lots of Good Things like red wine and militaria and little puppies and beefcake pictures of dishy guys.
(Yeah; I’m kidding. But do send her a “buck up” note anyway, as her dude is deployed for months on end in a segment of time that includes the freakin’ holidays, and one cannot help but think that it is giving her a teensy dose of the Christmas blues. I can’t even imagine such a thing: The Spouse was once in Southeast Asia for two weeks during the summer, and while I spent my days exulting that I could once more cover his side of the bed with reading material, during the evenings I mostly bit my nails, drunk-dialed my long-suffering friends, and wrote staggeringly bad fiction.
My Marine husband only did four years, after all. Though I kiss those gunshot scars every chance I get.
Cassandra is the best; “special,” as Bruce McQ says.)
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Speaking of your first sentence, Rule 5 Sunday wouldn’t mind more balance.
…and wrote staggeringly bad fiction.
Whereas I write staggeringly bad blog posts :p
I actually got beefcake pictures of dishy guys from Chris Muir. What a talent he has. And since it was drawings, I didn’t even feel bad for looking at it!
Seriously, thanks. Appreciated more than you will ever know.