I usually let Adam be the spokesman for our household. His opinions are more interesting, he enjoys sharing his thoughts with others, and I think that he really enjoys the attention. I’m just fine with letting Adam be the center of attention but he’s asked me to give his faithful readers a little wife update.

Having your spouse away from home for long periods of time is never easy or fun. Luckily, there are many friends and family close to home who check in on me often. I have weekly dinners at my sister’s house, which takes care of human interaction and me not having to cook and yet getting a very yummy home cooked meal. The puppies do a good job of indulging me in a good snuggle. Adam doesn’t believe me, but I’m convinced that the dogs are missing their dad. We’ve had some weird behavior issues with both dogs that I’m convinced have come from their distress at our broken home status. Adam is trying to convince me it’s just because the alpha dog has left the house and they’re trying to run all over me. I’m pretty sure I’m right on this one.

I’ve really enjoyed going to see Adam in Little Rock and getting to know some of the folks from his unit. I’ve also gotten to know a few of the significant others of those in the unit, LSU Hater, Top’s Wife and Mrs. SassyPants. Everyone is so friendly and lots of fun to be around. I know that Top’s Wife and Mrs. SassyPants are doing a good job of looking after Adam while he’s in Little Rock. Mrs. SassyPants was even kind enough to let Adam play Rock Band with her husband at their house. She is a brave woman to let Adam have a microphone and an excuse to sing at the top of his lungs. God bless her!

I’ve had some excess time on my hands since Adam’s away. This has been my chance to watch a lot of girly TV and movies. Friends, Gilmore Girls, and Jon and Kate plus 8 are in heavy rotation on my TV schedule. I’m also watching tons of college football. I’ve had some very, very lame games on just because I can without listening to Adam complain about how worthless the teams are. My sister has also been kind enough to keep me busy with a big stack of books from her personal library. I’m currently working on Julie & Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen. It’s incredibly amusing! Julie just tried to make eggs in a jelly made from calf’s hoof. Apparently, it’s just as disgusting as it sounds. It’s been very nice to just sit and read for hours at a time. When Adam’s gone it seems like my social calendar is much emptier than when he’s at home. Such a social butterfly!

I’m very much looking forward to having Adam home again for the Thanksgiving holiday. I can’t wait to go to the final TCU home football game with him, hang out and do a whole lot of nothing, and visit our families for the holiday. We get about 10 or 11 days together before he heads back to training. I plan on spending lots of disgusting couple’s time together telling him how cute he is and how much I love him. If we’re lucky we’ll be so cute together that we’ll gross out our newlywed friends who are going to the TCU game with us. If we can out schmoopy (Seinfield reference) a couple that’s been married not even a month, I think we have a real talent.

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