Will he ever leave???

If you recall this post, it was about a huge blowup Vx & I had about a year ago, I kicked him out, let him come back to recover from his surgery, he was supposed to move out after he recovered, but he didn't.

Christmas time comes, this post talks about how I wanted either us to move or him to move out. Neither happened, I got a voice recorder instead. 

May 23rd, another blow up, he said that a month from that day, he will be moved out & to put the date down in my phone. June 23rd came & gone, he was still here! In July, he was too sick to work most of the month because of his kidney stone. Nothing could be done about it at the time because he also decided to fuck up his Tri-care. He gets kidney stones every year, he knew it was coming, so why did he mess up his insurance???

About 2 weeks ago, another blow up. Mom & I told him he has to leave (yes, we still live with her!), he said his new place would be ready last Wednesday, it wasn't (typical), but he's been staying with someone & moving out what he could. I took away his apartment key, but he magically still has a copy. This coming from the same idiot who frequently lost my keys & his keys at the same time, but couldn't be bothered to look for them!

Numerous times in the last 4 years, he has said he would do things that he never did. He keeps sending me messages about how much he loves me & how he doesn't want to be apart from me. TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE!!! I told him he's trespassing if he uses a key to get into the apartment, he did at least once when I went out of town w/my mom & "step-dad" (they're not married, but they might as well be, they act like a REAL married couple, unlike Vx & I). The laptop he "had to have for his deployment" that he never went on is also gone, 3/4 of the storage containers in the bedroom where he kept some of his Army crap in are gone, he had the newspapers laying on the couch, with a picture f/our wedding & the cake topper on the kitchen counter. His desktop computer is still here on his huge-ass desk, some of the stuff that was on it is still there, I have piled on stuff I have found in other areas there for him to get. Some stuff will be easy to split up, others not so much. My mom keeps insisting on me getting the fancy cookware out of storage that my brother gave us that we never used (we have mom's stuff, it's crowded as it is, why have more than what we need here?), I don't have a key, so I'll have to try & get it from him. We bought a set of tables, the coffee table is what I use as a computer desk for my laptop, the other 2 side tables are still in pieces in the storage unit. Towels & some bakeware my friend in AZ sent us are also in there. His younger sister bought us a few dishes (storage), some friends of his bought some kitchen cookware utensils, his former Sifu bought us a set of towels & some bathroom stuff (towels in storage, other stuff in bathroom), someone bought a comforter & throw blanket for the bed, one was from the older sister, the other may have been from my former boss, idk (no gift book was purchased, & my memory was still fuzzy partly f/dealing w/morphine withdrawals). The other wedding gifts we received were cash or they were waiting to give them until we moved (almost 4 years later, we still haven't moved or received those gifts).

I'm keeping the cat, no questions asked. He didn't clean her litter box for over a year because he wouldn't tell me that I was buying litter that aggravated his asthma that according to the Army he doesn't have, he didn't refill her food or water dish when asked to, so why would he take good care of her on his own now? He never took her to the vet, either. He never had the joy of being in the car w/her (constant, loud crying, especially while driving in a construction zone).

He has not paid any rent in the last 4 years or so, he hasn't paid his cell phone bill, either. He thought I was taking care of that, there never was enough money in the bank to cover the cell phone bills, rent, car insurance, internet he had to have (I went to the library & used my phone before that), & everything else. Then he wondered why I got so mad at him for buying useless crap.

He said he would fix my air conditioner, it hasn't worked right for over a year, he never did. Some of the last hockey games we drove home from in my car, it was raining. When the wipers were turned on, we saw they needed to be replaced. He said he would do it. I want to say 2 months later, it rains again while I'm out driving. The wipers were never replaced, so I had the guy at Auto Zone do it for me. We had numerous days over 100 degrees outside, one of those days, Vx drove my car to do stuff when I needed to do things with it instead. He said he was working, so I kept asking him, "Why didn't you drive you work van?" when he finally returned home, I left just to find out my car was about to overheat! I took my car keys away from him. Earlier that day, I had also asked him to refill P's food dish, either she ate a whole lot more food in those few hours then she normally does in a day or he didn't do it. That day, it was just one thing after another.

Numerous times, he has said he was sorry & he wouldn't do it again, just to turn around & do it again, or he would say he would do something, and then not do it. I've had it!

