DD Day 5

Yesterday had it's fair share of setbacks.

We found out yesterday that we have the opportunity to go on a ski trip with my husband's unit. It is a family trip but set up like a marriage retreat. For those of you not familiar with a marriage retreat it is an event put on by the unit chaplains. Usually the cost of the hotel is covered along with a couple of meals. The chaplains put on brief workshops to help strengthen different areas of your marriage. It is a great opportunity to go and spend quality time together as a couple. Marriage retreats usually happen just before or just after a deployment. Most often the marriage retreat is offered after a deployment as a way to help the couple reconnect. The ski trip is set up the same way but invites families to come along. But wouldn't you know, the ski weekend is the same weekend that we planned to have my neighbors baby shower. We are still in the early stages of planning the shower. Because of this I sent a bunch of text messages to my friends to try to fit both things into our calendars.

Since I already had my phone in my hand it was very easy to check the items I'm watching on ebay, check FB and email. Needless to say I had my phone in my hand more than I wanted to.

Last night was movie night at our house. In the middle of the movie I found myself reaching for my phone to check email from school, assignments that posted and once again found myself on FB. At this point I got up and put my phone in the kitchen. It was away from my immediate reach. That seemed to do the trick. If I didn't have my phone within reach it didn't bother me.

Fast forward to this morning. I have had my phone right next to me as I look up definitions for anatomy. I even downloaded a medical dictionary. I will admit some times it is easier to simply log on to the Internet from my phone than to get on the computer. I'm hoping that once my homework is done I can set my phone out of reach and forget about it for the rest of the day. Here's to hoping!