We are an army family stationed in Germany, My blog will hopefully give some insight into what a day in the life of at least this army wife and mommy is ;) and just so that people can keep up with the curetons!! I will probably be blogging a LOT about my beautiful girls, gaby and dru, and my super soldier, brandon! oh and maybe a little here and there about me too ;)

05 January 2011
is this a midlife crisis?
I just turned 25... I feel younger and older than that at the same time if thats even possible. I feel like I am younger than that because I still feel like I want a lot of the same things that I wanted in high school. I still want to go to the beach in the summer time, I still want to go out with my friends and have a drink every now and then, I still want to graduate from college with a bachelors and make millions my first year out. I feel older than that because I have a lot of responsibility. I am a wife and a mother of two. I know that I have to show some restraint and take care of the priorities in my life before I go out with my friends. I know that most jobs that I make are most definitely not going to make me millions (although for the price of college nowadays they most definitely should!). I have a lot of goals that I still want to accomplish. Which I think no matter the age people should have goals to help them stay young. I don't believe in settling either, which means that this army life is a little bit of a hard pill to swallow, because it FORCES you to swallow your pride at times and settle. I have to settle for going to a school that I don't really care to go to, I have to settle for living in the projects known as Smith Barracks in the middle of brown cow and windmill country Germany, I have to settle for living a year without the man that makes me smile. That being said, I am trying to one up the army and see things cup half full or whatever analogy suits you best and see the good in things. I am going to find myself a good cooking school, so I can learn to do my favorite thing, and so that I can get a degree too teach other army wives and cater events for people. That way, I can make a ton of money, work from home, finish my communications degree at the same time, and someday at least make one of those millions, I can dream right? I can live with smith barracks too, because I have a lot of awesome friends living with me here, and hey its only a matter of time before we move into a real house. PCSing brings new things, and I am so ready for them. As for Germany, I am in the middle of Europe!! I plan to travel, travel, travel... with friends and family. get my fill of things I would never otherwise see (umm hello paris, rome, venice, greece?). As for the taking my super soldier part... that one is really hard to be positive about but I do try. I know he is doing this for us, and that he believes in what he is doing, so that helps a lot, and knowing that God will see us through will help me through the rest. The skype dates keep things fresh, I love to see him and make him smile, our communication level will be untouchable after this, and I will be able to do the things I need to do to better myself educationally while he is gone to be an even better wife than I am now. It's like although I owe the army a middle finger for the pain and frustration it gives me, I owe it a hug too for helping us grow. Maybe this is less of a midlife crisis and more of a growing moment, maybe its less being 25 and more being alone with my thoughts for too long. I just want to accomplish goals and be a good wife and mother, so I guess thats not too bad...
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Marlana, your strength is so encouraging! I try to see myself as a strong wife and mother dealing with life alone much of the time (thanks Army). But it is the life we chose, that is the hard pill to swallow for me. I think having dreams, like you said, is vital! I know you'll succeed at anything you do! Gabby and Dru and so very lucky to have two amazing parents! <3
ReplyDelete"And this too shall pass...." A moment in the blip of time only to gain who you are as a person and what defines Marlana Cureton other than mother and wife. You're a woman of great strength who I believe will only find out for herself how deep that strength really is. A beautiful person with hopes, dreams, and a love of life. You are an inspiring person to many and maybe YOU are helping others to get through this deployment. :) Love you and Hooah
ReplyDeletethanks girls :)Hoooaaahhh lol!
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