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Deployment time = Murphy’s Law

Hello Mr. Murphy, so lovely to see you again.

Yep, it’s that time again, my husband is TDY for the month and no sooner had the wheels of his plane lifted off the island and bam! The proverbial poo hit the fan.

You seasoned military wives know what I’m talking about. Appliances never break until they deploy. The car never has a funny noise until he’s gone. You can juggle your busy life just fine until your husband is out of reach and then all the dishes you’re balancing come crashing down.

Even with five kids and a very busy schedule, I manage to get everything accomplished. It might be 1 a.m., but it’s done.

The day my husband left there was a neighborhood emergency and I spent four hours on the front porch talking to the mps, meaning I was behind schedule.

The next day I had meetings and interviews all day and my kids’ practice was pushed up. Everything that wasn’t done Monday also wasn’t accomplished Tuesday. Oh, and the check engine light switched on. Grrrr.

On Wednesday, there was another problem in the neighborhood and my morning was again devoted to the mps.  The garage light also refuses to switch off and the box of Christmas ornaments came crashing down. Glass. Everywhere.

On Thursday my children began throwing up in droves. This lasted until Sunday. I didn’t sleep the entire time.

This column, in fact, was due by Friday. I was afraid, however, if I sat too close to the computer for too long one of my children would vomit, miss the floor and drench my keyboard. Plus, I was too tired to see the screen.

It has been at least a year since my husband has been gone for any length of time. After 42 months of deployments to Iraq, we were definitely ready to have a deployment-free duty station.

However, I quickly forgot the long standing tdy/deployment tradition of Murphy’s Law: if it’s going to break or go wrong, it will do so while he is gone.

Well played Mr. Murphy, well played.

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