Lately I have been feeling pretty homesick for my home town of Charleston, SC. 4. When it just gets too much call and talk to the people at home. If there is a certain product you just cannot get anywhere else ask them to send it to you.
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When we began this crazy army life, our plan was to go into the National Guard stay in South Carolina and be there forever... 3 years later, of course that is not where we ended up because, well Army. I went to graduate school, got a degree in marriage and family counseling, my husband opted out of the guard and went Active Duty.
So sometimes I think the Army gives their soldiers body image complexes, forget about the gymnast and the dancers. Soldiers also have strict body regulations that they must make sure to maintain in order to keep in line: height, weight, and random other measurements such as the circumference of their neck. As such the hubby and I (well not so much me) eat on a pretty healthy and for the most part carb free diet.
I have a sweet tooth that can never be satisfied, i love rolls, biscuits, potatoes, basically all foods. This is not helpful when trying to maintain a low carb diet. So I have been on a quest to find delicious chocolate chip cookies and fudgey brownies, and other low carb substitutions like cauliflower "risotto", "rice", and mashed "potatoes." I think the biggest success has been the sweets because that is what I crave the most! SO if youre looking for great low carb alternatives that are tested and approved by a person with the largest sweet tooth I have ever met than try these! http://www.bakingoutsidethebox.com/low-carb-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe/ http://www.diabeticconnect.com/diabetic-recipes/general/2341-flourless-brownies Moving to a new city, state, anything can be extremely difficult. Especially if you don't know anyone there. This is exactly what I did a few months ago. Moving to Fort Benning, the farthest away I would ever be away from home knowing nobody but my husband and my puppy.
Plugging into a community is so important. My first resource when I got there was the FRG. I was hesitant because I had heard some negative things about the FRG and nobody had reached out to me. So I sucked it up and put my big girl panties on and made the first move! And boy am I glad I did. I met awesome fantastic girls! Not only did I meet great friends but I have also found a wonderful Godly community at PWOC (Protestant Women of the Church). I am so glad that I found a place to plug in. However, I wouldn't have found any of this if I hadn't said yes to attending a few uncomfortable events, social, and mixers by myself. So my advice, put yourself out there, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you! So He finally did it after 5 months and a 3 month break medical rehabilitation break, B has finally finished IBOLC. I have never been more proud of my husband for all his hard work! However, him working so hard often left me home alone many weeks while as far as I could tell all he did was run through the woods. It was a challenge to say the least, be in a strange new home with the only person I knew here gone just about every week. Yet here I was... what was I going to do with all my time, I wasn't working and couldn't get a job in the field I had spent 2 years studying in.
But I quickly made friends that made all the difference for me over the last 2 months! Without them I would have been lonely and miserable. Having a group of people to be a family away from family makes every place in life better. So here is to my husband, an Infantry Officer!! And to here are to Army Wife Sisters, the women who kept me sane! |