So we got to Vegas and it was a long and hot trip. When we got there my sisters got ready to go out and being that my dad hasn't been there in 5 years, I told them they could go out as well. Nothing special, Ed and I just hung out with the kids. Very quiet and low key until I get a phone call saying that one of my sisters is missing. Great, missing in Vegas at three in the morning. Are you serious. So I wait for another phone call to tell me she is alright. Nope, I get a phone call from my other sister hysterical. I wake up Ed and we go help with the search. We get to the parking lot and receive another phone call to go to another hotel to get her. We head to the other hotel, grab my sister and she tells us of her strange adventure. When drinking in Vegas, make sure there is at least one semi-sobber person. Seriously, that is what I am when I go out with my sisters.
Then we hang out with the family the following day, hit Margaritaville and the following day the buffet at the Mirage. Yummy food. About one of the few highlights of the trips. Then the family hit the pool. When we first got there the weather was in the 100's, when we left it was in the 50's and super windy, rainy, and cold.
Wednesday we headed out to Hoover Dam. I hadn't been there since I was little, so over twenty years ago. So it was neat to see it again as an adult. My kids loved it. i didn't think they would enjoy it so much, but they did. We did a mini tour of the power plant and the two girls were looking for Megatron. haha The kids loved seeing all the water and how massive the dam was. I am glad I took them there so they could experience that. I hope to take them again when they are older and maybe even a trip to the Grand Canyon. I think they would like that.
Thursday was supposed to be date night but the hubby found out he didn't make rate...so he was moody. I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand him not being in the mood but seriously, he was about to spend the entire long weekend with his buddies in Vegas, all he had to was fake the funk for one night. I mean woo me, take me to dinner and a movie or show. But all I got out of him was, "I don't care, whatever you want to do." Every now and then it would be nice to not have to make the effort...I am always making the effort. I mean I can't even remember the last time he bought me a birthday present. So with him being a booby, I decided to just hang out with my family and skip date night. Since he didn't really care to make a decision. I didn't care to share the night with him.
Friday we left and I told him how I felt. I felt like he was so eager to get rid of us the entire day. Like he couldn't wait to be away from us. This hurt. See, when your spouse is about to deploy, you remember how long and lonely the days are when they are gone. So I didn't like the idea of him being gone for so long. But I convinced myself, it is only until Sunday. We dropped him off and he went on his merry way.
I text him to ask what time they come back on Sunday and he replies with, "They said we are leaving Monday." WHAT THE HELL! Yeah, my hubby who is deploying soon is there for 4 days (three nights)...and we have a family party going on. I am mad and fighting with him. First of all, I have been asking him about the whole plan thing the entire week and he kept brushing me off...because he knows I would have issues with him being gone until Monday afternoon. Secondly, I was texting him to tell him we were home, no response. I texted good nite...nothing. If you are away from family, you have a wife and kids, you respond to your damn cell phone. Because seriously, I left him with the kids (all four) to go shopping with my mom, he has the kids calling my cell phone asking what time I will be home because the baby is crying. If I missed the calls, he gets all mad. That's crap, he can get upset with me about not answering my calls, and I can't dish the same. He says it is crap that I am giving him a hard time, but isn't it crap that I don't go away for 3 days, blow money, get drunk and act like a single person like he does. Crap is not appreciating your wife. Now that is crap!
On top of all this, I have been bleeding for 20+ days while on Yaz...and cramping and my doctor says it is normal. Normal, my ass, at least check me out because my sister just fought breast cancer last year and my aunt was diagnosed with cervical cancer. You found a small cyst in my ovary, dammit, make sure I am okay. Annoyed...just a little. But really just tired of being taken for granted. All these people talk about the sacrifices the guys in the military make. Yes, they make great sacrifices, but dammit, us wives make some great sacrifices as well.
