So the time has finally come. Jerome's sub is officially out of shipyards and that only means one thing. Actually, it means a couple of things--but the main thing is that he is now going to be gone more often. Now, I've been used to him not being home....sometimes it's for one day, other times it's two days. I'm a fairly independent woman and I can usually keep myself busy. But now the time apart is one week, later on will be a few weeks. Soon enough, it will be months. I really thought I would be able to handle it--afterall, we're used to being apart. (Like when Jerome lived in South Carolina and I was in LA for those 3 years.) But it's different now. There's ZERO communication. He can't call every night and I can't tell him about my day. I can't expect a call from him at a specific time. I just have to hope that he'll call some time during the day. He was gone for 2 days this past week, and when I picked him up, I swear I had diarrhea of the mouth! I had to tell him everything that had happened since he was gone. He was totally overwhelmed.
But there is a bright side! There will no longer be 12 hour work days--Jerome says if anything, their hours will probably be 4-6 hours/day. So when he's here, he'll be HERE. When the sub is here, life will be "normal"....whatever that is. There's always a silver lining, right?
So life here is becoming more hectic. I'll be starting up work again--teachers go back on the 24th, students back on the 29th. I've been in my classroom for a few hours a day, a few days a week. It's finally getting to the point where I'm comfortable enough to say, "this is my classroom." I've worked so hard to get it to where it is now! It's a complete 180 from how I inherited the classroom...it was disgusting...and now it's much better. Jerome helped me move some furniture and now it's starting to make more sense...much better flow....much better learning environment. :) Let's hope the kiddies think so!
We are also planning on moving within the next month. We want to move out of our house now b/c I'm very wary of the carpet. It's what I term "dorm carpet" because whatever you spill on it, it disappears. Who knows what's on the carpet! Nothing I'd want my baby to crawl/roll/play on, that's for sure. That's the main reason why we want to move. We do qualify to move to another military housing community and as a last resort, we definitely will do that. It's a newer housing community and the houses do not have carpet, which can be a pain, but at least it won't have nasty carpet. Our optimal choice would be to move off base, into a house/townhouse that has 3 bedrooms. We really want 3 bedrooms so that there can be a baby room and a seperate guest room/office. We looked at a community where Jerome's buddy lives and I really liked it--so we're looking in that area. It's actually the halfway point between Jerome and my work, so it's perfect. Now if only we can find a place.... (btw, we want to move within the next month b/c after this sea trial, Jerome will be in port for about month, so he and his buddies can move us!)
Pregnancy is going well. I went to see my new doctor and it was a good visit. We heard the heartbeat and everything seems to be going well. They took more blood (quad screening test) and I had to pee in a cup again--same 'ol, same 'ol. I have an 3D ultrasound on August 1, where we find out the sex of the baby. I'm getting so anxious to find out! Too bad we can figure out names...
Alright, off to bed I go. I really need to start adjusting my sleeping schedule, because this sleeping at midnight and waking up at 8 or 9am is not going to be good for me once school starts! I've been making my own lesson plan/grade book (because I'm too cheap to buy one...but don't ask me how long it took me to make this one!) and now I have to make other stuff for my classroom. *sigh* It's good to be busy, right?