Scuba Rocks

Aaron and I went on our first open ocean boat dive last month. Found out that after an hour on the boat...well, that smile on my face disappeared. We had to change locations for all of our dives after arrival at the original sites due to the water being to choppy and dangerous for when we wanted to get back on the boat.

Though I was sea sick I still had fun. It was way easier once I actually got under water. No waves hitting and knocking you around. It was a low visability dive (couldn't see very far in front you). I also slipped out of my weight belt, which is very bad for someone like me. I am naturally boyant and though I was spreading my legs to keep the belt at my knees when I noticed it falling...I still started to float to the top. Sure enough my ears started hurting due to a fast ascent. Aaron was able to grab me before I got to high and pulled me down slowly so that I could equalize. Then he and our dive con shoved my fins under the anchor line so I couldn't go anywhere and they fixed my belt for me. Needless to say, it was a very interesting and exciting trip.

Real Life Kicks In

Well, Aaron is home and back to work. Due to me no longer having a car, I am stuck at home all day. I am pretty much going nuts! Lately Aaron comes home around noon-1400, but we don't know how long that will last. I have the dog to keep me company, but due to kennel training...she isn't much help. I clean the house, work on puzzles and practice the piano (keyboard, whatever). So my days are very empty.
But...since we've been off of vacation...we have....bought a new couch...a new big, flat screen, HD TV...and a few more more household goods. We found an Asian market and Korean restraunt which we have made our favorite place to go out to. I was in heaven Monday when we went to eat there for the first time...YUM!
I finally got in to see a doctor about my knee and I start my physical therapy on the 21st.
We have our marriage retreat next weekend...and the EOD Memorial/Ball in Florida 2 weeks after that.
Aaron is still sick. And boy is he a baby when he is sick. He hasn't stopped complaing about being sick of coughing since he first caught is. I'm the one that should be complaining...he keeps me awake all night coughing...lol.
I guess that is about it for now.

This Is The Life

AARON IS HOME!! Aaron has been home for about a week and a half. Life is perfect. He doesn't report back to work til April, so we are enjoying every moment together. We play video games, go to movies, go shopping, and lounge on the hammock in the living room just chillin'. Yes, that is right...we have a hammock in the living room...and everyone seems to love it. I haven't gotten on Aarons' nerves yet...or so it seems. Aaron bought me a new computer (since the laptop he gave me sucked), but he spends most of the time on it playing WarCraft. Sadly I am very sick at the moment. We think that it is the flu. Sometimes I am okay, others I am barely functioning. Aaron has been taking very good care of me. He bombards me with blankets when I am freezing, brings me liquids and soup, and showers me with kisses. I at least was able to clean and organize 2 of the rooms today before crawling in bed nauseous and cold. I guess that is about it for now. Aaron is home, we are having a blast, and I have the flu. Soon it will be time to hit the beach, New Hampshire, and TN.

SINCE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE

I know that I have not been on here to post in a few months. So, here is the update. I have been in and out of the hospital for some problems with my intestines and such. I am lucky enough to have gotten cleared of most of those problems in the middle of January. I am not in as much pain anymore which is really nice. They said everything else should clear up once Aaron comes home and I start to calm down and not stress out so much.
Aaron told me to start going back to the tanning salon which I have been doing pretty regularly for the past month and a half. I don't glow in the dark anymore.
Aaron and I talk almost everyday. We love it. We talk about anything and everything. Lately the conversations have lasted over an hour each time (which is why our phone bill this month is over $300). We think that it is worth it though, seeing as it is all that we have. We are just getting so anxious and excited about it being time for him to come home. We have so many plans for our block leave. We are going to NH to visit the class that has been pen palling him. I have been coresponding with the teacher and we have been learning alot about eachother. We are also making a trip out to TN to visit the family and have some fun. Then, my favorite part, we are hitting Myrtle Beach again. We had so much fun last time during R&R, so I have high hopes for this time. We look forward to getting reaquainted and finally getting the chance to learn what it is like to be married and live together. We are always asking eachother questions, since there is so much to learn. Since he has been gone I learned that he doesn't like pancakes, he hates cold sheets, he loves his take on maccaroni salad, and apparently he really really loves and misses me...lol. Most of our conversations are like we were when we were dating....nothing but jokes and laughs. I don't think that we can be serious around eachother for very long.
Aaron is just so incredible, I swear that I fall in love with all over again during every conversation. He is just so understand, caring, loving and just absolutly wonderful. He can't tell me about most of what goes on over there (understandably of course), but we always find stuff to talk about. And he listens to me without judgment (but I think he may hate my family by now...lol). He is always on my side. He always tries to make me happy and smiling by the time he hangs up...even though he knows how sad that I am with him being gone, how much I miss him and just want him home.
Well, I guess that is it. Sorry about my rambling about missing Aaron (but after this long, can you blame me?). Luckily, Aaron is going to be home soon and then I will be rambling about how great it is to have him home :).

