I was making a list of my New Year's resolutions for 2010. As I was writing down the projects I wanted to complete, I noticed how many of the projects on my list were carried over from when my hero was deployed.
When planning for deployment, I just knew without my hero around that I would be able to accomplish all those things that were harder to do while he was in the way. I knew I would have the time to update all the photo albums and write wonderful, witty captions. His scrapbook from his time in Afghanistan would be cleverly put into a scrapbook for his homecoming. The house would be stunning with new paint inside (and the color choices could be all mine!) and the new roof on the outside...yea right...
I was busy all right - but what I had forgotten was everything while he was gone was now my responsibility. The lawn, the house, the laundry, the kids, the rental property, the cars, the in-laws...all were up to me. And while I felt I did a lot of it when he was here, it just seemed more so while he was gone.
I also was so excited to have total control (except for the kids' tv) of the remotes. Yes, the DVR was mine! Every chick flick movie, every eye-rolling sitcom would be mine once the kids were in bed! What I hadn't planned on was being so exhausted every night by the time I put the kids in bed.
As it turns out, the only big project that was completed was the roof. The photo albums...on my list for 2010. The scrapbook - maybe a nice birthday present for this July...
So what about my deployment year resolutions...while the projects are now jumping on this year's resolution list, we did accomplish the most important thing on my list. We survived and came out of it with a stronger marriage and a stronger family.
So carrying those projects onto another year's list - I guess it's not so bad!
