Moving.

[Docsgirl]

I don't know how many of you read the living abroad post, but...sadly, this post does not go hand in hand with that post. DH will be deploying this fall to Afghanistan. :(

That said, he suggested that we move to the bigger city next to us within the next couple of months so that when he is gone, I'll have things to do and I won't be stuck in a Marine town with a bunch of horned up guys that don't really give a hoot if you're taken or not. :irked: I'm pretty excited about picking out the new apartment. Since I'll be living 6-8 of the 12 month lease alone, I get to pick what I want. I like that it will be in the city too, since it's where we drive to do most of the stuff we want to do anyways. I was looking tonight and found a few nice loft apartments that are 5 minutes away from the beach. That could be nice. :D He's going to try to get his letter of orders so we can break the lease on the house we're renting with no penalties and move as soon as possible so the new place is set-up and settled before he has to go. I told him I think I'd prefer an apartment complex than a house if it's going to be just me for a long time....houses seem so big when they're empty.

As for living abroad, he's still going to check what orders are out when he gets back from deployment. But if nothing else, we'll already have a nice apartment in the city for when he gets out if he doesn't extend for international orders.

I forgot how fun apartment hunting is....especially when you get to pick what you want! :D

[caligal85]

Aw I'm sorry to hear your honey has to go. We find out Friday if my brother is going over. Good luck on the search! Hope you find something fantastic.

[TwoPeasinAPod]

((hugs))

I just want to let you know that your not alone! My FH has been deployed since September 2008. Today will be the first day I see him since then.

Then come this coming September, he is going to be deployed for another full year to Japan.

I will probably see him another 3 times before our wedding! :(

[gwenshack]

I love finding a new place to live. Sure, moving is stressful, but I always feel so optomistic when I start over in a new place.

Hope you find something you like!

[f77g4]

Aww I'm sorry to hear he is being deployed. I hate when FH is working nightshifts let alone gone for a lengthy time.

I agree that I would prefer an apartment too with being alone. That way it is a secured building, etc.

Good luck on the apartment hunt!

[MrsZorrillaToBe]

Good luck on the apartment hunt! :)

[Qtpie]

Good luck on the apartment hunt. I hope you find what you want. Keep us posted.

[girlggc]

I'm so sorry you will be separated from your honey. Good luck on the apartment hunt!

[mitch]

Good luck with the House hunt.

We went through a phase of moving house. Our belongings were constantly in cardboard boxes. In the past Six years We've lived at 5 Addresses. One of which we lived in for 2 years. And We've been here nearly 2 years. So do the math. :bbeek:

Like Gwenshack said, moving is stressful. Although i'm almost a Professional at it now. LOL.
I've told DH i'm not moving again unless either the Landlord wants it back. Or the house before last comes up for rent again. (We should have stayed there instead of trying the Countryside for Ten Months. Live and learn i guess)

Hope You get everything You want. And that You can feather Your nest nicely for when Your Man is home again.

[Docsgirl]

Thanks so much everyone! Your good luck wishes really helped! :D

We've found a great place to live yesterday. It's in a brand new apartment complex in the city. It's right off of the interstate and another one of the main highways, so getting to where we'll need to go will be a breeze. It's also a gated community and very secure, every apartment has its own alarm system. I fell in love as soon as the apartment manager unlocked the door. 2 bedroom, 2 full bathrooms, wood burning fireplace in the living room, balcony with a locked storage locker built into the side of the left balcony wall, the community has a pool, hot tub, sauna, and sun deck, 24 hour fitness room, a clubhouse with a billards room, tennis courts, putting green, and a disc golf course. We were afraid to hear what the rent would be, we were expecting it to be more than we wanted to pay. But when we the manager found out DH was in the military, they knocked hundreds of dollars off! The brand new apartment is going to cost us less than the house we are renting now! :D And they're fine with us having a kitty! Yayay! I'm sooooooo excited. DH said he wants to move right now, so he can enjoy it for awhile before he has to go. Haha. We told them that we're expecting to move anytime between April-June. I'd rather it be right after the wedding, instead of before, but I'll really be fine with either.

[f77g4]

Oh that is good news! Congrats!

[caligal85]

That's so wonderful that you found such a great place! I hope FH and I are that lucky when it's our turn to find a place.

[dizy1j62881]

((hugs))

I just want to let you know that your not alone! My FH has been deployed since September 2008. Today will be the first day I see him since then.

Then come this coming September, he is going to be deployed for another full year to Japan.

I will probably see him another 3 times before our wedding! :(


My little sister knows about deployments really well. they are currently in japan, well she is and he is iraq...its his 4th time in 5 years. Good luck to everyone

[ThePhotoBride]

Sorry your husband is deploying. As you know, mine's gone right now (three weeks now!). I still live right here in the military town, but I don't go out and mingle with single Marines by any means. In fact, I just don't "go out." I go to the gym on base everyday, but I am REALLY good at looking extremely unavailable. You just have to practice exuding that "stay the hell away from me" vibe. lol

Congrats on finding the apartment!

[ThePhotoBride]

My little sister knows about deployments really well. they are currently in japan, well she is and he is iraq...its his 4th time in 5 years. Good luck to everyone

Ugh! I hate hearing stories like that, it makes me very upset. That is exactly why hubby will be on his way OUT of the Marine Corps the year after he gets back from Iraq. THANK GOODNESS.

