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Goodness, thought I would die..(lol)
Just finished my class presentation , I choked. Eye contact was good, informative, but I just ended up choking towards the beginning and end. I kept worrying about everyone noticing my baby weight, my mess ups, gosh. Why is public speaking so difficult lol, I'm less afraid of dying yet I've spoken in front of people many times. It never gets any easier. I wish Danny was here, he'd be encouraging towards my pessimistic view of this. Evaluations were horrible it seems everyone in class did not want to hurt anyone's feeling. ..(they weren't anonymous) I actually gave detailed insights to everything I saw, that was good or bad...So some people will be grateful and others will think I'm just being a bitch and they should've said mine was horrible to. (lol)
I hate this distance, I really hope he doesn't reenlist... Lonely
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I'm sure yours was fine! I think that we tend to be our own worst critic, especially with stuff like this. As far as your mess ups, ok - so you messed up. We all do that! Also, as far as the baby weight - who cares if they notice it? Aside from the fact that in a few montgs it will be obvious you're og, you don't love them, they don't love you, so who cares what they think? YOU know that the weight is from the child you created with your Sailor from love, and that baby is a miracle, so if they think it's from miracle whip, that's their problem :-)
And this really will be easier, I promise! Once you all get through boot camp and school commands and get to your first duty station, it will be easier. Even if he deploys or goes TAD, because there, you'll have all the resources and support given to Navy spouses, not to mention the other spouses and boy / girlfriends, so you won't be as alone or going through it by yourself.
(((Hugs))) Oh, and one thing we always taught our kids that, even IF you did a bad job, applies... "Failure us acceptable but appathy is not." So as long as you did your best, that's all anyone can ask of you, so even if you did badly you can hold your head high! -
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