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So new to this, so many questions and missing my love like crazy

Jesse and I met almost a year ago at a Forensic Mental Health Facility located in a smallish town just north of Houston, Tx. He was an MHT (mental health technician- kinda like a CNA/nurses aide) and I was a newly graduated RN starting my first job at a very scary facility. We fell in love in late May and spent an amazing summer full of love and happiness together (sappy I know). In front of our family and friends, he proposed on a stage with a microphone under the blue moon during his Going Away Party on August 31st. September 4th I very tearfully dropped him off at MEPS and went home to my parents to cry for the next few days. He arrived in Great Lakes the night of the 5th which is when I received a very sad, very short 27 second phone call. "hey, I made it safe. I'm sending you my stuff in a box. The next time I can call you is in 3-4 weeks. I love you, bye." I received his box on the 11th containing his clothes and phone along with his admission packet (told me nothing about anything.) His rate is AV but he was also considering trying out for the seals or rescue diver when he got to BC. Does anybody know when I should (should being the key word) receive his grad packet/ form letter so I can start sending all the letters I have written so far? I feel like if I can get a letter from him I might be able to breathe again. This is the hardest thing I've ever done. I had no idea it would be this bad! I sleep in his clothes, i wear his watch everday, on my sad days i use his cologne... I feel ridiculous! My appetite is shot, I can't sleep like I used to and I burst into tears at random times throughout the day (my patients are always shocked when this happens if im in the middle of chatting with them). Will this get ANY easier?! I feel like I'm dying here!! I never expected to have anything to do with the military, much less end up a Navy Wife but I've never been prouder and I'd do anything for him, including let the Navy run my life for the next 4-8 years. Sigh...any advice? Words of encouragement? Sorry so tangential, just really confused and desperate!!!

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Permalink Reply by Chrissy(Ship 03 Div 354) on September 19, 2012 at 3:47pm
My mail man doesn't know what he's in for either! I'm waiting & waiting & waitin for a letter!
Permalink Reply by CHN-B on September 19, 2012 at 11:56pm
Myanchorsaway: thank you for sharing. Reading your post felt like it was me to a T, down to the laundry. =) only diff is I didn't spray my letters but rather sprayed my perfume on a tissue then put the tissue in btwn my letters.
My bf's PIR was just this past weekend. He is now in A school. I just saw him a few days ago but have missed him so much since I've returned home. Home right now doesn't quite feel like home. I guess they are right...home is where the heart is. And right now, my heart's in TX. . For me the nights are still the hardest.
Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on September 20, 2012 at 1:41am
I promise you - it does get better, and what you're going through is very normal! In fact, it's so normal that they even have a name for it. It's stage 2 (emotional disorganization) of the spiral of deployment. It's hard, especially right now, but you will get through this and be in stage 3 (stabilization and recovery) before you know it.

Allow yourself time to be sad, but also make sure that being sad isn't all you do. Stay busy - that will really help pass the time!
Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on September 21, 2012 at 1:07am
It's one of the things they teach in COMPASS, which is a GREAT class for Navy spouses, btw. It's free, they provide free lunch AND free child care for attendees, and they teach a TON of stuff about pretty much every aspect of being a Navy spouse, with lots of practical tips - all taught by trained, experienced Navy spouses.

I'm on my kindle, so it's kind of hard to put all the stages up now, but tomorrow I'll make a thread with the stages and a little bit on them for anyone who wants to read it :-)
Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on September 22, 2012 at 1:24am
Posted it for you :-)
Permalink Reply by Jesse's Girl on September 22, 2012 at 1:46pm

That was very helpful! I'm definitely in the emotional disorganization stage

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