Stressed Out!

I'll be on a plane on April 14th heading back home. I'm so excited, but so nervous and stressed out.

We have so much to do in the next month. It makes me crazy.

1. Get Alex's orders. This part is stressful, and it's not even something either of us can control. He needs his orders in order to close out housing, get a plane ticket, etc. Agggghhh!

2. Close out housing. That also means have the movers come and get all of our household goods. I'm entirely too freaked about that. After talking to many people, they have all suggested to make our own list of EVERYTHING we own, because the movers will have their own list, and we need to compare it. That's how moving companies get away with losing and stealing things. So that should be a lot of NOT FUN! On top of that, I am VERY protective of all of my stuff. I have worked my butt off for every last thing I own (give or take a gift or two) and the thought of it getting broken or stolen brings me close to tears. I don't want to replace stuff. It's quite the process to have the military get things replaced/reimbursed, so it's just very nerve wracking.

3. Get an apartment back home. It's hard to do this while we are both here (and while we are in between jobs, though technically he has a job until June). We need a place not only because it's two of us and neither of us feels good about mooching off of people, but we'll have the little one with us over the summer, and we have HOUSEHOLD goods. Both of us. Stuff here and back home. We need a place!!!

4. Get jobs back home. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and I'm hoping my past work experience will help me to land a job easily, and I hope his Veteran's preference and the fact that he is very knowledgeable in his field helps him get on somewhere.

5. Adjust back to civilian life. This should be rather easy for me, as I don't see myself as an Army girlfriend...at all. I fully support the Army and those serving, but I'm ready to go back to normal life without the worry of having my love leave me for a year at a time. I worry about Alex though. He's pretty much only known the Army. He joined when he was 17. He did a year of Reserves while he was finishing high school, and then went Active Duty. I know he's so happy to get on with our life, so I think that will help him. He'll definitely be surrounded by people that love him.

On top of all those, of course we'll deal with the daily relationship stresses, which are going to be quite rough the next month. Moving brings the worst out in people, I've decided. We're both irritable (me more so than him...Mainly because I take on the responsibility of stressing for BOTH OF US!).

I'm just ready for this part to be over, and for us to be situated in our new life with the little man and our families close by.