Well...the rumor is true...deployments are no fun at all. However, just like Basic Training, it enabled Ty and I to dig even deeper into the fibers of our relationship. We were tested once again, as the distance between us was stretched to the limits. Being on opposite ends of the world from each other was at times a bit straining on our relationship, but certainly an experience worth struggling through. Not having been through a deployment together yet, the infamous "unknown" that the military likes to provide us with was a scary thing to face at first. But like everything else we've been faced with in this crazy journey...we survived. Getting used to the 14 hour time difference, limited communication, and all of the other glorious novelties deployments have to offer was certainly an adjustment. Like always though, we adjusted.....and "LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT". ha, yeah right. All in all though, we came out the other end with a few bumps and bruises, but survived Deployment #1 and are stronger because of it. good deal.
