So Robert and I are getting closer and closer to his R&R dates. For those of you who may not know, R&R is a 15 day break in a deployment where the soldier gets to come home, most people try to put R&R right at the 6 month mark so it evenly breaks up the deployment. Robert and I decided to aim for a later date, at a little over 8 months.
Anyway, we're both extrememly excited to see each other for the first time in 8 months, obviously. However, while I am excited about seeing my husband, I am suffering the stress of making sure these 15 days really count. Just imagine seeing your spouse for 15 days out of the year. Would you want to share them with anyone? No, but you can't be selfish so you have to. What are you going to do for 15 days? It's up to you to figure it out because chances are your soldier just wants to not go on patrols, sleep in a bed, and take a break from giving/taking orders.
I know he'll be happy with whatever we do and I know it'll be perfect because we'll be together, but I can't help but make sure things get done while he's home. You think my face looks like I have chicken pox? No those are just tons of pimples from the stress. You have gift suggestions for Christmas? Well too late, I had to have that all together by last week so I could ship everything home in time for Christmas. You would like to know our schedule while we're home? Yeah, so would I, I'm actively trying not to plan so my husband doesn't feel rushed around. You want to pick him up from the airport? To Bad. Sorry, there's like Army law or something that says all spouses get their soldier for the first 36 hours... at least.
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