Daddy’s first duty home: paint daughter’s nails, 
YAY!!!
SWEET! Glad he’s home safe and sound.
ohhhhhh!!! 
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Daddy’s first duty home: paint daughter’s nails,
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OMG my heart is all melty!
Awwww, I’m so happy for you and your family!
congrats
sad you didnt wear the dress but glad he’s home.
and that julias nails are painted.
EEEEEEEEEEE!!! your hubbys home!!
YAY!!! Yes, there are priorities and nails are one of them! Go daddy!!!
Seriously, the nail painting pic is the sweetest ever. I love it! So delighted you’re all together again.
so cute my head esploded.
Aww I feel… happy <3
So adorable! Happy family! Yay…
And I’m late to comment on the dress, but seriously! Your hubby is such a lucky man! Date night? You gotta wear it!
Congrats! Glad your husband is back safe and sound and you can be one big happy family again
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
Congrats! Glad your husband is back safe and sound and you can be one big happy family again :)[/quote]
Aren’t you just such the sweetheart mr blaze? I’m just gonna piggyback off of what you wrote cause you said it so perfectly 
Congrats on the successful homecoming! I give you a free pass not to feel too guilty about not updating this log for a while. I know how the homecomings are and that there are other “priorities”
ya, this homecoming stuff is so romanticized…at least in our house.
We hit the ground running, pretty much.
We haven’t even slept in the same bed yet. I can’t sleep. Well actually, I pass out like normal on the couch then stumble to bed only to get woken up an hour later…
And then I’m layin there staring angrily at the ceiling while he snores away. And not only snoring, but twitching from dreams and moving around a lot…its like he has no sense of space. fml
And then during the day theres no time… kids kids kids and they make us BOTH anxious and we’re looking at each other hoping the other has a solution.
Hubby seems to think I need some anger management stuff too.
I didn’t tell you all about the holes I’ve punched in the walls?
ya…not very proud moments I’ve had over the last year.
And he can see the stress on my face when the kids are going at it, or when Julia is giving me grief. I get great anxiety over it and it’s nearly impossible to stay calm anymore 
Like I can feel my heart rate rise and I have to force myself to take deep breaths and really focus on what and how to say anything. How the hell did I get through this?? I guess it’s all coming to a head now that he’s back. Everything I’ve had to hold back is flooding through.
we just need to go to counseling. There are just many layers here that need to be worked out but we’ll get back to good and better/stronger than ever.
This is the ugly side of military life I suppose.
In other news, I hit 178!!! An average of 4lbs loss in one month. I’ll take it.
I had a big time WHOOSH I guess. Or it just took that long for it to show on the scale, even though I ‘felt,’ lighter and lookin slimmer.
No crash diets. Just WORK.
My measurements to play with the others:
5’9".789010450045
178
neck- 12
shoulders- 42(want BIGGER!!!)
upper chest- 36
around chest- 38, mmhmmm
under chest- 32.5(-.5 inch lost)
small waist- 28.5(an inch lost in 2 weeks)
butt- 39.5( +.5 inch, haha) I
I’ve gained 1.5 inches total around my butt in one month. I thought it was lookin more plumpin, haha!!!
meaty thigh- 23(lost an inch in two weeks)
mid thigh- 20.5 (lost .5 inch)
above knee- 15
calve- 14.5
And I’m wearin my first 36 C bra in ages…
And my booty shorts
Feels awesome and gives me confidence in knowing I can obtain good results without hard core dieting!! Fear was holding me back. And laziness. But cardio is my friend now, hate to admit.
I think those double sessions really helped…and I intend to keep it up. I haven’t been to the gym since Monday though
Kept hoping for it, but I haven’t gotten enough sleep to function. I did manage a jog/walk yesterday
jogged 2 minutes/walked 2 minutes for a total of 10 jogging minutes
Then I jogged completely around my block without stopping…5 minutes!!
Hoping sleep catches up with me this weekend and hit it hard again starting Monday. Probably needed a deload anyway.
Cheers!!
With all the shit you’ve been through, that stress has to come out somehow. Maybe you should buy a heavy bag and save your walls. I’m serious! Boxing is a great release.
I hope everything evens out. Meanwhile, fantastic progress - you have similar measurements to me (and thinner thighs, even) whilst being two inches taller. That’s amazing considering where you started from. Kudos.
Congrats on all the progress and familiy stuff…happy for ya.