Light Hearted One To Start!

[GingerWrath]

Hello all, I am an RAF wife of 14 years, SAHM of a 4 year old dd, dh on det for the 4th time in 4 years, veteran of 8 dets in ttl....

Question is...How can you tell your oh is home from det/dep/sea?

I'll start:

Your downstairs is covered with smelly MTP waiting for YOU to wash it.

Your telly is suddenly invaded with football/golf/rugby/under water basket weaving and you seem to have misplaced the remote control.

The duvet has disappeared and you are clinging to the edge of the bed by your fingertips.

Can anyone think of anything else?:)

You cannot possibly cope with the kids for a week and your whole routine has to be re-assessed

:o

so glad you started this off, DP is also away atm, had the first call home today & both of us were a bit down - always harder after the first couple, hopefully for next week should be ok...

anyhow......

the dirty washing is waiting next to the bed.
half of my dunkers (in fact ALL) of my dunkers i've been saving - the good ones for special moments are gone.
the house is a total tip from top to bottom, & there's stuff on every side in the kitchen.
there's a definite scum mark in the bath,
on the plus though he does the ironing so there's never a pile in the chair. :o

lo starts saying, 'But Dad said I could!'

Grocery bill doubles!

Mine is home next week, he left in November..just been delivered the pile of poo doc that is 'Reunions'..surely every family is different?!

I walk around with a big grin on my face

:o and the kids are out to play more?!?

Shopping trips become more frequent to spend the op bonus rubs hands together dreaming of Jimmy Choo's to make up for me being Mum and Dad for 5 months

The cars look clean for the first time in months

Breakfast in bed appears each morning as if by magic

Similarly, cups of tea materialise at all hours of the day

Laundry bin has become self-emptying - all clothes now have knife-edge creases

My leather knee boots have been bulled

Loads of dos to attend = new clothes

Work colleagues are sick of my dreamy satisfied smile

Fridge is full of beer, wine and smelly cheese

HOWEVER...

Personal maintenance now a bit more of a chore (I've lost my 'winter coat')

I now have 30% less wardrode and drawer space (well, I had spread out a little)

Weekly shop now rivals national debt

Most outings are interrupted by endless long, detailed phone calls - ship cannot apparently look after itself for a few weeks. That on top of the fact we can't go anywhere without bumping into whassisname who is so pleased to see DH after seven months - and wants to know every sodding detail of deployment...

But of course you all know that the positives FAR outweigh the negatives and I'm a very happy Turnip

The house smells of farts.

Nothing is in the right place, things keep moving about. Need to clean the loo much more often (have trained DS to pee sitting down so DH can't blame him). Go from saving stacks of money to spending lots of money. Calm organised life becomes hectic.

Feeling of calm and happiness, feels like the birds are singing and the flowers blooming, like the Wonderful World video.