[Docsgirl]

Sorry your husband is deploying. As you know, mine's gone right now (three weeks now!). I still live right here in the military town, but I don't go out and mingle with single Marines by any means. In fact, I just don't "go out." I go to the gym on base everyday, but I am REALLY good at looking extremely unavailable. You just have to practice exuding that "stay the hell away from me" vibe. lol

Congrats on finding the apartment!

I didn't really plan on moving....but it's definitely nice that he gave me the option to move to the city. I really think I'll like it there more than here. There will be more things for me to do, more opportunity for a good job (very few and far between here, since basically every job is taken! lol), the university is only a few miles from our apartment, so I can start school again if I want to, and it's just a safer area in general. We live in a house off base right now in what you'd call the "train tracks" area. Our area is nice, all of our neighbors are extremely nice to us, but about 3 blocks down, it gets really bad. We get woken up by gunshots at nighttime (non-military :bbeek:) and our next door neighbors had their house broken into and their car stolen. The cops found their car a few miles away with drug paraphernalia in it.....so needless to say, we got deadbolts and put the car in the garage and lock it every night. Not exactly an area I wanted to stay at alone, or he wanted me to stay at alone. I told him I wanted a gun before he left, and I was completely serious. Which, he's still going to get me a 9mm for the nightstand even though we're moving, but we're going to put the magazine somewhere else in the bedroom so it's not loaded. I have horrible anxiety at nighttime and I'm afraid of the dark, so we're trying to do everything possible to make our separation bareable. Geez, reading that, I sound like a wimp! I'm really not...lol. But I do love that the apartment is in a gated community and has alarms.

[f77g4]

I didn't really plan on moving....but it's definitely nice that he gave me the option to move to the city. I really think I'll like it there more than here. There will be more things for me to do, more opportunity for a good job (very few and far between here, since basically every job is taken! lol), the university is only a few miles from our apartment, so I can start school again if I want to, and it's just a safer area in general. We live in a house off base right now in what you'd call the "train tracks" area. Our area is nice, all of our neighbors are extremely nice to us, but about 3 blocks down, it gets really bad. We get woken up by gunshots at nighttime (non-military :bbeek:) and our next door neighbors had their house broken into and their car stolen. The cops found their car a few miles away with drug paraphernalia in it.....so needless to say, we got deadbolts and put the car in the garage and lock it every night. Not exactly an area I wanted to stay at alone, or he wanted me to stay at alone. I told him I wanted a gun before he left, and I was completely serious. Which, he's still going to get me a 9mm for the nightstand even though we're moving, but we're going to put the magazine somewhere else in the bedroom so it's not loaded. I have horrible anxiety at nighttime and I'm afraid of the dark, so we're trying to do everything possible to make our separation bareable. Geez, reading that, I sound like a wimp! I'm really not...lol. But I do love that the apartment is in a gated community and has alarms.

No I don't blame you at all. I couldn't stay where you currently are by myself either and I'm so happy that you are moving.

There is just something about the night time eh - FH works shift work (some days/some nights) and I find I don't sleep as well when he isn't home at night cause I'm always hearing things and freaking myself out.

[Docsgirl]

I have a sound machine and nightlight for when I have to sleep alone. I used to stay up all night if I heard something outside when I lived by myself back home. :bbredface: I don't know what it is, the nighttime just scares the heck out of me if I'm all alone. Add DH or my best friend from back home that I used to room with and I'm fine and can sleep in complete darkness, even if it's in separate rooms. It's a bit odd really.

[fireprincess2009]

Congrats on finding a place you love. It sounds great. Makes me a little
jealous even!

[Nekochanpurr]

I'm so glad you got a deal!! :D

[WebLady]

Wishing you all the best in your new place :)

[NurseLau84]

I'm so sorry about your husband's upcoming deployment. My best friend's DH just came back from an 18 month stint in Iraq, and it killed me to hear how lonely she was. May the time fly by super fast, and enjoy your new place!!!

[Docsgirl]

Thanks everyone! I know I'm going to miss him terribly. I miss him even when he's just at work now. But I'm just going to keep myself busy and stay strong and be there for him whenever he needs me. Pretty sure it's in the list of duties as a military wife. We've still got time to be together, his training in California won't be for another couple of months. We're even going to try to take a mini-moon together right before he deploys to just get away from everything and everyone and just "be" together. Cell phones shut off, no real connection to the outside world unless we want it. Should be nice. :)

[ThePhotoBride]

Thanks everyone! I know I'm going to miss him terribly. I miss him even when he's just at work now. But I'm just going to keep myself busy and stay strong and be there for him whenever he needs me. Pretty sure it's in the list of duties as a military wife. We've still got time to be together, his training in California won't be for another couple of months. We're even going to try to take a mini-moon together right before he deploys to just get away from everything and everyone and just "be" together. Cell phones shut off, no real connection to the outside world unless we want it. Should be nice. :)

I can't wait for this summer when my hubby comes home on combat leave. We're thinking about taking a trip to be all alone and soak each other up as much as possible before he has to leave again. I am so looking forward to it. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and I cry just thinking about what it's going to feel like when I see him and hug him again for the first time...

*big sigh*

[Docsgirl]

I can't wait for this summer when my hubby comes home on combat leave. We're thinking about taking a trip to be all alone and soak each other up as much as possible before he has to leave again. I am so looking forward to it. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and I cry just thinking about what it's going to feel like when I see him and hug him again for the first time...

*big sigh*

I turn into a leaky faucet sometimes when he's just talking about deploying. Hopefully you two will be able to take your trip and spend that quality time together! :D