The last year...

So obviously Nursing school is a blessing in disguise! Besides the fact that I LOVE IT, it keeps my days short, and my nights even shorter!
When I look back it seems as though the year has really gone by...but these days when I know in a week or so I get my husband and life back; I have come to dread the weekend...yes the weekend!
It's almost as if time stands still, and I really get antsy! Being busy is the best advice I can give a new Army wife starting deployment...If I hadn't started college the day after Matthew left I have NO CLUE how I would have survived this past year! It has been a "time blessing" for sure!
Of course I have a million things to do before he gets home for school, but they consist of actually being at school...I could clean and organize, but then the stress of finding a million other things to do starts stressing me out! (Do you see my reasoning on NOT cleaning...*evil laugh inserted*) I hate to clean...really I do...not because I "don't" want to do it, its that I start one thing and see 4 other things to do besides that..then I am in a mess bigger than I started...what a crazy viscous cycle!
On a better note, many of my army wives are completely beside themselves with joy, gearing up to head out and get our men!! It's a daydream that I keep going over in my head, and every time it only seems to get better and better...so I REALLY hope reality is up to the standards of my daydreams!
I am bringing our "son" Maverick with me...a lot of people look at me and say "why are you bringing your dog!?"
Well, let me explain something...Maverick is our 2 year old Boxer...our child. That boy was at my side with every emotion imaginable, as if I had just poured my heart out to him and he was just there to say "It's going to be okay."
I know for some they can never relate to what I am saying, but for others, the feeling of having that loyal, true bond it's priceless.
Maverick has been by my side through this entire process, and many many nights just sat by my side while I would cry and rant...he was there for every Skype call making both Matthew and I laugh, and has always been a ray of sunshine on the cloudiest deployment days. It was as if he just "knew."
I never had to explain my feelings, or bother even talking about it to anyone...my broken record of deployment depression was just unsaid, unneeded, unwanted, and he was there with those big brown lookers, and cutest face ever... I can say with complete honesty and confidence, he was a major factor in my deployment survival.
He is our boy...canine or not.