Its a GM thing..

and not very many people up here understand it. Being the we're stationed at an air station, there arent very many GM's up here. Curtis works with 3 others and the squadrons have a few floating around. But thats about it.

While we do have awesome friends up here, its hard not having another wife who truly understands what I deal with. Yeah, every Sailor comes home smelling like something but nothing compares to having your husband walk in the door smelling so strongly of CLP that you'd have sworn he bathed in it. And, yes, that has happened to me. Being married to a GM, you have to be able to handle sleeping with someone who smells like gunpowder, even after a shower. I swear, it just seeps into their skin during a gun shoot. And when they're on a ship...oh, they come home sleeping like hydraulic fluid on top of CLP on top of gun powder. Their uniforms have to be washed separate from everything else. Boots DO NOT come in the house!! Especially after range days. And then there are phone calls where all you hear is "blah blah new boots blah blah busted hydraulic line blah gun mount" and all you think is "well, there goes about $130". Yup, thats happened before too.

I do love my friends up here but part of me cant wait to get orders back to a ship. It just kinda sucks not having anyone who understands why I hold my breath when putting uniforms into the wash or know its a good sign when he walks through the door reeking of gun powder. Guess that part is a GM wife thing.....