I’m back!
I have been gone for sooooo long! Okay, Captain Obvious there….
Anyway…some of you may remember back in June my announcement that come late January my husband was heading back to Iraq for a 13 month tour. I wasn’t here much at all in December and not at all in January due to the fact that we were spending all of our free time together as a family in preparation for the separation. He left on January 30th, and I didn’t come on at all in February and for most of March just because I was allowing myself to dwell a little in my misery. Just a little. During all this time I wavered up and down with my weight. I maintained for awhile but then for awhile I just went back to my old ways and gained back 16 lbs.
I totally allowed myself to do this though, call it a kind of strategy. I want to start losing big again and I figured that it would work best after my body got used to eating whatever. So since my husband left on 1/30, I’ve been eating whatever and the only exercise I’ve been getting is from my kickboxing class at the dojo. In other words, I got my body used to being this size with this amount of calories and this amount of exercise. Now I can shock it back into losing big again. It’s kind of exciting cuz’ my husband doesn’t want me to send him any pictures or give him any details of my progress, so that when we get together again he can truly appreciate the difference. I am SO looking forward to it that it gives me a new motivation.
We are going to have him home for the last two weeks in July for a visit and then he heads back out there for another 6-7 month period of time where I’ll lose even more weight!
I have truly missed my buddies here, and think of you all often. I apologize for not checking in from time to time to see how you’re all doing. I should have done so. For this I have no excuse. I have been extremely busy with everything that’s been going on…homeschooling, household chores, kickboxing classes…but still. I should’ve found a few minutes here and there to come check in and let everyone know how things were here. Please forgive me!
We had such good times before he left. Our wedding anniversary is December 19th, 1988. Since he will not be here for us to celebrate our 20th, we celebrated it this last time around. We went and spent a couple of days in downtown San Diego. We so love it there. We went ice skating at Horton Plaza and wow was that fun! I haven’t done that in so many years, and wouldn’t have been able to do so if I hadn’t lost so much weight. We walked around the gas lamp quarter ALOT, did some shopping in Seaport Village, ate dinner at an extremely expensive, very nice restaurant that looks like a lighthouse and overlooks the harbor called “Ruth’s Chris Steak House”. Very interesting name….haven’t a clue what it means. We ate at some neat hole in the wall type places. We stayed in the Horton Grand Hotel, which was so cute! Everything about our get away was so nice….we even went to the movies (a favorite thing of mine to do) Our daughter was in charge of things at home and that all went very well, which of course helped us to have such a good time.
I even planned my own little surprise for him. My daughter even helped me put it all together by taking her brothers to her boyfriends house for the evening so that we could have the house to ourselves. I surprised him when he came home from work with me in a robe, a candlelight dinner (chinese) and music…the whole works.
The kids each got their alone time with him too. He took our 17 year old daughter Britney horseback riding and out for brunch at the Officer’s Club on base. Our 15 year old son Brice he took to a Chargers game and they each got Charger’s jerseys to wear. Our 12 year old son Nick he took to Medieval Times, and our 6 year old Noah he took to the zoo. Everyone had a great time. We made sure that we got in a lot of family dinners at the table before he left too, as that has always been an important thing to us. Especially for that last week, we never missed one. We cherished those last few weeks together and I’m thankful for them, it made the ordinary extraordinary!
We do miss him, and I know he’s missing us. But the time is going by fairly fast.
Anyway, that is enough from me for now. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Oh Trina, I am so glad that you’re back and yet sad because I know how hard it must be to have your beloved so far away and for so long!
I will pray for his safe return and for your family, so God gives you strength and patience to wait for him–it will be so much fun when he comes home.
Now let’s get losing lady…he’s got to find a hot wife when he gets back!
Welcome back Catrina,
Its so great to hear from you.
Its wonderful that you have your motivation back and hubbys return will be even more special with you losing more weight.
Thats really exciting.
It sounds like you really made the most of your time before he went away thats awesome.
That is so special and you and your children and hubby will all have those memories forever.
I am looking forward to hearing about your success in this journey that you’ve already had so much success in. Hubbys going to be so proud of you as well as the rest of your family of course.
You know we are also proud of you here.
YOU ROCK!!!!
Lori
How wonderful, I love Ruth’s Chris and all downtown SD, it’s a wonderful place to spend time in. I’m so glad you are doing well and I’m sorry your sweet husband had to go back over there. God bless his soul. I will keep him in my prayers. You are quite a strong women.
You were such an inspiration to me and I’m delighted to see you join again and ready to surprise your hubby when he gets back.
Good luck and let’s get movin’
That post was so bitter sweet and lovely it made me teary. I really really enjoyed you sharing all this with us.
You’re honesty is refreshing and it’s wonderful to see how much you’ve lost!! I feel for you and your family during his time away..my son went to Iraq three different times. I wish you luck in all you do!
Wow. You are very lucky to have such a strong and loving family who know how important it is to cherish each other. I can’t imagine how tough it is for you right now. But, I do believe, that you are strong enough to say what you mean, and and do what you say you will. So good Luck to you with your weight-loss, and much prayers sent to you and your family, through this time.
Welcome back. I pride you for being able to be away from your husband for so long. I know I could never do it and I look up to people like you. You must be so strong. Good luck to you now. I know you can do it.
Welcome back! Wil be praying for hubby. Missed you lady! Good luck to you!
I signed on tonight to try and figure out how to unsubscribe from Buddyslim. I saw your post and as I’ve said before I feel you were sent to me as a buddy for a reason. I have not been doing well with my eating although I have gone up and down with my weight haven’t made any substantial progress but haven’t really gained a lot either. You are so positive about life that you are an inspiration to me. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
Judi
I just saw this and wanted to say that I am glad you are back. I know what you mean about trying to shock your body. I am kinda doing/did the same thing.
I know it musst be hard with your hubby being gone so long. Hopefully the time will keep flying for you so he will be home soon!
Doesn’t seem like all that long ago I posted this, yet on the other hand it seems like a lifetime ago.