Week 30!

Deployment Recap: Week 30, a few days late

Emotional: I’m fine. Too busy to have emotions at this point.

Physical: Fabulous- ran the Hibiscus Half Marathon in 2:11:26 for a 10:02/mile pace- my second fastest. Then hiked Koko Head the next day. I’m kinda awesome.

Communication: Limited emails, just because they are so busy finishing everything up.

Something Fun You did This week: I had a great weekend- rested for the race, then Sunday was the race and girls day at the beach/dinner and movies at home, then Monday was hiking, beaching and the Lantern Festival.

What are you looking forward to next week: HOMECOMING!

What made you happy this week: Tackling my ever-growing to-do lists but getting closer and closer to the boat being home. And we signed a new renter for our Charleston house.

What made you sad/mad this week: Life still has it’s ways of being tough, even in times of extreme excitement.

What do you miss this week: Old friends from different times in my life.

Favorite song/show/movie of the moment: Fall Out Boy, The 1975, Atlas Genius.

Pictures from This week:

Watching extreme kite flying on the south shore. 

My lantern. 

Are we there yet?

Deployment Recap: 29 weeks is a long, long time.

Emotional: Same as last week- waves of all sorts of emotions. Just gotta choose which waves to surf and which ones to let wash over me, being careful not to let them crash on my head or catch me with my back to the ocean.

Physical: Great. Working on knowing my limits and respecting them more.I bought new running shoes which made for some happy feet this week also.

Communication: There’s email. It’s nice. 

Something Fun You did This week: North Shore Road trip on Friday was a blast.

What are you looking forward to next week: It being over? And lots of projects and things on my to-do list to keep me busy. Rookie Blue starts this week also, which is one of my favorite shows.

What made you happy this week: Playing tourist/tour guide with some friends from Maui and Kauai was SO much fun.

What made you sad/mad this week: The sheer number of weeks it has been is enough to get to me. But we are almost there.

What do you miss this week: Watching TV shows with Lyle.

Favorite song/show/movie of the moment: 22 by Taylor Swift. That makes 2 or 3 songs from her that have made the recap this deployment I think. No shame.

Pictures from This week:

Waimea Bay, on the North Shore. We stopped and hopped in the water on Friday. 

The view from Wendy's room at Turtle Bay. It was AMAZING. 

I love the pool. 

Watching surfers while poolside. 

Back at Turtle Bay Sunday afternoon for some more pool time. Life is good. 

The "new" front yard- I love how this project turned out. 

Recap- week 28 over and out.

Deployment Recap: 28 weeks DONE

Emotional: Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf. I’m surfing this week.

Physical: Had a bad run Sunday. Worst run of the year. But I’m over it. Time to buckle down and get ready to rock the Hibiscus Half at the end of the month.

Communication: Emails here and there. Enough to keep me going.

Something Fun You did This week: My birthday party on the beach! I had so much fun with good friends. I’m lucky to be surrounded by great people that remind how special I am all the time.

What are you looking forward to next week: Starting the “getting ready for Lyle to be home” lists of things to do like cleaning, last minute projects I’ve been putting off for 6 months, taking care of me in the best ways possible.

What made you happy this week: Good friends that take great care of me.

What made you sad/mad this week: Learning of the passing of a family friend.

What do you miss this week: Everything about Lyle. We are so close, but it seems really far away still.

Favorite song/show/movie of the moment: Nothing new or exciting here.

Pictures from This week:

The new Lei for the Submarine! 

14 women, green & yellow tablecloths and 3 hours later- we have a 40 foot long fluffy, beautiful new lei! 

Beach Birthday party! With Kate. 

Most of the beach birthday party guests. I had so much fun. 

Week 27

Deployment Recap: It's all downhill from here...

Emotional: Happy. Loved. Stable. It was a great week.

Physical: Exhausted- I can’t figure out what it is, but I need to find some balance between running and CrossFit soon before I hit the higher mileage weeks and am too tired to do anything at all. I had a great, fast run on Tuesday night with a different local running group and then took a couple days off from everything. I got a massage on Friday which was heavenly. Then Saturday morning I ran a hard & fast 5k in honor of my birthday. It was fun.

Communication: Lots of phone calls and some FaceTime while the boat was in their final port visit of the deployment. I can’t express how fun it was to hear from Lyle on my birthday.

Something Fun You did This week: EVERYTHING WAS FUN! Massage, Free concert on Friday night, 5k, birthday dinner, running group picnic, IronMan3 on Sunday. I had a great week and weekend.

What are you looking forward to next week: My birthday party on the beach!

What made you happy this week: My amazing, loving family and friends.

What made you sad/mad this week: Losing a family member was tough, even from far away.

What do you miss this week: My dentist. I know that’s weird, but I loved going to see her twice a year. I need a better office out here. I also miss our vet.

Favorite song/show/movie of the moment: More Macklemore.

Pictures from This week:

Rascal shows his love with biting. We are working on this.

Birthday 5k! The sash was appreciated by my fellow racers. 

Birthday dinner! 

The view from our table at my birthday dinner. 

At IronMan 3d IMAX with friends.