Deployment Bucket List

I have been a military sister for 10 years. My Dad is a retired Marine, so I do know quite a bit about military and what I am getting myself into. My brother is in the Marines and we are best buds, so he has made sure to give me lots of advice about surviving this deployment and using it as an advantage to make our relationship stronger. He survived a 2 year long distance relationship when he was in Japan and is now married, so I will gladly take some words of encouragement from him.

These were his words:
1. Create a "deployment bucket list."
2. Write it out- everything your feeling. It isn't healthy to rely on your guy who is overseas emotionally. He is already upset that he had to leave you in the first place, don't make him feel worse by letting him know every single time your upset about the distance. There is nothing he can do about it and for a guy, that is seriously ego bruising. They want to jump in and fix everything when something is making us upset, this time, they can't. So write it out, call your friends, or your brothers wife :)

With that in mind, I created a deployment bucket list. I'm sure I will add more along the way, but for less then a month out, this is good.

1. Save money
2. Find zumba and hiphop ab classes
3. Start a monthly girls night in
4. Take at least 5 more grad classes
5. Lots of beach weekends
6. Lose 10 pounds
7. Do ombré hair
8. Take vitamins to grow hair and nails longer
9. Take sewing classes
10. Learn about my cricut
11. Get an iPod
12. Read a book series
13. Go to a concert
14. Visit Doug in New River often
15. Boudoir photo shoot
What is on your deployment bucket list?