutshell: Get used to something and it will change.
JLC, as of now he's due back next April. I'm not casting that in cement, though. You all know how it is. :-)
His BOG date isn't that far behind my husband's. Its funny how little even with a toddler the laundry pile gets. What used to be a long 2-3 hour shopping trip once a month (veggies & milk inbetween) now becomes a cart with the child sitting in the big side and the food fitting where the baby should be.
Mamma said there'd be days like these, that's what mamma said.
*hug*
So, how are those deals at the PX?
Clothing selection doesn't match that at Field's. Then again, I couldn't get an ACU pattern Camelback at Field's, so it evens out. Plus the makeup's cheaper. At PX prices, I might have to start wearing it.
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