Time of Year

Well, Halloween is almost here. I can't believe that this year is finally coming to an end. I swear that this year has been the longest of my life. I know that is just seems that way due to the lack of my husband, but still. Aaron was relocated to a place where I get to hear from him only every couple of days. It is so hard to keep my mind and body from wanting to shut down sometimes. There are days that I just want to fall into a coma only to be awaken by Aaron. But reality is that I am just going to have to deal with the rest of this deployment the way that I have made it so far.
Aaron is affected too by this. He wants to be home so badly. It has hit him to the point he is trying to get sent to School House so that he will be stationary and that we may have a life and family. I was rather shocked by this fact, but he is already in the process. It would be nice to have him home long enough to have at least one baby, and for him to be home for the entire event.
I can't believe that we have been married for almost a whole year. Though this year has been long and miserable, it's hard to think that I have been married for that long. I know that this may sound weird, but it is true. I look forward to a whole lifetime as Aaron's' wife (preferably in person). I love him so much and couldn't be happier (except for if he was home of course).
Well, that is my blog for now. At least I finally blogged one :). I better get back to decorating for the Halloween party we are having tomorrow.

EXHAUSTING!!!

Well, this week has been full of challenges and exhausting trials. I have worked out almost everyday this week. Walking, the eliptical crosstrainer and ab work-outs...sometimes I wanted to quit cause I was so tired...but I kept pushing myself. Thursday and Friday was spent at the hospital getting blood work and exams done, and I have more to do this week. Finding out that my liver was getting weak and my white blood cell count was low, and now have to go see a surgeon to see what else is wrong and what can be done. All I could say is...do whatever it takes, I just want to be healthy and be able to have a baby with my husband. The only thing they could do to carry me over til my other appointments is give me some medications, vitamins, and tell me to eat more...lol. So...I sort of have increased my food intake (just not by much seeing as I am still dieting) and I drink even more water.
I still have the photography class with Andrea every Wednesday, which we love. And at least for the next week I will get to talk to Aaron regularly...but he moves next weekend to a place where I won't be able to hear from him as often. Which just means I am going back to work and back to the tanning bed...since I won't have to be at home like I have been. Aaron has been back in Iraq for over a month now, and I am working on his 3rd package. He loves scuba diving and said that if he was to go to college he would want to go in for marine biology...so I bought him a marine book with lots of awesome pictures. It was the most expensive book I have ever bought that wasn't for college. But I think that he will love it. If anyone else wants to write him or anything his address is:

SSG Golson, Aaron S.
18th ORD Co. (EOD)
FOB SYKES
APO AE 09351

Well, I want to finish scrubbing the house. If I am going back to work here soon, I want to know that the house is in incredible condition so I just have to work hard on the weekends and just tidy up during the week. I hope that everyone is haveing a great week.
Love Ya'

The Weekly Update

154 days til Aaron should be coming home. 5 months and 2 days. It seems like forever, but I keep telling myself that it's not. We have made it through 10 months, what is another 5...right?
Aaron tried to call and instant message me regularly. I am so blessed to have that, there are some who rarely get to hear from their soldiers. I know that I won't always have this luxury, but while I do I am going to savor every second.
I love being able to hear his voice. We talk about everything. Sometime we have those awkward silences where we don't know what to say, but they don't last long. We talk about how we are coming along in our work-outs. Now we have discussed and decided to try to have a baby when he comes home (which we were debating for a while...seeing as we couldn't decide on whether we wanted to wait til we had time alone...or just go for it). I love the way we make plans, not knowing of course whether or not he will even be home to go through with them. Talking about going to the beach for my annual beach family reunion. Drawing up and discussing floor plans for our dream home. I love how we are so open and can talk about anything and everything.
Yesterday I gave him the 5 Languages of Love Quiz. Just to have something fun to talk about. Turns out we both have the same primary and secondary love languages. Which I decided just further proved that we are soul mates.
Something else that I have to pass my time by...photo class. Andrea and I enrolled into a photography fundamentals class. Now we will be able to take great pro-like pics for our scrapbooking. Too bad it is only one night a week.
So, to keep me from going further insane during Aaron's' absence, I have; photo class, scrapbooking, soon subbing again, working-out and anything else that Andrea throws my way...lol. She is already talking about another photo class and we want to take the painting dishes for Christmas class and there are the classes thrown by the scrapbooking stores around here. So with all of this...plus my insane house cleaning kick I have been one...I should be good.
And, on Monday or Tuesday, I should be getting another call from the FRSA to talk about me doing some volunteer work on base and/or in my FRG.
lol...Aaron said yesterday that I have grown a lot since he has left. That may or may not be true, but I sure feel more mature. Just because I have never really had to take care of myself before, and now I have to. I like paying the bills, I like knowing that the house looks good, and I like knowing that my husband is proud of the job that I do.
Well, I guess that is enough blabbing for today.