I may not be married into the Army much longer, but then again, I have no job, he won't get a "real" job, so we may have to end up staying married, just living separately, idk. If your asking "why doesn't he go full time?" he said he tried that, there are too many active duty soldiers, while the Reserves are short-handed in certain areas (just not in his area, considering units in our area have more CBRN's then they know what to do with them). He also said he's not qualified to join the HAZMAT team the fire department has. SERIOUSLY?!?! I don't doubt Vx on this, it just seems real fucked-up his Army skills can't be used for anything in the real world. The security company my mom works for is short-handed, I have asked him to go to work for them, he has a conceal carry license, military experience, he should be more qualified & make more money then my mom (who's unarmed & in charge of her jobsite) does. Her boss at the company heard about my security experience & asked me if I wanted to get my CLEET & work for them. TSA wouldn't hire him because of his credit, but this place doesn't care about that, shoot they only drug test employees when they hire them.

He's been more like a brother to me then a husband, & we were both living w/mom, sharing a bedroom. I want to be a real adult, & actually move away f/home! Why hasn't he got that??? He says its because he was kicked out when he was 15. Still, he was on his own, I never have been, his deployment was supposed to be my chance to actually be on my own, but like everything else he says he gonna do, he doesn't.

He wouldn't let me give up on my dream when I was trying to, now there are fewer job openings now then there was when I was fresh out of school. I don't want to go back to school & get a bachelors, even those w/that degree aren't getting jobs. I applied for "my boss" job after he left the hockey team for another hockey team, I was the least qualified candidate (no one has been announced yet as the new person), but the GM wants to help me gain more experience, so I'll be back with them next season, not getting paid. I need a paying job that I'm qualified for (very few out there), won't interfere w/the hockey team (games played on some Tues. nights, weekends, & some holidays, when newbies at most jobs would have to work), & that my body can handle (bad leg aggravated by cold temps).

I just wish things would get better already, instead of worse & worse (like they have these last 4 years)!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Have you (spouse) ever considered joining the military and what do you think of dual military couples? submitted by Project Army Wife
The impression that both of us have is that if I wanted to join, I couldn't because of the metal in my leg. Vx knows a couple that deployed together, they were in the same unit before, after & I assume when they were deployed (same MOS). They had a baby, it was with her parents, considering his age, I think it was probably better they did that when they did, but as the kid gets older, I know having one parent or both gone will be tough on him. Another couple both of us know, he was already in before they met, she joined, then found out a few weeks after starting basic she's pregnant, so she was sent home & I believe she was discharged. I have no interest in Chemical Warfare, so it probably wouldn't work for us even if I wanted to/could join.

2. What is your idea of a perfect Sunday afternoon? submitted by A Few of My Favorite Things
I guess driving around, idk.

3. What do you usually do for the 4th of July holiday?  submitted by Anchor’s Away
Work, this year I'm off on the 4th, but work the weekend before. My brother's visiting the area, he leaves sometime on Monday, so idk.

4. If they could make an Olympic event JUST for you that you know you’d medal in, what would it be? submitted by Pants are Confusing
Something to do with music? idk

5.  What have you been doing to get yourself bathing suit ready for the summer? submitted by Not Just an Army Wife
Nothing out of the ordinary. I have less of an appetite when its hot outside, so I am eating less & losing a little weight, but the scars are still there, so no bathing suits for me!

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Have a fun holiday weekend!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Underwear Parties, how old is too old? submitted by Wookie & Co.

Never heard of them

2. What was your favorite class in high school? submitted by Adventures of M-Squared

Band, Quiz Bowl is a close second. Both classes were a lot of fun for me, the trips also helped.

3. Have you ever convinced packers/movers to pack something they aren’t supposed to for a PCS? submitted by Ground Control to Major Mom

n/a

4. Blogging plays a growing roll in the media. If you were asked to embed as a blogger with a deployed military unit, would you go? What do you think your blog would be like? submitted by To the Nth

I'm not sure if I would want to go or not, I know if I did, I would blog about what was going on around me as much as I'm allowed to blog about.

5. Do you think kids should attend year-round school? submitted by Marrying the Navy

When I was in school, I hated the summer months, we hardly ever went on a vacation or did anything fun. Both of my parents worked most of that time, my dad worked Monday-Friday mostly during the day, my mom was employed at my school as a secretary for the middle school & the athletic director, so she still had to work year round. For kids like me, year-round school would spread out the breaks so they're not as boring, but I know it would be difficult on others. 

