Running Army Wife

Korea. We are moving there. WHAT. I had gotten to this great place where I was happy not knowing where we were moving yet. They kept on pushing back the date when we would find out, so I just decided I would be cool with it.  The Army will tell us when the Army tells us. As soon as we find out, it will get more stressful (It did) . Let me just bask in the ignorance for a while.  I was pretty dang smug about how patience I was being. Then last Monday, James had the day off work. He got back from his run and while he was in the shower, his phone exploded with texts. Everyone in his squad was sending in a group text that people were finally get the email . So people continued to get emails all morning. And we waited. I think I told James to hit refresh on his email about 50 times. And I realized that since other people knew, I was no longer cool with not knowing. We ended up not finding out until the next afternoon. Somehow we were one of the very last to find out. J...

Today, Jensen turns 7 months old. And today, James will interview for his next assignment and location. Together, we ranked a list of jobs at different Army bases 1 to 25. They will place James at one of those locations, depending on where they think he (and the rest of his captain's career course classmates) fit best. In a little over 2 months, we will be packing up to move to one of those places. Some of those places are overseas. Some of them are in the middle of nowhere. None of them are very close to family in Chicagoland (the closest, I believe, is a 6 hour drive). We have no idea which one yet. Four years ago, when I waited outside some gates, waiting for James to come out of Ranger School, I talked to a veteran Dad waiting for his son. He promised me that "life will eventually calm down." After nearly 8 months of living apart and phone calls and letters from the field, I didn't really believe him. We got placed at James's first assignment and he almost...