When her husband is in Combat Training preparing for TDY in Afghanistan

I am certain there are things I have failed to list, however I will update as time permits.  Please don't hold your breath.

1. Go on a “not cooking anything remotely healthy for dinner strike” to include macaroni n’ cheese, alphabet soup, pancakes, Sonic and Little Caesars pizza.
2. Make a huge list of things to get done and take 3 days to accomplish the first task
3. Avoid to do list by going shopping for things you really need, like a new toilet seat cover, curtains for son’s room, dog beds etc.
4. Oh yeah, play with son.  Teach him how to play games like Old Maid (because you are feeling like one) and Connect Four, etc.
5. Feel fabulous once completed the monumental feat of having showered, shaved legs and dried and styled hair like the guy at the salon did.
6. Rearrange everything in the house so that when the husband finally comes home, he won’t know where anything is
7. Welcome sleep, even if it means having a five-year-old boy and a large needy dog in bed too.
8. Count the days until Mother and Sister arrive so you can finally get drunk guilt-free
9. Put pictures of husband up everywhere
10. Realize there are no good pictures of the family together, especially ones you don’t look fat in
11. Try to get on a TV show where a professional dog trainer can come to the house and help with the 3 chaotic dogs
12. Avoid answering phone calls from mother-in-law
13. Avoid giving in-laws the Skype address so you can post-pone the inevitable “trying to video-phone” technical disaster
14. Forget absolutely everything important to tell husband when he calls because your just so happy to be talking to him
15. Comfort the boy and the dogs as much as possible
16. Keep the Prozac prescription current