tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post684846469223908867..comments2024-02-25T20:29:26.335-06:00Comments on New Girl On Post: Scared ThoughtsNew Girl on Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391449472363787248noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-35385662362494422402008-07-31T01:00:00.000-05:002008-07-31T01:00:00.000-05:00I wish there were words of wisdom that I could pas...I wish there were words of wisdom that I could pass along to you to make all those worries disappear, but there aren't. What I can tell you is that when you don't know what to expect (having never gone through a deployment) anything and everything you see or hear will just magnify your fears. There are stages of deployment that we go through and the impending time prior to one (even if it's not....https://www.blogger.com/profile/14569753442768694432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-28999372519650394142008-07-30T09:24:00.000-05:002008-07-30T09:24:00.000-05:00Like everyone before me has said...we've all been ...Like everyone before me has said...we've all been there. Worrying is SO normal, although saying that doesn't make it any easier. I'm not married but my boyfriend and I have been together for two years. He's two months away from finishing his first deployment, and here's my piece of advice for you. Try not to stress too much, the worst part of this deployment was my anticipation. I had no idea S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06768359745795991597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-89539817810573199662008-07-29T19:05:00.000-05:002008-07-29T19:05:00.000-05:00Aw hun, I am so sorry! I can't watch movies like t...Aw hun, I am so sorry! I can't watch movies like that. I used to, but I think until he is out of the army, those types of things are on my banned list. They make my imagination overactive!!<BR/><BR/>Hang in there, it happens to us all. And trust me, you sound like you guys have an awesome relationship and you seem so intelligent, strong and grounded that when your time inevitably rolls around to d.a.r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06915354259913245831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-37475700653035888472008-07-29T16:17:00.000-05:002008-07-29T16:17:00.000-05:00Its still hard for me to not worry. I live by the ...Its still hard for me to not worry. I live by the motto that no news is good news, but at the same time, there are days when I am afraid that bad news will come at any minute. I won't stop worrying until he is back home. There isn't much you can do to stop worrying except not think about it, and that is insanely hard to do. And on another note, I am so jealous that you are going to Italy. I have Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335962932151137782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-19013651158383102202008-07-29T15:14:00.000-05:002008-07-29T15:14:00.000-05:00Thank you for the explaination. Tell Sean they do ...Thank you for the explaination. Tell Sean they do an awesome job with JRTC and it was easily the coolest training experience my husband has told me about yet. Very well organized, and hearing about the training inspired quite a bit of confidence in his safety during deployment. It must be a cool job to help train up all these troops ready to deploy.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650261128074780986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677241611426645731.post-35060067899112833042008-07-29T15:02:00.000-05:002008-07-29T15:02:00.000-05:00Sorry you're getting a case of the worries. I had ...Sorry you're getting a case of the worries. I had a short bit of that on the way home from work today.<BR/><BR/>I guess I had been wondering why Sean didn't deploy, because I was under the impression that the whole brigade deployed minue the rear d folks. I didn't know there was a unit left behind. I figured that around the time you said you were moving to Italy (before the brigade is due home) Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650261128074780986noreply@blogger.com