I just wanted to let you know that I thank you for taking away my stress and PMS for the next hour or so. Then I will be cursing myself for eating you and trying to figure out when I can get to the gym to lose some weight and tone up my muscles that feel like jell-o. Then I will remember that my life is absolute chaos right now so I won't be able to get to the gym anytime soon and I will curse you some more.
Sincerely,
Stacy
I need a VACAY!
I am in desperate need of a trip of some sort. I love to travel and unfortunately, as of this moment in time, we have no money to travel. This makes me want to go insane.
The hubs and I had a little disagreement last night...he said something that really started making me think and think hard. We were talking about going out and having a good time. He ALWAYS is the one that gets to go out and I am stuck with the kids. Problem is, we are in a new place where I have one friend who I have known since high school. The hubs on the other hand has numerous. Of course, he says this is my fault, I should be making more friends and I asked him how I was supposed to do that when I am a stay at home mom and the lovely base we are at doesn't have an FRG that I am aware of nor does it hold many events. *Sigh* Anyways, that's not the part that made me think. He then said that I was content staying at home watching movies...
I have always thought the same but this is simply not true. I don't like staying home. I love to TRAVEL! I would love to go places and stay the weekend and explore and have fun. I don't do the bar scene anymore really...he's right there..not unless I'm with a lot of people in a non smoky environment (too much smoke makes me want to puke). Case and point..the hubs went out last night and had to strip before entering our room because he smelled so strongly of smoke from the bar they went to. I want to go all these places and just kick back and relax. I want my kids to be able to go and see the world and all of its beauty. There is one tiny problem. We just don't have the money right now.
So I'm making a vow to myself. I am going to, as soon as we can, put some money in a travel fund. I have to. For my sanity. So to my dear hubby, you were right...well, ok, not totally right but you had a valid point. I think my points were more so valid (that is a whole different post that shall be entitled "DOUBLE STANDARD WORLD" ) but you have a point. Just know that while I may seem content watching movies and hanging at the hizzy, I am, in fact, dreaming of where I will be traveling to first!
The hubs and I had a little disagreement last night...he said something that really started making me think and think hard. We were talking about going out and having a good time. He ALWAYS is the one that gets to go out and I am stuck with the kids. Problem is, we are in a new place where I have one friend who I have known since high school. The hubs on the other hand has numerous. Of course, he says this is my fault, I should be making more friends and I asked him how I was supposed to do that when I am a stay at home mom and the lovely base we are at doesn't have an FRG that I am aware of nor does it hold many events. *Sigh* Anyways, that's not the part that made me think. He then said that I was content staying at home watching movies...
I have always thought the same but this is simply not true. I don't like staying home. I love to TRAVEL! I would love to go places and stay the weekend and explore and have fun. I don't do the bar scene anymore really...he's right there..not unless I'm with a lot of people in a non smoky environment (too much smoke makes me want to puke). Case and point..the hubs went out last night and had to strip before entering our room because he smelled so strongly of smoke from the bar they went to. I want to go all these places and just kick back and relax. I want my kids to be able to go and see the world and all of its beauty. There is one tiny problem. We just don't have the money right now.
So I'm making a vow to myself. I am going to, as soon as we can, put some money in a travel fund. I have to. For my sanity. So to my dear hubby, you were right...well, ok, not totally right but you had a valid point. I think my points were more so valid (that is a whole different post that shall be entitled "DOUBLE STANDARD WORLD" ) but you have a point. Just know that while I may seem content watching movies and hanging at the hizzy, I am, in fact, dreaming of where I will be traveling to first!
Someone Help A Sister OUT!
I need a job....sigh...I really need a job.
I know, I know...in this economy jobs are scarce. I understand that. But with each "thank you but we're pursuing other candidates," letter I receive, the more and more depressed I am getting.
I like to think of myself as an intelligent person. I also like to think of myself as someone that can learn things very easily. What stinks the most is that I'm not even getting a chance. Due to certain circumstances, I haven't been able to work in the past few years. I'm sorry, but I thought staying home with my daughter while her daddy was gone in a warzone was a little more important. And since I didn't need the job and was going to school, I felt that was the best decision for me and my family. Boy do I wish I would have gotten a job.
