The Beginning

I have created this blog in attempt to organize my thoughts, rants, musings, inspirations and whatever else happens to come up. I thought it might help me keep my sanity during a my boyfriend's year long deployment and preparing a teenage daughter to go of to university and out into the world on her own.

This post comes 2 days after 'wheels up' for Afghanistan for D and 1 day after B left for the UK on a school trip for 12 days. This means no packing lunches or taxi service for B and a lot of time to myself. D and I currently live 5 hours apart so the deployment hasn't really been a factor yet since we are used to being apart for sometimes weeks at a time. He has also been able to call everyday so far but I know that will not last. That's when it will really sink in.

I hope to keep this blog updated daily with my efforts to keep busy for 363 more days and really with anything that may come up. I'm brand new to blogging but love the venue it provides for any one on any topic.

Looking forward to many more posts!