#milso

Meant to update Tumblr and it just seemed like a hastle without a keyboard.

I even purchased a mini keyboard but my fingers keep hitting the wrong keys...

Anywho, my spouse came home from deployment. He's super excited to be home. I was really nervous about the coming home ceremony because usually they make you go find your partner on the field to "release" them and when theres hundreds of soldiers who look alike you're desperately looking for familiar body language/little unique quirks and its very stressful. This time there wasn't as many soldiers, they were also facing us and it was daylight and my soldier was the leader of the pack. So I caught him immediately. I also made a large sign which he spotted pretty quickly.

Also, his mother got the day off and while she missed the ceremony she did come this way to visit (with her sister) and they spent a long weekend with us. We did a lot of sight seeing and some shopping, eating and just in general, driving around town.

This was the first time we had guests in this house too so I was actually kind of excited to host and set up the guest bedrooms.

I have gotten to play a little bit of FF7Rebirth. Just a couple hours worth though because I didn't find it appropriate to play in front of family and then had to work. Also started the ATLA netflix show which I think was off to a decent start for the first episode.

Now its just a matter of finding a new routine. My husband doesn't like to sit at home, whereas before I had a lot of free time because I do like chilling at home. I have managed to start painting a new illustration though. Hopefully can get that done this week (probably not this weekend)

Id really like to start reading a new book but Im running out of free time.

I did a vloggy vlog. Im doing really well at drawing something every day but Im not doing well at conceptualizing and illustrating this new year.

January has been: be sick for a week, get a little better, go to work, go to sleep, go to the gym, play video games, do chores and repeat.

My husband will apparently be home from deployment maybe within the next 6 weeks or so.

I did get my W2s but I cant file taxes til the spouse gets home.

My FIL is having some major health problems and had to have a big surgery. Sounds kinda stressful on their end.

I've picked up an interest in the french language again now my brain is getting spanish and french super confused. I think next year, because this is the last year of my 5 year journal (I have 2 journals actually), Im going to pick up another journal and just do daily entries in spanish. I could technically do it this year but I literally just did the entire year of one of the 5 year journals a few days ago...and the other one I let it go about a week out and fill in the entire week at once. I can't focus on a third journal when I can barely do one in my native language.

I am over winter. I would really like to go out in skirts and shorts again. I would really like to plant a garden but I wont because it will just be something else Id have to clean up before we move.

I’m feeling better but I still have a residual cough. There’s actually suddenly a plethora of staff nurses at work all of a sudden. I done did trained em all too good that now I feel like I’m less needed. I lost my importance pedestal but that also means I get to work less hours. Which is a good thing for me. I went to the gym for the first time since…after thanksgiving?

I feel super weak and icky now tho. I did have the day off today and wasted a good portion of it with a horrible headache. I woke up with it and tried to ignore it and by this afternoon I was nonfunctional. I try not to take nsaids anymore but I had to take something. This one was killing me but I feel better this evening. Was able to take the dog on a super long walk and I did the dishes and cooked me dinner. I even filmed something for YouTube (If it isn’t a hot mess, I started originally filming with the headache) and I finally hung some black out curtains in my room. I’ve been meaning to do that for a while, got some new neighbors who light up their house like a light house every night and it’s blinding.

‘Today was my spouses 40th birthday. He seems to always be away on army stuff for his birthday and then the past couple years haven’t been great with our cat and his dad dying around that time. The packages I sent him overseas are lost in the mail which kinda sucks. The good news is his job sounds less stressful also and now he’s bored. He’s hoping to come home in February or march.

I’m also still doodling once a day but I have no complete illustration that I’ve even attempted so far this month. El Paso has so far bypassed the freezing weather and it was actually warmish this afternoon. Which is good because I hate post Christmas winter. I’m ready for shorts weather again.