Monster Monday.

My goal is to blog at least twice a week, with one of those days being Monday and I have decided to call it "Monster Monday" Why? Because no one is ever really all that happy about Monday, Monster Monday just sounds awesome and who doesn't love a picture of cookie monster with a pair of red sunglasses, right?

I have a feeling that this week is going to fly by, but it is one of those weeks that needs to go slow and take forever. This week will bring a lot of change for my family. This is my husbands last week home with all of us. He is preparing to PCS across the country and then deploy shortly there after. This wont be our first deployment but, I think it might be one of our hardest. He will be in the states for a while after he gets to his new duty station and we wont be there with him. It will be hard knowing he is *here* but not with us. Not being there to see him off and say our goodbyes is going to be hard on all of us. We have always been there up till the very last possible minute with him, watching him get on those big white buses that will take him to the plane. This time the kids will say goodbye before they go to school and I will say goodbye at the car. I will have to get in that *Deployment* mode right away since we dont know exactly when he will be deploying. All we know is that he has some things to do once he gets to his new duty station before he can deploy.

I am sure more than one of you are reading this and asking why is he  PCSing alone, why aren't the kids and I moving with him? Well, that is a good question and will be happy to answer it. We were all set for all of us to move with him, then BAM! We found out that he would be deploying shortly after he got there. Around that same time we found out that my mom had cancer, and the doctors weren't exactly sure what type or what the course of action would be. We talked and decided that given everything it would be best if the kids and I stayed here while he moved and then deployed. We have everything that we need right here. I have my amazing MS doctor and it would take some time to find a new one after moving and my husband wants to be able to help with that and also meet the new neurologist. We wouldn't be able to find one before he deployed. We live on post here in a one story house, which I need since I dont do to well with stairs. We wouldn't be able to get a house on post, let alone a one story one before he left to deploy. I have some really amazing friends here that are my support system in a lot of different ways. They know all about the MS and what could/might happen and are willing to jump in and help me out. I trust them to take care of my kids if I were to have a relapse. I would know NO one if we moved and wouldn't have a support system. Last but not least we are only 12 hours from my family. We can go home of my mom were to need us and my family could come down here if I were to need them.

Once the deployment is over we will be packing up and moving to be with my husband.  :)

I have more to write but I dont want this to get anymore long winded than it already is, so I will save that for another day!

What's in a name?

I have been thinking about starting a blog for a while, but there was always one thing that kept holding me back, what do I name my blog? I always see blogs with really cool names and I didn't want to have a "lame" name. I came up with a few different names but I never got that "That's my blog name" feeling from them. Until, last night! I finally came up with a name.

(with the help of some friends)

Why did I pick this name? What the heck does it mean? Why is the M and S capitalized in the word monster?

I plan to blog about my life, and a big part of my life is living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A lot of people who have MS refer to it as "The Monster" and I am one of those people. I decided to have the M and S capitalized to represent MS.

I wont only be blogging about MS, there are many other things in my life and there are other "monsters" in my life (eg- my children, my husband, being a army wife, cooking, reading....you get the point) No, I am not calling my children and husband monsters, well on most days I dont. Just using the word to tie in all the other parts of my life.

I am just getting started in the blogging world so please bear with me while I get the hang of this.

A little FYI- I am no English scholar. I cant guarantee that I will always spell 100%  or that my punctuation will be 100% either. Heck, I cant guarantee I will always make sense. My hands are constantly numb due to MS and sometimes it is a little hard to type and I may miss a typo.

If you are looking for perfection you have come to the wrong place. :)