We’re talking about deployment at our South Nashville August meeting on Monday and this morning I was thinking about some of the things we use to cope with deployment. Maybe it’s hiring a lawn service or creating some special routine. Whatever it is, you don’t necessarily keep doing it after your spouse gets home.

For instance, the one thing I did for myself during our deployment last year was to sign up for a private trainer at the gym where we had a membership. I never would have done it otherwise, but I knew I was going to need some motivation to keep working out while my husband was away. Of course, now that he’s home and I’m no longer working with the private trainer, I’ve gained the 20 pounds I lost back, but that’s another story…

Something else I did toward the end of the deployment was discovering a little “meat and three” restaurant that had opened near our house. For less than $10 a meal for both my son and I, I could have home cooking without having to actually cook it, I didn’t have to deal with leftovers, we could have vegetables, and I was assured that my son would actually eat everything. Did I mention I didn’t have to cook?

We went to this restaurant a couple of times a week. Got to know the owners. We sat at the same table usually, right in front of the tv on the wall that had Disney Channel playing. It was a comfort for us while we waited for Cliff to come home.

But, now that Cliff is home, I think we’ve been back there maybe once. I’m not sure what it is. The food is good, the people are friendly. I think there is something subconcious about that place now. That was for the deployment. Do you know what I mean?

Do you have certain places, certain people, certain things that you avoid now that your husband is back? Maybe not intentionally, but just indirectly, you just don’t go to those places anymore?

What are they? Why do you think this happens? I’d love to hear your thoughts and find out what your own “deployment comforts” were or are.

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