My former & current co-workers are partially able to have that job because many work at a school or attend one. The event center holds many more events during the summer months, so year-round school would affect some if not all of those events as well. 

The military perspective, I know PCS moves seem to occur more during the summer months, so year round school would affect those children's educations and if their other parent works at a year round school, their jobs as well, while requesting time off for a vacation might be easier during an off-peak time (when a year round school is on a break) then the summertime (when every one's pcs-ing or vacationing while kids are out for the summer).

(Sorry for the rant)

Hope you have a fun weekend!

Word(less?) Wednesday

I haven't done things much that I took a picture of or I could take a good picture of, so this week I took some.

Friday, after dropping off Vx for drill weekend in the field & getting a license for the summer dept. I stopped by the Blue Whale on my way home. There's a dock that's blocked off, but a trail leading to it that was open, so I walked it about as far as I could.

Monday, it was business as normal for Vx, he's working on fixing up a trailer home for a business that sells them. This picture is proof that Home Depot gives a military discount year round, something very helpful for my CBRN/drywaller.

 

I helped him out on the trailer Monday & Tuesday, I put plastic around the doors & inside windows, then this tape/paper combo around the trim, tape on the light switches, electrical outlets, & this plastic wall to block off the halls. He sprayed the walls in one of the bedrooms, one of the dining room walls & the living room walls.

Vx says I'm picking up on things quicker then his nephew does (who usually helps him), & some of his other 

helpers he's had in the past. While that was kinda nice to know, there's also things they could do that I couldn't do very well (like heavy lifting & other things that were hard for me because of my bad leg). 

Today, Vx says he's gonna show me the proper way to paint walls. Apparently, its not the way that most people seem to think is ok to do. It's also been very cold, so some of this has been spread out more than it normally would be.

While it's nice to have something to do until the summer dept. starts (June 2nd), & to keep all the money to ourselves instead of paying a helper, this isn't something I would want to do constantly, but every so often would be ok.

Six Word Saturday

Will my allergies act this way?

Yesterday, while waiting for my future boss to come into work, I decided to go walking at a park near there. It was a beautiful day, sun was shining, but the wind was crazy! After I got all the pre-employment stuff done (also renewed/fixed my library card in the process), I stopped by a roadside attraction that's been having work done to it on my way home. I guess being outside in the wind as much as I was aggravated my allergies, I'm feeling it today, & I was planning on meeting some local social media people at the park, next time I guess.

My job (starts in June) will be outdoors, is this how I'm gonna feel the whole time? I've worked at this job before & didn't feel this way, I won't be driving a golf cart around this time, so maybe I'll be ok. I hope so!

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Have a great weekend! 

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Have you and your spouse agreed to live in separate locations (a geographical bachelor tour) knowing that the short-term inconvenience would have long-term benefits for your family? How did it work for you? submitted by When Good People Get Together
There's been talk in the past about a possible instructor job for Vx at a base about 4 hours f/here, if he ever does that, we'll probably be apart. It's only supposed to be for about 5 months, but I assume I'll have a job here by then, so I'll work here & one of us will visit the other on weekends (probably him visiting me more than me visiting him). Idk how big of a benefit it would be for us, but I know it's something he would like to do. 


2. What is your favorite thing about being a MilSpouse? submitted bySarah Ruth Today
Seeing how some people react to my husband when he's in uniform, they are so thankful for him serving our country, which is nice to know there are people like that in the world.


3. If you could still have your spouse/significant other and your family, but take the military life out of it…would you?  submitted by Trust. Love. Believe. Bake.
I'm pretty sure I would, it hardly feels like we're a military couple most of the time. I'm also working on my answers surrounded by camping gear (he's making up his drill time w/warriors this weekend, they're going to the field)


4. What have your homecoming experiences been like after a year long tour of separation? submitted by Army Soldier, Army Wife
One year turned into 3 weeks, I was sleeping what few hours I had to sleep between long shifts when he returned, so he had his sister pick him up from the airport & she brought him home. This was all last minute as well, during a busy time at my job, so I couldn't get any time off. He woke me up when he arrived, then I went back to sleep. We knew they wanted to send him back home to get dental work done, but no one knew when until he was taken to the airport.


5. If you have a child(ren) why you chose their name(s)? If not, why you would name your child something?  submitted by Tiara’s & ACU’s
Vx's middle name runs in his family, so if we ever have kids, I'd probably give the boy that name as his middle name. While it wasn't really intentional, my names do run in the family on my dad's side (one of his sisters has the same middle name, a distant cousin's grandma has the same first & maiden name as me), so maybe if we have a girl, I'll work my names into hers somehow.

To return or not, that is the question

If your a long time reader, or spent what had to be endless hours reading older posts, you may have seen some entries or bits about a summer department. At my former job (security for a place that does numerous events year round), I would transfer to a different department for the 2 months they hold horse races, when a baseball team moved, my awesome post was eliminated. I was very upset about this, but not completely surprised. I was disgruntle, felt like I was being punished at my normal job for not transferring, and I haven't heard from that boss until she tried to call me into work right after my husband had surgery (he wasn't very mobile for a while). She quit calling me, but I didn't think much of it until the big events came & gone w/o getting called into work (about 3 months later, it was slow before big events). That was confirmation to me that I no longer had a job there.

After that, I started "working" for a hockey team on the blimp crew w/my husband (not getting paid). I caught the GM's & the play-by-play broadcaster's attention. January 1st, after the broadcaster found out about my broadcasting education & mentioning how nice it would be to have someone to help out during games, I started doing that. I have finally gained some experience in my field! I filled in unexpectedly on play-by-play one night when "my boss" was the arena announcer (normal guy was gone), ran the sound at the post-game show, and gradually added tasks to my job.

Friday, I received a message on Facebook from the summer dept. boss, he offered me a job! I have never been offered a job before from the boss! It's not exactly what I have done in the past, but the rules should be close enough to the same & I miss it out there. It's not a job in what I went to school for many years ago, the hours are in the evenings & weekends (formerly I worked mostly graveyards all the time) which doesn't really bother me. It's only for 2 months (hence the summer dept. nickname), but if I try to get a broadcasting job again, it will more likely than not be the same hours since I'm just starting out. I don't want to leave summer dept. boss in a bind (never did before, probably why he wants me back) if a job comes around & I have to quit. I have tried getting a job in my field before w/no luck, so I'm not very optimistic.

Should I take the summer job, or start searching for one in my field while my experience is still fresh?

P.S. Facebook can be amazing!

Military Monday Family Blogger Carnival

Yes folks, I decided to return for a second time! Yay!

So, this previous weekend was drill weekend. If you haven't read my other posts, my husband's Army Reserve unit is 2,100 miles away, so he does RST at a later time. Since most of the other's in Vx's (my husband's) unit are also far away, they do a conference call. This weekend, it turned into 3 calls. Originally it was planned to have one Saturday around noon our time, so Vx decided to go do a road march at a park. He gets there, takes about 3 steps, then someone calls him, they decided to have a second call at that time. He walked 3 steps back to the vehicle & came home (these calls need to be done near a computer). Shortly after that call, the second one started. During the second one, a third was scheduled for Sunday. 

The third call, I guess some things for AT were planned, he has orders! I forgot how great this unit is about planning out things, AT is in about 6 weeks, the previous 2 units would have waited to give out orders until a few days before. No flight itinerary yet, but we at least have dates. AT is the only time they are required to report to their unit, Vx's dad & younger sister live near his unit, so he'll probably have a chance to visit them again on the Army's dime.

So you might be asking how he plans to make up the time, as an E4 w/secret clearance, it usually involves shredding classified papers for warriors, a nearby unit. He wants to go to the field w/warriors on their drill weekend, which is next weekend. He does love those MRE's, but since he's went vegetarian, idk how it'll go over for him. I guess I better start the "Koom-by-ya" jokes again!

Also, something else kinda military-related, I've started looking for jobs in broadcasting again, I found one in a town next to a base! While the job isn't exactly what I want to do, if it will get my foot in the door a little more than the hockey team has, I'll do it! Two others I found are more along the lines of what I'd like to do, one of them is even in the same city we live in, but w/the bad luck I've had breaking into broadcasting the last time I tried to (about 7 years ago after finishing school), I'm not holding my breath on getting any of them! It would be nice to live closer than 2 hours from a real base, though...

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Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a good day!

Monday

My blogging skills suck, the last real post (not including MFF) was in February, So here I am, with updates!

