How quickly life can change....

3 months ago P started back to school and I was working like crazy, went back to Winnipeg for a week to finalize some legal paperwork.... and somehow, got pregnant. Lol. So it seems that birth control doesn't always work as well one thinks it should. I've been feeling not too shabby, some days are better than others, I've had a little bit of morning sickness.

Christmas is coming up soon - that's the big excitement that I'm looking forward to right now - we're heading out to see my sister and my parents are heading down too so that should be super fun. Especially because I haven't been down to see my sister in Georgia since she moved down there almost 4 years ago lol. And then we come back home for a couple of days and then head out to Jamaica for P's first ever tropical trip, it should be a blast. And we're going with friends of ours and their little girl. I'm really looking forward to it.

And I got my early Christmas present this week, a brand new MACBOOK!! I'm typing on it right now, and boy do I ever love it lol.

One Week

ONE WEEK..... 7 long lonely days.... that is all that is left of this horrendous summer. It's been a rough day for me today - felt sick all morning, felt lonely and sad and just needed a hug. It sucks when your man is gone and can't comfort you. For the majority of the summer, I've at least been able to talk to him for 10-15 minutes every night and text a little bit. But this week, he's in the field. I have not talked to him since Sunday afternoon.... it's the longest we've gone without talking... probably ever. And it's rough.

But on a happier note - my Dad arrives in Kingston in 2 sleeps and my Mom arrives in Kingston in 5 sleeps!! YAY!! Funny story though.... we're driving out to "THE MEGA" for the BMOQ Graduation ceremony and we're staying in the little town overnight before returning home on Friday. And my Dad booked the hotel rooms.... yes, that was plural, ROOMS. It's just me, my Mom and him. And his reasoning was that he doesn't want to hear us "going at it like rabbits", but it's just going to be me in the room - P has to go back to the Mega for the night, he doesn't get to stay out. Soooooo I'm not sure if my Dad just didn't want me in their room (cuz maybe they'll be going at it like rabbits - which frankly is a tad bit disturbing) or because maybe I snore too much?? I don't know. SO it will be another freaking lonely night for me in a hotel. UGH. So sick of sleeping alone and I won't even have Bella to keep me company and keep me warm. It's gonna suck.

Speaking of Bella, she's being so good lately, which is a change - she was really bad earlier this week, she ate our wicker papasan chair.... and I had to yell at her, which caused her to pee on the floor. But now she's being adorable and snuggling me constantly. It makes me feel very guilty for leaving her alone for so long while I go to work. At least this fall, she won't be in her crate for long cuz P has a freaking sweet school schedule :)

Longest Summer of my Life

This summer has been one of the longest summers of my life. P has been away since the 23rd of June. That's right, it's been 7 weeks since he's been at home. Unfortunately for him because he went UPTNCM, he had to redo basic training this summer. YUCK! lol. He's had an okay time but it's been pretty rough on both of us, this is the longest time we've been apart since we moved in together last summer. He has been able to come home on the weekends but I don't know if that's been better or worse for us, it's great to see him but it throws off my schedule, it throws Bella off (for those of you who don't know, Bella is our puppy), and I feel like I clean the house for him to come home on Friday, and then I spend the whole week recovering from him coming home.

And I've officially been an Ontario resident for a year now. It's been fun and it's been a wild ride. I love living here and this town is actually very nice.

First Year is Complete!

After a full year of RMC fun, it's finally over.... and I only just now came up with the idea to blog my way through the 4 years here. I got the idea after visiting several Military Spouse blogs. They've been very cool to read and I thought, hey, maybe someone will want to read my ramblings.

So here's my story:

Otter Man (that's my SO in case you wondering lol) started at RMC last July. And after a year full of parade practices, exams, stress and not tooooo much fun but a little bit added in here and there, we've made it through. For those of you Americans who may visit the blog, RMC is the Royal Military College of Canada (and that's also for those of you Canadians who didn't know that lol). He's called Otter Man because he is doing UTPNCM, which stands for University Training Program for Non-Commissioned Members. He started out as an AVS technician for the Air Force and is now getting his Honours degree in Economics minoring in Politics at RMC. And that means that right now he is an Officer Cadet and when he graudates he'll be commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Air Force.

This first year has been difficult but thankfully I had some great friends, the Otter Wives. I'll talk more about them next time :)

That's all for now!

K