Newport

For the past 5 1/2 weeks my Husband has been up in Newport, RI.  Out of those 5 1/2 weeks, 4 1/2 of them have been spent with Christopher in Med-Hold due to him getting sick at the end of the first week of OCS.  One of the few benefits of Chris being in Med-Hold was getting to see him over the 4th of July Holiday.   After finding out on Friday June 28th that Chris was going to remain in Med-Hold for another 3 weeks I quickly booked flights and a hotel room on the Navy base planned my trip.

I'm not sure how to express my excitement on getting to see Chris after having been away from him for over a month. (Before leaving for OCS I think the longest amount of time I had been away from Chris was about a week in the 5 years we've been together.)  We had a great time just relaxing, enjoying the amazing New England weather and spending the time together.

Finally together again!

Our room on the Base.  I was really happy with it, Looked like a dorm from the outside, but inside was really nice.

When I went to visit I didn't rent a car so Chris and I had to walk everywhere we went.  The base is close to downtown Newport so one the 4th Christopher and I decided to walk the 2 miles and enjoy the historic area and watch the fireworks over Newport Harbor (later figured out we could have stayed on the base and maybe seen the fireworks a little better, but we had fun just the same)

After walking 5-6 miles on the 4th I quickly realized I am out of shape as I woke up to my calf muscles screaming in protest of all the exercise.  We decided we would probably not be making the trip back into Newport for fear of Chris having to carry me back.  Ultimately we decided to hang around the Base and explore (being that I am new to the military life I was just as excited to be able to go to the Commissary and the Nex using my military ID)  We found a little cafe on the base to have lunch at on Friday and enjoyed yummy new england clam chowder and a nice view!

One of the ships at the base, pretty neat to see!

Since the only options for food were a few restaurants located within walking distance of the base Chris and I decided to take our chances with our grilling skills (we've never used a charcoal grill before so it was fun)

Grilling was a great success! We grilled corned, peppers, onions, mushrooms, peapods and steaks!!

Beautiful sunset =)

On my last day in Newport I was excited to wear the my new anchor shirt I bought just to wear on the trip.  

Then we were off to take a few pictures and visit the Navy War College Museum.  

Getting to spend those 3 days with Chris were wonderful.  Having to wake up at 4:00am to catch my flight home and return to a life without him for another 12 weeks was very hard.  I feel as though he has been gone forever already and I have 3x as long before I will see him again.  Most of what I think about is this is just a taste of what life will be like when he is stationed on a submarine and out on patrol.  

Hope everyone had as wonderful a 4th of July as I did and was able to spend it with those you love!