Early March, I did some color commentary during a hockey game, I froze up on the air, things I wanted to talk about didn't seem appropriate at the time, it didn't go well. Luckily, I was able to crack a few jokes, & a suspended player was also up there, so he filled in the rest of the time. A few weeks later, "my boss" filled in for the arena announcer, the person who was supposed to cover play-by-play for him didn't show up. Game time came, he still wasn't there, so I put the headset on & did my best. Apparently, people liked it! I know the GM & "my boss" were grateful I stepped up instead of broadcasting dead air, but one man left a comment on the team's facebook page stating he liked the young lady who called the game, also over the weekend the woman in charge of the facebook pages said she received several messages from people who liked me as well!

My play-by-play was NOT exactly how its supposed to be done, I had the microphone volume too high so I didn't feel like I was screaming over the largest crowd of the season (fewer listeners); the man on facebook liked hearing the background noises. I didn't talk as much as I should have, I couldn't catch all the players who played the puck during the game, my hockey knowledge is minimal; he liked my "less is more" approach. I cracked jokes, made observations ("I wish someone would tell [visiting team city] that this is a hockey game, not a figure skating competition!" for example), once I got past the "OMG I'm doing play-by-play for a professional hockey game!" shock, it was fun!

The next day, the arena announcer was back, so "my boss" was back upstairs & another man who used to be a sports anchor was up there as well. He's been wanting to start doing play-by-play, so "my boss" had invited him to come up & hang out. Him & "my boss" did that game, he was great! Definitely better than me!

Great enough, that when the arena announcer was unable to attend this last playoff game we had, "my boss" was the arena announcer again, the former sports anchor did play-by-play by himself, while I did my job tasks, along with some of the other stuff "my boss" normally does (I did both tasks when I filled in, so less pressure on them). It was also a big game, not only was it a playoff game, it was the first playoff game series the team won since 1994, & the team went from being 0-2 to 3-2 in this series. The newspaper sent a different reporter, so I had to give him some extra attention since he's not familiar w/the building or how things normally go up there. I gave the reporter, both play-by-play broadcasters, & the tv sports dept. (on the phone) the next set of playoff dates.

The last 2 or 3 games, I have also ran the sound for the post-game show, that's the part I love the most! I get to play with pots & stare at a computer screen. I also help set up and tear down the sound for the post game, then tear down & pack up the upstairs play-by-play stuff & the officials stuff that doesn't belong to the building. Vx helps out with that some, since items are store in the locker room so I'm not having to enter while men are changing clothes.

Despite the lack of pay, I'm love doing all of this, & I'm gaining experience that should really help me out! I've also done a lot of stuff on facebook for them, like promote games & broadcasts, especially for the away games. Mine & others tweets will show up on their fan page if you @ them, so I live tweet the games as much as I can. I do this on another twitter account I have set up as my full name, those tweets automatically posts on my facebook. I don't want to steal anyone's job, but maybe all of this will lead to me either getting a job w/them, or maybe another team or organization will see what I can do. I never had a job I interviewed for, word of mouth f/my mom or someone else got me in the door & I proved myself, so maybe doing all of this will help me out as well.

Who would've thought...

Wifey's taking a break this week, & I haven't blogged in too long, so I thought I would write a quick post:

Who would've thought...

...an ice rink would be warmer than a dirt floor arena???

...the only employee that was not allowed to step outside to warm up would be the non-smoker!

...my former supervisor would be the one more likely to die than her very-ill husband.

...14 inches of snow would make my happy to be unemployed!

...I would love hockey!

...my cat would bark like a dog!

...we'd get 14 inches of snow at one time! (normally we might get a few inches that melt away immediately, most of those 14 inches are still here about 2 weeks later!)

...I would consider applying for a job w/the baseball team who moved & caused me to lose my awesome summer job somewhere else.

...my husband would still not deploy after 3 years while other are on their 2nd/3rd tour.

Yeah, some random thoughts. I blame cabin fever! Hockey game tonight & tomorrow night, so maybe my sanity will return soon. Have a great weekend!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Yay! It's Friday, hockey game tonight, online tomorrow, shopping should be done (hopefully!) and...

This week's questions are:

1. If you were a famous movie star, what types of movies would you star in?
Comedy definitely!

2. What is a vacation you would like to take if money were no object?
Hawaii, NYC, Italy, England, maybe Japan, I haven't really thought about this much, but off the top of my head, those seem like neat places to visit.

