My "Marine Wife" Experience

 

I thought this would be a fun link up that Mal Smiles and The Samantha Show created since I'm a relatively new military wife, and I'm starting to hear some of the stereotypes more and more. Anyways, I'm Morgan, and I have been a "Marine wife" for almost 7 months. However, I started dating my husband as a high school senior. Even back then he told me he would be joining the Marines and I shrugged it off because I didn't think it would ever really impact me. Well,  I was wrong. Here I am nearly 7  years later and we are married.

He did ROTC at Texas A&M University, where I also went to school, and then commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in May 2012. After that, he went to TBS (The Basic School) and IOC ( Infantry Officer's Course) in Quantico, VA. We got married just before we moved to Jacksonville, NC.

Corps of Cadets days:

After his commissioning:

The one thing I wish people knew about military spouses is that we are really just like everyone else. Many of us don't let our husband's job or rank define who we are. Before my husband deployed, the military didn't really impact my day to day life. Now it does in the sense that my husband is overseas, but that's really the extent of it. We also don't all have kids young. My husband and I are waiting for another few years to enjoy married life before we decide to start a family, but it really annoys me when (even other military couples do this) everyone assumes we will want to start a family ASAP. Granted, being in a town with tons of babies does bring on the baby fever, but we both agree it is best to wait. Plus, I haven't figured out how I can keep my job working full time and be a mother. Until then, I want to enjoy my husband and travel/explore the East coast as much as possible after he returns from deployment!


Have a Happy Thursday!

 

Texas in a Box

Hey Y'all!

My husband and I were married back in October and then moved to North Carolina the following day. Unfortunately he deployed in January , so he hasn't been home to Texas since our wedding. When I was home in February, I thought it would be a fun idea to send my husband "Texas in a box". You could really so the same concept with any state or even just the idea of home.

For my package I included:

• Julio's tortilla chips
• Nacho cheese
• A&M crunch
• Beef jerky
• Longhorn poop candy
• What's burger ketchup
• Texas flag chocolate bar
• Texas koozie (You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas - Davy Crockett)
• Texas playing cards
• Texas Chapstick
• Texas mints
• Various Texas themed candy
• Duck Dynasty plastic cups (not Texas, but an O'Sullivan favorite)
• Zac Brown Band CD (also not Texas, but one of my husband's favorite bands)

Basically, I included stuff that you can only get in Texas, are Texas favorites, or that made him think of home. I know he has already mentioned to me that they have used the playing cards on multiple occasions. 

We are planning to go home on his post deployment leave, but as most people know Texas is kind of obsessed with itself and being away from Texas can be hard on a Texan. Every time I make a trip home I have a must do ( must eat really ) list. 

Have a great evening!

Morgan 

Welcome to My Blog

Well, I am new to this whole "blogging" thing. I'm just a 23 year old exploring a new state, learning about home ownership, and navigating through life while my husband is away on his first deployment.

Our story began back in high school, my husband and I officially started dating our senior year on October 26, 2007. He likes to claim that I "followed" him to Texas A&M, and we both ended up graduating from there in May of 2012. At that time, my husband also commissioned into the Marine Corps. It wasn't until the following Christmas Eve (December 24, 2013) that we got engaged when my husband was home from The Basic School for Christmas. He actually proposed to me in the same spot that we took our senior prom pictures and was also our usual "date spot".

 

We planned our wedding for October 5, 2013 which was intimidating. If you have ever planned a wedding where one (or even both!) spouses are in the military, you will know how stressful it is just because of the simple fact that there is no guarantee that your bride or groom will be there! Somehow, the date that we initially picked out worked perfectly.

The following day we moved to North Carolina and three short months later my husband left for his first deployment! This blog will be about us, our adventures in North Carolina, my adventures in being a "house wife" & home ownership, and some military related posts (deployment, care packages, etc). Oh, and probably also some pictures of our sweet fur baby, Elsa: