Journal of Pier Luck

Today was another good day and I actually already had dinner and it's before 10 PM! I made my favorite meal of apricot glazed salmon and I'm so proud of myself, because I cooked it on the grill. Now, I know this sounds lame, but I don't think I have ever cooked anything on the grill by myself. My Dad would cook on it growing up, my uncles, my grandpa, and then for the last 7 years, Dustin.......it's just a man's thing I guess. Well, NOT anymore....I think I did a pretty good job, but not quite as good as Dustin! I fixed fresh asparagus on the side for a wonderfully healthy meal! I also biked 20 miles this morning and ran 5 this evening, so I'm feeling good! I heard from Dustin by email a few times today, nothing new on his end. He said he took some pictures of the "take downs" they performed in class and he will try to send them. So, this is the first official day in 7 years that I haven't heard his voice. Now, I miss him, don't get me w...

Again, I've fallen behind with updating this, but I promise to be better. I will keep the name of this blog the same, despite me contemplating whether I should change it to "journal of a real navy wife." Dustin left on Tuesday on his ship for a deployment of over 2 months. It was a pretty cool site to see with all the sailors manning (and womaning) the rails on the way out to the ocean. Amber (our neighbor and good friend) went with me and it helped a lot! I only cried once when I hugged him for the last time. We stood outside the fences looking in for about an hour and a half, taking pictures and still being able to text and call on our cell phones to each other. Then, Amber and I drove to the beach and climbed up on the jetty of rocks to give them one last wave goodbye! It was a great site and he was able to call me as they were passing and we spotted eachother. We stayed on the beach for awhile watching them get further and further away and took some more pict...