Day 2

Rea and I slept until 8:30 this morning, which is a little later than normal. Which is fine for me, because we had been going to be earlier so Zach could sleep in. Now that daddy isn't home, we can sleep as long as we want! I can't say that I don't like waking up early though. It's nice, to be awake and active all day, and going to bed when it gets dark. Even this morning, when I woke up, I thought that maybe just MAYBE Zach had pulled a 24 hour staff duty and he would be back at 9 am. I may think this everyday until I leave Fort Hood. I am the kind of girl to hope, even though I know in the back of my mind that it isn't possible. Rea was super extra cute this morning. She was dancing and watching the Fresh Beat Band on Nick JR. She is amazing, I love watching her learn new things daily. She has recently started clapping when good things happen. Especially when she goes pee on the potty. She knows its time for business when she sits down, she pees right away and starts clapping and trying to flush the toilet when shes done. She isn't telling me when she has to pee yet, but hopefully soon. I fell asleep breifly when I put Rea down for a nap, but when the air condioning system turned on, I woke up, a little freaked out. My first reaction was to make sure that the knife that my dad made for Zach was still next to my bed. Yes, I keep a knife next to my bed. Then once my heart rate slowed and I realized that it was just the air conditioning, I laughed. I decided to get up and do some chores, so I got up to tackle the dishes. Usually I do them by hand because our dishwasher sucks. But today, I decided that I was gonna try the dishwasher. I loaded it and decided that I would put some liquid soap into the prewash, thinking that maybe the dishes would actually come out clean. Horrible fail, when I went to make lunch, the kitchen was completley filled with soap. Thank goodness Rea was asleep! I once again laughed, and took the towels that I had JUST washed out of the dryer and onto the floor. Go figure, I had no dirty towels, and I already have to rewash them. Because I had been spending time trying to clean up the mess that I had made, I forgot that I was boiling water for ramen noodles. So I also over boiled my noodles and there was almost no water left in the pot. No worries though, I once again laughed and ate. Rea woke up and I made her chicken nuggets, she LOVES chicken nuggets. After lunch, we met the two friends that I have made in the last two months, Chrissy and Brittany, and their boys at the pool. Rea absolutley loves the pool, she goes completley crazy when I put her in the kiddie pool. That girl is gonna give me grey hairs. After the pool, we hung out at home until dinner time. That was when I realized how difficult it is to cook for just Rea and I! Zach eats so much, and i'm so used to cooking for him too. Soon after dinner Rea fell asleep. She has been out cold since and I caught up on Pretty Little Liars and now I am watching Teen Mom. I am most worried about drama. The last thing I want while my husband is gone is drama. I don't want Zach to call and me only have bad things to say about whats going on in my life. I don't want him stressing out over things that are pointless to our relationship. The bottom line is, everything that happens to Rea and I will be my decision. I will not put either of us in a position that isn't comfortable. I will always chose what is best for the two of us at that time. No one can force any negativity apon us.

Dear Deployment,
It's day two and I win again today. I didn't wake up sad, nor will I go to bed sad. Go ahead and throw dishwasher overloads and over cooked noodles my way. I will laugh it off and continue with what I was doing. You can dream on about me getting down over stupid things. Love, Elsa...