"That Lovely Army Jerk-You-Around Stage"

Entirely coincidentally, many of us SpouseBUZZ authors all seem to be right at the beginning of deployments at the moment.  To my knowledge, no one is at the end of a deployment right now.  But Sis B is, and she's been liveblogging her feelings on pre-reintegration.  Today's hilarious quote:

We're at that lovely Army jerk-you-around stage when they will either be home tomorrow or maybe in three weeks or possibly by your birthday but not before Independence Day but it could always be by Father's Day but don't make any plans until after Labor Day but wait until Christmas if you want to be really safe. No, really, they're serious this time, ya'll!

Heh.  Go follow Sis B and the kids as they wait for Daddy to come home this month.  Or next month.  Or by Christmas.  You know, whatever.

Comments

[Aprille]

thanks for posting...I'm kinda at that stage too so this was encouraging to know i'm not alone.

[Jen D]

I'm in the same boat. Friends and family members keep asking me when he's going to be home. I just shrug.

[Penny]

We're in the middle of the deployment.. I think?

One can't really be too sure with these things so lately when someone asks me, "When is he going to be home?" I somply tell them, "Well, either this year or next year."

I figure I have most of the bases covered that way. ^_~