The Waiting Game....

I have never been a patient person, I blame my mother! I must have learned it from her right? I hate waiting in lines, hate waiting for my food to finish cooking, and hate waiting for everything I guess. No surprise most people hate waiting that is why we have more people sending e-mails than snail mail, why microwaves were invented, and why we can use our phones like a computer, would hate to wait until we got home to read all our Facebook notifications (which usually is 2 instead of the 20 we are hoping for).

You never realize how much you will play the waiting game or how patient you will have to become until you are married to a man in the military. Now my life seems to be a consist game of waiting. Waiting for a phone call from my husband and being disappointed every time the phone rings and it isn't him. If you aren't my husband don't call me LOL! Waiting for letters in my mailbox. I think the mailman might have put a restraining order on me. Don't worry I'm not crazy or dangerous just waiting for those letters from my solider, because they make me feel connected to him and really make my WHOLE day! But when I hope for letters and don't get them it seems to ruin my whole day. Like seriously, why don't I have dozens of letters everyday waiting in my mailbox? Oh wait...that's right he is busy learning how to become the best soldier he can. Okay fine so maybe I don't get a lot of letters but if I get 1-2 a week I am a happy army wife!

But it isn't just the calls or letters you are constantly waiting for. It's the pictures too. I get the Drill Sargent are busy training our men but seriously would it kill you snap a few shots, and by that I mean ones of my husband and if it isn't too much to ask the zoom button is your friend and most importantly mine! Next time you have that camera in your hand and your subject is my sexy camo wearing husband just say, "HEY BOGLE! LOOK UP!!!! Okay, obviously I am living in a dream world because although the Army says family is important they really could care less if I am anxiously waiting for pictures, or if I am missing my husband harder than I ever have in my life. My feelings don't even enter into the equation because they are trying to keep my solider safe by training him the right way to do things, and that is more important than my feelings. So Army I will let you being insensitive to my feelings! When I see a picture of my husband I can't even put into words the immense pride I feel, but when I find a picture of him that is far away or just isn't of good quality, or worse yet don't find any of him at all, my heart breaks because I can't see my solider and those pictures are another way to feel connected to him! So boys, keep those pictures coming!!!!

When you are an army wife it seems like all you do is wait and playing this waiting game is no where on my list of fun things to do. But wait we must and to be honest as much as it sucks waiting all the time in the end it is worth it. Every time he calls (although the calls rarely come), every letter I receive and I get to know what is going on with him and receive little love notes, and every picture I find...I treasure them all. Waiting is never fun especially when you are waiting for any communication from your solider but HE IS WORTH WAITING FOR!!!! So let the waiting games continue...for at least another three months and I'm sure there will be more waiting throughout his military career. If you are a new army wife like I am you will wait and wait and wait some more but it makes you treasure your husband, the love you have for him, and the love between a woman and a soldier is one full of waiting, disappointment, but it's also one of the most beautiful loves because your love is always worth the wait!!!!

Remember the Army loves to make you wait. I guess that's where the phase "hurry up and wait" came from. I think it's the Army's motto! So if you need me I will be here just waiting, and waiting, oh and waiting some more!