Upcoming Events and To Do's
The rest of this deployment is going to be go, go, go for me. Which is good in that time will go faster but bad in the amount of stress I'm probably going to have dealing with finances and deadlines to get things done. I was looking into the school I intend to attend in Jacksonville and discovered they only offer certain classes in certain semesters. Which means if I don't start working on the degree I want from there this Fall semester I might as well not start at all. I'm only going to be there for 2 years, and that's exactly how long this degree is going to take. It's only an Associates in Applied Science, but I'm taking a lighter course load each semester of only three to four classes in order to spend less money on daycare and more time at home with Anya.
Well, I'm obviously going to be here in Tennessee this upcoming semester. Luckily the three courses I need for the Fall are all offered online. So I've applied to the school and sent all of my transcript requests in the hopes that I can get accepted and registered in time to get into those slots and take those courses online from here. Unfortunately all three courses I need for the Spring semester are on campus only. Which is fine since I'm moving in December. But bad because I'll have to line up daycare from here to start right in the beginning of January for my 3 month-old. And with waiting lists and what-not I need to do it now and find something affordable with drop-in abilities for infants because I do not want her in full time day care. I want her raised by me not a day care facility, and I couldn't afford full time day care even if I wanted to work part-time. I couldn't make enough to pay for it. It's better to find by the hour day care and just attend my classes that way in between caring for Anya.
Now while all of the phone calls - and possibly a trip to Jacksonville this month to speak with a school adviser as well as the base day care facilities about my options - and fees this is going to incur are happening I also have to call the apartment complex Ryan and I are wanting to pay the deposits and get that all set up for a December move-in. With that comes getting together all of the information from the base to make sure everything is legit in Ryan's file as far as living off-base and no longer needing barracks or a meal card goes. So that he can actually come home with me when he gets home. Otherwise he'll be getting off the bus and be forced to stay in the barracks with roommates and curfews until we get the paperwork done. Definitely better that I take my power of attorney and get it done now.
Meanwhile, I'm waiting until my tiny, mostly family baby shower is over later this month to go out and buy all of the last baby items which are still going to cost a good chunk of change as I mostly just have clothes and furniture but none of the health/safety or day-to-day items necessary. And paying off my student loan - which will be paid off as of the first paycheck in August! While that's awesome, it's also a lot of money every paycheck that I don't have available to me until then since I've been paying 10 times the amount required on my payments - literally - to take advantage of paying it off while Ryan was away and we had no rent or anything to pay. And I just bought the newer Buick which needs new tires, struts, shocks, and an alignment to be on the safe side before I start driving it 8 hours one way to North Carolina. Did I mention I'd probably be doing that this month? Ah!
And then in August, alongside finishing up all of that and the baby purchases, my summer school classes at ETSU will end just in time for my online classes at the North Carolina community college to begin - assuming I get in and am allowed to do them from here. And keep me busy between setting up the appointments and paying the deposits in advance for all of my North Carolina utilities, as I'd rather just get it all done now and not worry about it come moving time. And while I'm busy worrying about the expenses of deposits, diapers, and getting base paperwork done October is going to arrive and with it Anya will be born.
So then I have to contact the base about getting all of her paperwork done as a dependant of Ryan to make sure we get our higher allowances for food and housing as well as having it all legit in the system. And I have to do the normal paperwork of getting her social security card, birth certificate, etc. And Kieran is due for his second vet appointment of the year for some shots and more heart worm medication - all of which is my responsibility now. And by the time I get all of that done I'll have to start reserving the U-Haul and everything for the move and set up to stop having my storage building. And then it will be December, and the holidays will have begun. There will be family here and celebrations to be had...mere days later my parents, siblings, and I will be packing the contents of my room and the storage building into the U-Haul and driving the 8 hours to Jacksonville with Kieran and Anya in tow.
And then it will be January within days of my move, and I'll have to put Anya in daycare and start my on campus classes at the community college while getting the apartment all cozy and preparing for Ryan's homecoming which will be not too long after that - hopefully. And all of that doesn't begin to touch on all of Anya's and my doctor's appointments between now and then as well as the process of changing to doctors in Jacksonville, most likely at the Navy Hospital on base. And changing Kieran's vet. And getting Ryan's gear unpacked and organized and getting all of the stuff he's destroyed or needs more of that I can see from what he left here bought so he has it for work when he gets home. And getting my new car decaled for base access. And getting our living room furniture - the only thing I haven't gotten ahead of time and do not have room for in the storage building. And making sure we have enough money saved to buy Ryan a newer vehicle immediately after he arrives home. And sticking with my exercise program. And hopefully sticking with studying my Japanese - which I have failed at so far - as well as starting to at least learn some chords and tabs on my fabulous Hello Kitty guitar.
All I know is, Ryan and I both deserve some respect and appreciation from each other after this deployment. It's been hard for him, but anyone who's read this entire blog can see that I've got my fair share of stresses and responsibilities to worry about. I will need some serious Ryan love by the time he gets home. Things are about to get crazy around here. Time to take a deep breath and get started.
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