The super fun post that we've all come to know and love: Kath gets to see Royal soon!

Within two weeks actually.  It's been three months since I last saw my baby and I gotta say I'm chompin' at the bit!  People ask me how it's been and it's interesting explaining it to them.  I think that for military girlfriends (not living with the boy) who then become wives - and then in my case marry into a completely different military - there are different levels of 'missing'.

There was the first kind of missing when we were dating each other from different continents.  That was tough, but only because we wanted to learn everything about each other and we couldn't being that far apart.  Then it just got more difficult!  We became engaged and we wanted so much to be together!  To plan things together, to plan our life.  So much to talk about!
Got married and moved in together (in Britain!).  Then, even though he'd been away training with little to no communication before we got married, he was deployed.  That was a new kind of missing because we had been together every day for 2 1/2 months and now nothing.  Again!  Not even an email or phone call every day.  I was in a completely new place, and so was he, both physically and emotionally. 
Then the latest separation.  He was being deployed again, but only after I came back 'home' to Texas.  There were lots of reasons for me to come home, but I don't think we were prepared for how hard it would be this time around!  Now he's back from being deployed - that part was pretty easy to handle - and he's in our house without me! He's sitting on that military issued eyesore-of-a couch we used to cuddle on, without me. It's hard knowing that I could be there, if only...  That's a completely different type of missing.

It all just makes this latest reunion that much sweeter.  We'll be celebrating our one year anniversary (what?!  already?!) in January -- and thankfully we'll be together for that!!  No matter that he's missed three straight years of my birthday - though I've been with him for two of his, missing the one right before we met - as long as we're together for the one year!  He'll leave not long after and right now there are no set plans to meet again.  It's crazy, I know, but that's our life! 

Just because it's fun:

Been with Royal for --> TWO years and NINE months

Been with - as in seen and touched - Royal --> About NINE 1/2 to TEN months

!!

Comments

[Patriot Xeno]

exciting!

[charlie]

Kath, hi
its been a while. had a quick catch up and glad you are better but gutted for you that you and royal are in different countries again. Did scotland put you off that much that you are now going to stay state side??
hope royal is well and fit after so many deployments.
charliex

[Pat]

Well at least you never get chance to get bored with each other. I hope you are together soon and for a decent length of time.

[Kath]

Charlie: haha, had to come back because of the mess that is immigration. Even before we got married we knew Royal wouldn't be in the Marines for very much longer. I love it there, we will definitely be back for many, many trips!!
Pat: We'll be together for about a month, which is not as much as we'd like, but very nice!

[Old Woman Marine]

Hi Kath,
I'm finally catching up with your blog. Just a few more days now until you see your Marine! I'm still facing south and waving to you from Oklahoma, though the ice storm shut us down for about a week.

Blessings to you BOTH!!