3. Did you have pets growing up?
Before I was 10 (we moved), I remember we had a black dog, a black cat for a while, then a gray kitty w/black stripes we found at the park. The cats ran away before we moved, the dog escaped afterwards. They were outdoor pets, dog was chained up in the backyard, cats mainly stayed by the back/main porch. We had a cat for a short time after we moved, then we found out who it belonged to. We also found out that many cats in that area have died of cat leukemia, so we never had pets again. Two years ago, a white cat I saw attempting to catch a peacock "was waiting at the door and told (my husband) that she lives here now" so she does.

4. What do you do for exercise?
Not much, I'm lazy. When I go shopping for groceries or whatever, I tend to walk the whole length of the store, sometimes twice instead of just walking to where I need to go & leave. When I'm doing the media runner thing, we park on the north end, media area is half way on the east? end, I walk all the way around the building at least twice a night after the 1st & 2nd periods, every goal sends me from one end of the section to the other & back,. 

5. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received as a MilSpouse?

None that I recall, but I can give out some to others that I learned on my own the hard way. Orders mean NOTHING!!! Orders can & will get changed or cancelled at the last minute. Not everyone in the military deploys, the ones that do seem to go on multiple deployments. Military ID's are NOT easy to get, so don't tell me it's not a "real" ID. Those "cushy" benefits that full-time military families seem to have is not what all military families have (this coming from a spouse w/no job, no schooling assistance, no insurance, & we have to live w/my mom since he can't seem to get a "real" job, or a housing allowance). Not all of us live at or very near to a "real base" (I don't count the NG "base" on the north side, the BX is only useful to buy alcohol, & that's not worth the drive there).

Does that cover everything???

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Hope your weekend rocks as well!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Welcome to my first blog post of 2011! So far, I've spent most of this year sick, so it's gotta get better! With my return also comes the return of this...

1. What are you looking forward to most in 2011? from Jessica Lynn Writes
If I say it, it won't happen, so I'm staying quiet! That was something I learned last year.

2. What is something random you do on a boring night when your significant other is away? from Lovin Ma Soldier
It's been awhile since this was the case, I think I listened to some music that he hates.

3. What has been your greatest adventure as a MilSpouse? fromMisadventures of An Army Momma
I guess going to Washington, we went when we did partly because of his AT being there, so while it wasn't a military trip necessarily, it did help out. Military-related trip would have to be the ones I made to FLW when we were engaged and he was in basic/ait, especially the last one with the late departure, storms, and my whole work schedule.

4. What is the ugliest fashion trend you ever bought into (I’d like to make fun of you, so can you please provide a picture as well)? from More Than An Army Wife
I have bought into very few trends, so thinking back, none of them seem very ugly. One time during the summer, I needed to wear some shoes that protected my toes, but the only ones I had were black boots, so I wore those w/some white/creme/brown overall shorts. 

5. What was the high point of last month?

Meeting the internet broadcaster for the hockey team. By meeting him in person, I've had some opportunities I never would have imagined. Instead of working with the blimp crew now, I'm working with him as a media runner. I wasn't getting paid for working on the blimp, and I'm not getting paid for this, but it is similar to what I've always wanted to do, and hopefully it will be some experience that could work out for me in the future. One of the cheerleaders for the team now works in their sales department, so who knows!

I've been debating this blog's future, since I don't feel like a military spouse, let alone an Army wife, so as we say in broadcasting, stay tuned. In the mean time, visit Wifey's blog by clicking on the graphic at the top or on the left sidebar.

Craziness

If your reading this, then I assume you survived all the holidays that have occurred so far. Congrats! I barely survived Christmas it felt like, the only gift I received sucked, visiting Vx's family sucked, decorations on the blimp didn't cooperate, and neither did the tail rudder.

But, the dream I've been trying to give up on, it seems to be coming true now. I finished school 6 years ago, and now I'm getting to start doing that kind of work? Seriously?! WTF!

It's not exactly what I wanted to do, but its the closest I've gotten to it. It's frustrating, but also a big sigh of relief.

I can't bitch about my husband's hobby anymore, either. If it wasn't for it, this opportunity would have never came.

They say good things come to those who wait, well that is very true!

Happy New Year!

