The Countdown is now at 3

Three days, and then it's Friday. Which means I will be on my flight to Philadelphia to see James for the first time since he left over a month ago...words can't even describe my excitement! Toby is already jealous, he won't get to see his Daddy until he comes home in October. I've already learned that deployment is hard...all the time apart, and not always getting to talk, definitely not something I signed up for but it comes with the package so I'm learning to adjust. My all time favorite show for the last few years has been Army Wives-it's amazing- never in a million years did I think I would be living it-not army wife of course, but army girlfriend is equally as difficult I would argue. Needless to say I haven't been watching this season, but as soon as this year is over the DVDs will be in my TV and I will be caught up with Roxy, Denies, Claudia Joy, Pamela, and Roland-all my favorite people. Until then I will patiently (there's that word again) wait for James to come home and the cast to re-enter my Sunday night schedule.

As for our Monday night, Toby and I are heading over to have a fish fry with our fabulous friends, and yes I actually helped catch tonight's dinner :) enjoy!

The man with the money gives some real world advice

Bill Gates Lays Down The Rules of Life:

RULE 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

RULE 2: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world expects you to accomplish BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3: You will NOT make $40,000.00/year fresh out of high school. And you won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you EARN both.

RULE 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He won't have tenure.

RULE 5: Flipping burgers is NOT beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it OPPORTUNITY!

RULE 6: If you mess up, it is only your fault; learn from your mistakes.

RULE 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how COOL you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your room instead.

RULE 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and will give you as many times as you need to get it right. This doesn't have the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10: TV is NOT reality. In real life people need to leave the coffee shop and go to work.

RULE 11: BE NICE TO NERDS!! Chances are you will end up working for one!

The start of something wonderful...or maybe just the start of something

Ahhh, the first post of my first real blog. Everyone's doing it...or so it seems. As a recent Auburn graduate about to start my new journey in law school, as well as the girlfriend of a recently deployed American soldier, and probably the most challenging - the "mother" of a 9 month old 70 lb lab/german sheppard with enough energy swim across the Atlantic (twice) I figured I had plenty to tell the world about so by golly I'm gonna do it. (Doubt "the world" will get into my blog, but hey dream big)

Obviously this year was meant for me to work on my patience...or to find some and then work on it. I suppose I'll put it on my To Do list, a little reluctantly.