Military Nesties
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Newb to TN
Hi ladies, my name is Katy and I was married to my best friend and hero on June 25th. DH recently left for deployment and I am just starting to get adjusted to the new lifestyle. I am doing alright so far, but I have my days. I am trying to stay as busy as possible and remodeling our house while DH is away. I did our bedroom in 16 days. I also have a 9 year old son and we have a Boston Terrier named Ammo. I would love some advice from other military wives as to how you cope with deployment. Although, I am sick of everyone telling me that things will get better, I will adjust, get a hobby, etc. The best advice I have found so far is to plan things to look forward to. That will break up the time into weeks and months, not a year. The other Army wives in my husband's platoon are also a God's send. They are my lifeline right now. I see them every week and talk to them almost daily. We have a "chain" and check in on each other daily. It really helps to talk to other wives that are going through the same thing. So, I really look forward to getting to know everyone.
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Re: Newb to TN
Holy cow, you had a giant wedding!
I love your dog's name.
One of the things that helped me with a deployment countdown was to have something tangible, like a stack of USPS boxes for care packages. Decide how many you want to send, then get that number of boxes. It's a nice affirmation that the time isn't that long, it's only 8 boxes away, if you can convince yourself to think that way.
My advice is always to spend the deployment focusing on yourself. Do your hobbies, learn something new, start a new workout regimen, watch sappy movies he wouldn't like, etc.
Good luck, and welcome to the board.
Hi and welcome! I have a Boston Terrier too, who is currently snoring his head off. We really want to get a second one but are waiting until we at least get somewhere with a fenced in yard.
I think it also helps to have something to focus on each month that he is gone. If someone is coming to visit, or you're going somewhere, or anything to look forward to each month. Also for me, which I know is easier said than done, is I just don't dwell on how much I miss him, or how it would be better if he was here with me. Focusing on the sad and negative just makes it drag on.