Everyone these days wants experience and I simply don't have that. Forget the fact that I can not only work a computer but can troubleshoot a lot of problems on my own, I can learn any computer program needed in a very short amount of time and I am a pretty darn personable person. People generally like me and find me easy to talk to. I remember in my restaurant days, everyone wanted to tell me everything. It was horrible because I knew everything about everyone and so I just kept my mouth shut most of the time (BTW I don't recommend working in the restaurant industry if you want to get hired elsewhere. It doesn't work too well).
I'm just tired of getting rejected from the jobs that I have applied for when I know I could do the job with my eyes closed and do it well. It's hard. I've been searching for almost 4 or 5 months now and nothing. To say that I'm frustrated doesn't even begin to describe how I am feeling.
I know, I know...in this economy jobs are scarce. I understand that. But with each "thank you but we're pursuing other candidates," letter I receive, the more and more depressed I am getting.
I like to think of myself as an intelligent person. I also like to think of myself as someone that can learn things very easily. What stinks the most is that I'm not even getting a chance. Due to certain circumstances, I haven't been able to work in the past few years. I'm sorry, but I thought staying home with my daughter while her daddy was gone in a warzone was a little more important. And since I didn't need the job and was going to school, I felt that was the best decision for me and my family. Boy do I wish I would have gotten a job.
Everyone these days wants experience and I simply don't have that. Forget the fact that I can not only work a computer but can troubleshoot a lot of problems on my own, I can learn any computer program needed in a very short amount of time and I am a pretty darn personable person. People generally like me and find me easy to talk to. I remember in my restaurant days, everyone wanted to tell me everything. It was horrible because I knew everything about everyone and so I just kept my mouth shut most of the time (BTW I don't recommend working in the restaurant industry if you want to get hired elsewhere. It doesn't work too well).
I'm just tired of getting rejected from the jobs that I have applied for when I know I could do the job with my eyes closed and do it well. It's hard. I've been searching for almost 4 or 5 months now and nothing. To say that I'm frustrated doesn't even begin to describe how I am feeling.
Fruit and Cottage Cheese-YUM-O
I absolutely love to try new foods and if I have had a food and haven't liked it, I'm game to try it again. But there has been one thing that I said I would NEVER try. Cottage cheese and fruit. Every single time someone said something about the two together, I would squish up my nose and say ewwww, even though I had never tried it. I like cottage cheese every now and then and finally tried it with a safe fruit...tomatoes! LOL! I know I know, not really a fruit but still a fruit. My husband loves this combo and now I do too!
But other than that, I never ventured out in the fruit department. I ate my cottage cheese with tomatoes and that was that. Until today.
I didn't want to have a big lunch today because I have to do dinner earlier due to my husband having to pull duty all night. So I thought I would have some fruit. Oranges, apples, kiwi. As I'm looking at all this deliciousness on my plate I figure out that this will not hold me over until dinner, even if it is earlier. So I look in my fridge and I see it staring me in the face saying, "please pick me." So I did. I gave the cottage cheese and the fruit a chance and tried it.
And I absolutely LOVE it! I can't explain why or how or any of it. I don't know why it goes so well together. I don't know how it tastes so good. What I do know is that I haven't even finished it and I'm stuffed. And I didn't make all that much. So good, so yummy, not heavy....a nice, light lunch to get me until dinner. My tummy thanks me for trying this out!
But other than that, I never ventured out in the fruit department. I ate my cottage cheese with tomatoes and that was that. Until today.
I didn't want to have a big lunch today because I have to do dinner earlier due to my husband having to pull duty all night. So I thought I would have some fruit. Oranges, apples, kiwi. As I'm looking at all this deliciousness on my plate I figure out that this will not hold me over until dinner, even if it is earlier. So I look in my fridge and I see it staring me in the face saying, "please pick me." So I did. I gave the cottage cheese and the fruit a chance and tried it.