Uh, Christmas

I hate trying to buy my husband gifts. He usually wants something I feel is too expensive, or he doesn't like what I get him. I still haven't got him a birthday (September) or anniversary (October) gifts for this year, or a Christmas gift. Last year, I bought him pants for Christmas that he hated, he griped about needing some, but he wouldn't go out and buy any, so I did. Granted, one pair was not what I expected, the other's he called "gay looking" so I returned them and he never bought any pants or anything else to replace them. For our anniversary/his birthday, I bought him a RC Tank. First, I got the wrong color, so we went to the store & exchanged it for a color he liked better. Then he broke it, he keeps saying he needs to send it in to get it fixed, it still sits on top of the tv, broken.

I didn't like all the gifts he's purchased for me, either. One birthday, I got a guitar, while its neat, I don't care to learn how to play it, and I don't want it sitting around if its not going to be played. One Christmas, I got some sound equipment "so I can record demos" as he put it. I received that a few years too late! Now both sit in his storage unit, w/many of out wedding gifts as well.

Yes, wedding gifts from 3 years ago. Things that aren't needed right now since we still live w/my mom!

For Christmas, I want Vx to get a real fuckin' job, so I can have what I want for Christmas, to live in my own place like a real married couple!

I can't believe this is still our life 3 years later!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. What do you see your life like in 10 years?
I seem to have a knack for PR, so maybe I'll be doing that or some kind of social media, whatever we do, hopefully it'll be more stable for the both of us than what our life is like now.

2. What do you like most about your job?
At my former job, I loved the variety and getting to stay up all night. My "current job" as a somewhat-house wife/apparent PR  person, well, I guess the same thing, staying up all night, doing a variety of tasks.


3. What are three things you do every day, no matter what day it is?
Play with my phone, use the bathroom, pet P.


4. What would you do with an extra five hours in your day today?
Sleep? There are some tv shows online I'd like to watch, but can't seem to find the time or whatever, but idk if that would take 5 hrs or not.


5. What is your favorite Christmas (or whichever holiday  you celebrate) cookie recipe (please share!)?
Sugar cookies decorated for the holidays, frosting, sprinkles, something festive (red/green), I eat sugar cookies year round, just with different (if any) decorations, so its not really anything different.


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Have a great weekend!

Me? Hockey? PR? Wow!

I wrote a little bit about this yesterday, but I'll get more into it here. So on facebook, I've been posting things about the hockey team that Vx has been flying a blimp for. Well, guess who has noticed?

The General Manager! Wow! He's not the only staff member, one night I didn't feel like coming to the game, so I stayed home and listened to it online. I said something on facebook about it, and the broadcaster friended me! We exchanged a few messages, I told him what we've been doing at the games and he told me where he sets up (an area I have access to, but most other people don't). As a former "I want to work in radio!" geek, I haven't quit screaming inside about this "friendship" since.

Back to the GM, I've posted pictures that were taken on my phone, and tagged the team, venue, Vx & I in them (the RC club doesn't have a page), he really likes that, said something about giving him lots of free PR. I don't feel like I'm putting tons of effort into all of this, like I told him, I was just posting stuff at 3 am out of boredom.

Vx now wants me to take his nice professional-like camera to the games for some really good quality pics (instead of Blackberry pics). He also keeps telling me to go hang out w/the broadcaster, I just don't feel any time would be a good time, I assume he talks before game (I tuned in part way through the 1st period), does play-by-play during the games, and talks during most of the breaks and afterwards. Vx told me not to worry about the blimp, they can handle the parts I do. I think I would like just watching him work, but it would be nice to ask questions as well, and he may want to interview me on-air or something. I also don't want to give him the impression that I'm stalking him.

Another thing that kinda concerns me, I know very little about hockey, I attended and watched my first real game about a month ago, other than those Ducks movies and the scenes from The Simpson's, Friends, & other shows that have shown hockey, my exposure has been minimal. I know some terms, but not what they really mean (like Icing), which also concerns me.

Guess I should research hockey, and hope it makes some sense. Maybe study some PR stuff online while I'm at it, get some better promotion ideas than what I came up with on my own (stuff I've seen others do that caught my attention, some things I learned studying broadcasting as well).

This could also be a stepping stone for other things as well, idk, but word of mouth can be a good thing.

Maybe my dream will finally come true...