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6am
I woke up at six this morning with a pounding head; the light streaming in from behind our bedroom curtains blinding my eyes until they began to water.. Migraines always make me feel hung over, or at...
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Melodramatic
It’s been a hard week so far. I have so many posts that I need to write but I haven’t really had the mental capacity to sit down and say anything that would make sense. Pregnancy insomnia has hit, full...
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Mommy Blog Wars
I follow a few mommy blogs. Should really update my blog roll, but it’s so easy to lose that list in the framework of this site. Some day I’ll get bored enough. I noticed that quite a few of the blogs...
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Port Call
I don’t like ports. They are the best and worst part of deployment, based on my previous experience with them. They offer a chance for the sailors to blow a bunch of cash, let loose, get drunk, and be...
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Belly Rant
Stretch marks are the topic of the day on my mommy boards. Everyone is posting their “solution” to avoid stretch marks and it is truly amazing what some of these women literally buy into… creams,...
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It Comes with a Price
Nothing seems to be coming easy to me lately, and it’s all a frustrating and pointless struggle to stay emotionally afloat during this deployment. There’s this song that goes, “am I supposed to be...
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Benadryl Fog
I’ve been in a benadryl fog the past week. My super strict midwife prefers that I take no meds ever, but in case of a cold, benadryl and tylenol are the only “okayed” medications. Tried and trusted to...
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The Missing
It’s almost three months into this deployment and another huge wave of missing hit tonight. Probably my fault for reading a book (The Art of Racing in the Rain) that is stirring up my already...
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Adrenaline and Albuterol
I ended up in the Emergency Room last night because I felt like my throat was swelling and I couldn’t breathe. Not an allergic reaction type thing.. but irritation from all the unproductive coughing...
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December
It feels like I have been waiting for this month all year. Not for my birthday, which is now only two weeks away, but for whatever day our little man chooses to be his birthday. The eighth sounds good...
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