And I absolutely LOVE it! I can't explain why or how or any of it. I don't know why it goes so well together. I don't know how it tastes so good. What I do know is that I haven't even finished it and I'm stuffed. And I didn't make all that much. So good, so yummy, not heavy....a nice, light lunch to get me until dinner. My tummy thanks me for trying this out!
Done, Done, and...Well almost DONE
My last year of school. Ok, let's be realistic here...my last year of my Bachelors in Business Administration. HALLELUJAH!
It has taken half a year longer than expected but hey, we can't always predict whats going to happen in our lives right? That half year was taken up with a new baby, a daughter that doesn't stop moving, and a move to a new place. So to say that I am pretty proud of myself is an understatement. I will, however, be stoked when I'm finished with this degree due to the fact that I don't think I am cut out for the business world.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that I am finishing this degree. But I definitely want to continue my education. And not with a masters. For some reason, I have never wanted to have a masters degree, except for when I wanted to do psychology in which case I would have gotten my Doctorates. Nope, I want to take what I learned from this degree and start pursuing something completely different. MEDICAL. No I do not want to be a doctor or a nurse for that matter. I'm not cut out for the blood. But I'm definitely moving towards respiratory therapist or radiography. Both of which I am completely interested in and would LOVE to do.
At the end of the day, I just want to help people. I want to go home knowing that I've done something to help someone. I don't know that I can do that with my business degree. It is a great degree to have because it can be used for so much and I love having the knowledge that I do now about the business world and how to start and manage a business. I just don't know that it's for me. At the time, it was a degree I could do all online which I needed with one and then two children and a husband deployed on and off. I just want more for myself. I am an overachiever most definitely.
So here's to the last year of this degree and hopefully I will be able to move on to bigger and better things next year for myself. I'm already starting a list of things that I want to do and I am going to do those things. I have been putting myself last for years now (I get that from my dad) and I am going to start doing things for me. I think everyone has to do things for themselves or they will just end up fading into the background and that's never good.
So wish me luck. One year to go! WOOT!
It has taken half a year longer than expected but hey, we can't always predict whats going to happen in our lives right? That half year was taken up with a new baby, a daughter that doesn't stop moving, and a move to a new place. So to say that I am pretty proud of myself is an understatement. I will, however, be stoked when I'm finished with this degree due to the fact that I don't think I am cut out for the business world.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that I am finishing this degree. But I definitely want to continue my education. And not with a masters. For some reason, I have never wanted to have a masters degree, except for when I wanted to do psychology in which case I would have gotten my Doctorates. Nope, I want to take what I learned from this degree and start pursuing something completely different. MEDICAL. No I do not want to be a doctor or a nurse for that matter. I'm not cut out for the blood. But I'm definitely moving towards respiratory therapist or radiography. Both of which I am completely interested in and would LOVE to do.
At the end of the day, I just want to help people. I want to go home knowing that I've done something to help someone. I don't know that I can do that with my business degree. It is a great degree to have because it can be used for so much and I love having the knowledge that I do now about the business world and how to start and manage a business. I just don't know that it's for me. At the time, it was a degree I could do all online which I needed with one and then two children and a husband deployed on and off. I just want more for myself. I am an overachiever most definitely.
So here's to the last year of this degree and hopefully I will be able to move on to bigger and better things next year for myself. I'm already starting a list of things that I want to do and I am going to do those things. I have been putting myself last for years now (I get that from my dad) and I am going to start doing things for me. I think everyone has to do things for themselves or they will just end up fading into the background and that's never good.
So wish me luck. One year to go! WOOT!
"I could use a wish right now"
I am absolutely in LOVE with this song! I could use a wish or two at the moment but I love it and thought I would share with everyone!
Finally Speaking Out: MyCAA new rules and regulations=EPIC FAIL
Mr. Government,
I have finally calmed down enough to actually write my opinion on the matter of the new MyCAA rules and regulations. I am beyond disappointed with the DOD and I want to make you aware of that. Here are the points that I want to make about your "new and improved" MyCAA (eye roll/big sigh).
You did a big fat slap in the face with this one. A HUGE slap to every single military spouse out there. I first want to say that this quote “The Defense Department is committed to investing in military families. When we invest in the well-being of the family, we invest in the well-being of the force.” is entirely UNTRUE.
