That sounds really rough. I wish you the best of luck!!

I know its hard, trust me, this is my 2nd deployment! First was 18 months to Afghanistan and this one is only 12 months, but it still sucks. You just have to have a daily routine and take it ONE DAY AT A TIME, sometimes one minute at a time or one hour at a time. Find a new hobby (i scrapbook now!) Volunteer somewhere, get a job if you don't already have one, try to connect with other military wives or girlfriends (it truly is a family!) Don't focus on time and don't focus on them being gone. Let me know if you have any questions.

That just really has got to suck.

My friends got married, they are both in the Army, and he was deployed for 18 months two weeks after the wedding.

Suckfest.

I didnt think it would be so hard. I figured the time would go by quicker. I have been working and hanging out with my friends. I try to do different things to keep my mind off him and his being gone but it's so hard. I get through the days ok but then when it's time for me to go to bed I can't sleep, I just stay up and think. When I do fall asleep I dream about him. It's so hard to not think about it when almost all my thoughs automatically go back to him. He will be coming back home in Dec. but not staying. I just hope we will be able to spand Christmas together. It seems like the days are going by sooo slow! I think it will get a little easier once my daughter comes home. She is on vacation with my mother and will be home in a couple weeks. I really miss her too. When she comes home I think it will be easier.

I totally know how you feel. My boyfriend is a marine and it is a pain in the butt.
He however is a reserve so that helps out alot. He's not gone constantly.
Anyway, I just try to keep myself busy... constantly. I will hang out with friends, study schoolwork(for once), or pick up a new hobby(when he was gone for SOI I learned to crochet!). Anyway... I know it's hard, and it seems like it takes forever, but like they say, time flies when you are having fun. So find some things to do and get out and do them! Before you know it he'll be back in your arms again.

Here's a pic of me and my boo....
He's home right now thank God...

Trust me I know how it feels. My boyfriend just spent 2 years in Japan and he just left for Bahrain 3 weeks ago. And from Bahrain he's going to Iraq for about a year. So for over 3 years of our relationship he will be gone. But I can't stress enough to you that you need to keep yourself busy. Because the less you do, the more time you have to think about him being gone. I'm not saying that you wont think about him and be sad. I've found that at night is the worse for me because that's when I start to wind down and really start to miss him. And sometimes I cry myself to sleep, but its ok.....sometimes you just need to cry. You'll be ok....you'll get through it. Just make sure you have a good group of friends that will be there for you when you need them.