This could be described.

So I guess today is day one. He left for Iraq about 3:30am EST. That's 12:30 my time. He called me about 2:50am PST to tell me he loved me and that he was in layover from Maine to Germany. Needless to say I was very tired at the time. I know I've said before that this isn't easy. But I feel ok right now. I just don't when I get on the phone with him. That's why I stress to stay busy because if I just sit and do nothing but think about him, I cry and I don't want to keep doing that.
I got a call this morning about 11am my time from him. He was in Germany and had a few mins to call. Two hour layover and then he'd be on his way to Iraq. That made my stomach sink a little.
This is reality.
There isn't any other way to describe it other than regardless of how I feel about it, it's going to happen and I have to just find a way to deal with it. So tonight I'm having a little pity party with a few friends who's boyfriend's are already deployed and then Friday..I'm getting back to reality. Back to myself. I know that if I keep dwelling on this that I'm just going to go into a depression and with school around the corner, I cannot afford to have a lack of concentration.
My advice for others dealing with this? Focus on your life and try not to dwell on deployment.