How can you sit there and say that you "invest in the well-being of the family" when you have taken away a vital resource to many of the military spouses out there. You are choosing people for this program based on rank. RANK?!?!?! Yes, those in the lower ranks make less money. Most of them are also very young and not married with kids. My husband is an E-6 and has a wife, going to college, and 2 kids. I can't get a job because I move around so much that I have no experience. I am a year away from my Bachelor's degree but that doesn't matter to companies. I can't catch a break. So not only do we have two young kids to take care of but also are on one income...A MILITARY income which gets us by, for now.
And since we move around so much, I am trying to at least get an associates degree in a "portable career" so that I can get a job while moving around. Since I've already used a TON of student loans to finish my current degree without any help, I decided to use MyCAA for that purpose. But my husband is an E-6 so I can't do that anymore because we can supposedly afford this ourselves except for the fact that, well, we can't.
You're solution to this....use your spouses GI Bill. Um, what about him. That is for him, not for me. If he wants to go to school down the road, he has that and if he doesn't want to do that, well then it's being saved for our kids. So again, FAIL!
And how can you decide who is in the greatest need for this? What about the younger ranked who are married and both have a good job, oh and with no kids? Well, they still get their school paid for by you Mr. Government. There is more to look at when you are trying to see who is in the "greatest need" besides rank.
Mr. Government, I want to say that you failed in researching this program. If you would have taken the time and surveyed military spouses, you would have found the HUGE demand for this program. The fact is that every military spouse wants to advance their career or have an education. Even if it is just an AA degree. I don't even care about that. I care about the fact that you promised us some help with school and you have now taken that away from LOADS of military spouses. LOADS of us!
But you invest in the well being of the military family. Well, I'll tell you one thing Mr. Government. You have a load of pissed of military families out there right now. What are YOU going to do to change that?
I have finally calmed down enough to actually write my opinion on the matter of the new MyCAA rules and regulations. I am beyond disappointed with the DOD and I want to make you aware of that. Here are the points that I want to make about your "new and improved" MyCAA (eye roll/big sigh).
You did a big fat slap in the face with this one. A HUGE slap to every single military spouse out there. I first want to say that this quote “The Defense Department is committed to investing in military families. When we invest in the well-being of the family, we invest in the well-being of the force.” is entirely UNTRUE.
How can you sit there and say that you "invest in the well-being of the family" when you have taken away a vital resource to many of the military spouses out there. You are choosing people for this program based on rank. RANK?!?!?! Yes, those in the lower ranks make less money. Most of them are also very young and not married with kids. My husband is an E-6 and has a wife, going to college, and 2 kids. I can't get a job because I move around so much that I have no experience. I am a year away from my Bachelor's degree but that doesn't matter to companies. I can't catch a break. So not only do we have two young kids to take care of but also are on one income...A MILITARY income which gets us by, for now.
And since we move around so much, I am trying to at least get an associates degree in a "portable career" so that I can get a job while moving around. Since I've already used a TON of student loans to finish my current degree without any help, I decided to use MyCAA for that purpose. But my husband is an E-6 so I can't do that anymore because we can supposedly afford this ourselves except for the fact that, well, we can't.
You're solution to this....use your spouses GI Bill. Um, what about him. That is for him, not for me. If he wants to go to school down the road, he has that and if he doesn't want to do that, well then it's being saved for our kids. So again, FAIL!
And how can you decide who is in the greatest need for this? What about the younger ranked who are married and both have a good job, oh and with no kids? Well, they still get their school paid for by you Mr. Government. There is more to look at when you are trying to see who is in the "greatest need" besides rank.
Mr. Government, I want to say that you failed in researching this program. If you would have taken the time and surveyed military spouses, you would have found the HUGE demand for this program. The fact is that every military spouse wants to advance their career or have an education. Even if it is just an AA degree. I don't even care about that. I care about the fact that you promised us some help with school and you have now taken that away from LOADS of military spouses. LOADS of us!
But you invest in the well being of the military family. Well, I'll tell you one thing Mr. Government. You have a load of pissed of military families out there right now. What are YOU going to do to change that?
