There is a "legend" that is spread amongst military stay-at-homers (SAH): the deployment fairy. This lovely little fairy goes around wreaking havoc on all military SAH's special days.
This year has been no different. Today was my birthday. Yup, this is the day when my mama went into the hospital and out popped a little ole me! This was also the day that the deployment fairy paid me a visit.
The deployment fairy strike number one: This morning my cell phone decided to overheat. Not just slightly overheat, we're talking scorching hot. It burned my hand! Because of this, I was incredibly paranoid that the lobster would try to contact me and the phone would be of no use. I made every effort to get him a message that my phone was on the fritz and I was going to have to go to the Apple store to get another one (um, thank God for Apple!!!).
All of my message sending was really of no use. He never came on. Deployment fairy strike number two.
After spending almost my entire day glued to my computer trying to fix my phone, then re-setting up my phone, then getting a new phone and having to sync that one, I decided to go get dinner at my one of my favorite restaurants.
The food wasn't hot, the meat was filled with so much fat that there was scarcely any meat, the sauce was horribly blended. Deployment fairy strike three.
I think the only difference between this year's deployment fairy and the last ones is that this year, she didn't win. I didn't end up in tears, and I'm not angry. In fact, this year, her actions only made me laugh. They actually entertained me! When you get to know the deployment fairy, one honestly must start to get excited about the adventure that she will inevitably take you on while your soldier is away, or you will surely go insane.
So today I am officially one year older. It's strange how nothing is really different. :)
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