Welcome to My World

Hi! My name is Danielle.I have always been told that being a military spouse is the toughest job you can have. Those that have preached this to me are correct, but I have a tougher life than the average spouse. I am also a United States Sailor. Welcome to my world! This is how my adventure started....

I have been in the Navy for over 8 years. My adventure started my senior year in high School. I joined the Navy on September 11th, 2001. It had nothing to do with what happened that day in history. I had already been in the process of joining. I just happened to be in the processing center that day signing my contract. Do not let me fool you, part of me almost changed my mind when I saw the news. So why did I join?

Since I was about 6 I wanted to join the Navy. It was the first thing I said I ever wanted to do in life. The decision was made on a bring your child to work day adventure with my mother. She was a Senior Chief at the time and I got to go with her. That was when I told her this is what I want to do. Of course as every parent she told me thats sweet baby, but your going to want to be alot of things when you grow up.

She was right, but I stuck with my original decision in career choice my senior year. It actually made my senior year very relaxing. I had not a care in the world about college, and I had no desire for a boyfriend or long term attachments. I grew up in the Navy world, and knew that I was about to be a nomad essentially. Moving every 3-4 years, and establishing family within my co-workers in the Navy.

See when your single you need that feeling of belonging, and sense of family. It is hard trying to go home at times and see everything is right where you left it. When you return to the "military world" things have moved forward at a faster pace. Something has usually happened that needs to be taken care of immediatley. Some days are harder than most, and some days nothing is going on. It is a life you either get use to or don't. This life is not for everyone. However, being in the Military does not make me anymore special than anyone else.

I met my husband in my first command VP-5 home of the "Mad Foxes". He was in training for his job at the time. I had been in for about 4 years when we met. My husband's job makes our life a little more hectic than some. He is a flyer and subject to a flight schedule. Which makes planning our weekends and trips slightly harder. We have to wait until at least 6pm friday night to even know what our weekend holds in store for us. He gets sent away on detachments quite a bit.

This is the love of my life!

Currently we are both on Sea Duty which for the last 10 months has kept us seperated. We have only been together as a family 3 weeks out of 10 months. This would not be so hard if it was not for him:

This is Tooka Bean...my little rugrat. He is currently 2 1/2 and probably one of the strongest kids I know. He has had to deal with not having both his parents around for practically the last year. Amazingly he has done so well with it and has made us very proud parents!

So as you can see my life is not like most, but there are others that have this kind of life. Here I will post about crafty things to do, recipes for the on the go parent, great places to visit, and my adventures. Welcome to my world....