Saturday, February 19, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The term "hurry up and wait"
As an Army wife we tend to use the term "hurry up and wait" a lot. It could mean we're waiting for PCS to new duty station orders, paper orders that we were expecting to deploy or orders to ETS(exit the Army). Our family has "known" that Ryan is deploying "soon". Excuse all the quote signs, but thats how we're expected to respond to questions. So we've known and I've had this mindset of get it over with already people. Just cut the dang orders so we can get it over with already. Sooner he goes the sooner he can get back and we're out of Hell Paso aka El Paso.
So I've been non patiently waiting for the last 10-14 days for the paper orders. Not that I want them, but yet I WANT them if that makes sense. Means that the last couple of months of late nights and training is for a reason I guess.
I went on a girls day of in and out of the car with my friend Bethany after we dropped off the twins at daycare. Side note: Girls only days are very necessary when your in a place when you don't have family aka my mom or grandma or regular people that you shop with around. So very thankful for my girlfriends who live in our neighborhood. End side note: Just one of those days where you go to the places that I personally will never do with the twins. Having a great time till I got a text from hubby around 1:10pm at El Taco Tote with B that simply said "I have orders." Sigh. Big sigh. Bummer sigh. Sigh that we finally have the orders to get him out of El Paso and on to our next location, but bummer for how we know he's leaving, but still SIGH. Its real and its happening AGAIN. Can we be done already?
Ready for the roller coast of the next few months to be OVER already. Big sigh from me....
So I've been non patiently waiting for the last 10-14 days for the paper orders. Not that I want them, but yet I WANT them if that makes sense. Means that the last couple of months of late nights and training is for a reason I guess.
I went on a girls day of in and out of the car with my friend Bethany after we dropped off the twins at daycare. Side note: Girls only days are very necessary when your in a place when you don't have family aka my mom or grandma or regular people that you shop with around. So very thankful for my girlfriends who live in our neighborhood. End side note: Just one of those days where you go to the places that I personally will never do with the twins. Having a great time till I got a text from hubby around 1:10pm at El Taco Tote with B that simply said "I have orders." Sigh. Big sigh. Bummer sigh. Sigh that we finally have the orders to get him out of El Paso and on to our next location, but bummer for how we know he's leaving, but still SIGH. Its real and its happening AGAIN. Can we be done already?
Ready for the roller coast of the next few months to be OVER already. Big sigh from me....
Friday, February 11, 2011
Realizations
Even though I've known for a while that hubby is deploying shortly, the realization sort of hit me tonight. We paid a teenage sitter to come watch the kids while we went to a kid free night of dinner and...we had dinner and a stop at Howdy's for a drink.(convenience store for a soft drink) Thats it. Had hours free and we were gone two hours. HAHA
My realization hit me when I realized that soon we will not be able to pay a sitter to watch our kids because he'll be gone. I can't last minute text him and say we have a sitter coming at 7pm to watch the kids so we can have some alone time. And yes I did last minute text him at 4:15 to remind him that a sitter was coming at 7 to keep the kids....oops. We still had a good time, although short since we had nothing else to do. Now he's back locked in his office to answer the 60 emails that he needs to respond to on a priority preference and I'm heading to do whatever. Can this deployment be done when it hasn't even started? Its amazing that 2 hours of alone time make you realize that you should enjoy life for the now.
My realization hit me when I realized that soon we will not be able to pay a sitter to watch our kids because he'll be gone. I can't last minute text him and say we have a sitter coming at 7pm to watch the kids so we can have some alone time. And yes I did last minute text him at 4:15 to remind him that a sitter was coming at 7 to keep the kids....oops. We still had a good time, although short since we had nothing else to do. Now he's back locked in his office to answer the 60 emails that he needs to respond to on a priority preference and I'm heading to do whatever. Can this deployment be done when it hasn't even started? Its amazing that 2 hours of alone time make you realize that you should enjoy life for the now.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Why did I torture myself?
I have a love/hate relationship with Walmart. On one hand I have certain Walmarts here in El Paso that I enjoy going to while I have one location that makes me want to gouge my eyes out with hot picks. Let me explain that this Walmart is very close to the entrance to Mexico so the parking lot is generally covered with cars that have license plates with Juarez and Mexico. Now why would this be irritating? My first point....
1. I'm parked getting ready to leave. A woman in a big Tahoe pulls into the parking spot and since the shopping cart wasn't going to let her fully park there she proceeds to slam the shopping cart into the car in front of her. Seriously? I had my window slightly open and saw and heard the entire thing. I look at the car that was hit and the little car had dings all over it. Thats just ridiculous. Apparently from what I've been told Mexico doesn't require drivers to have insurance so apparently she figured she was justified.
Now on to gripe number 2 with this particular Walmart.....
2. I'm waiting patiently for a parking spot and the driver is leaving. This guy in a little Honda is going the wrong way down the row. So what does he do? He is able to back his car into that spot previously occupied spot and park there even though he saw me waiting for it.
3. Most Walmarts have an ENTER door and an EXIT door. People don't care they just use whatever door they want so your trying to fight just to get in there.
4. This Walmart is generally occupied by veryyyyy sllloooowwww older people. And the walk at a snails pace with their carts and must stop randomly to either pass gas or look at something--who knows which one. Doesn't matter what aisle you will be slowed down by a very slow shopper.
5. People like to cut you off at random. I've noticed its men more than women. Why can't men still be polite and let the woman go first?
6. Not only will you get cut off in the aisle you will get cut off at the checkout. I about had it out with a woman who starts going off on me speaking Spanish at yelling at me. I was there first and she pushes my cart out of the way. Fine, you want the spot take it.
7. Now this all occurred in the 20 item or less line. I had 16 and 4 of those items were soft drinks and a big box of diapers. This lady had over 40 and didn't care. They proceed to talk in Spanish and I know their talking about me by the way they look over at me and laugh.
8. Finally my turn. I'm greeted in Spanish. My response is I speak English. Nada, nothing. She rings up my order and doesn't even tell me my total. Why? Just because I don't speak Spanish your not going to be polite and even say hi or hello because I'm sure you know those words in English?
I have decided to avoid this Walmart. I don't know why I thought it would be a quick place to go. I've avoided it for the last 2 months so here is to another 2 months of avoiding.
1. I'm parked getting ready to leave. A woman in a big Tahoe pulls into the parking spot and since the shopping cart wasn't going to let her fully park there she proceeds to slam the shopping cart into the car in front of her. Seriously? I had my window slightly open and saw and heard the entire thing. I look at the car that was hit and the little car had dings all over it. Thats just ridiculous. Apparently from what I've been told Mexico doesn't require drivers to have insurance so apparently she figured she was justified.
Now on to gripe number 2 with this particular Walmart.....
2. I'm waiting patiently for a parking spot and the driver is leaving. This guy in a little Honda is going the wrong way down the row. So what does he do? He is able to back his car into that spot previously occupied spot and park there even though he saw me waiting for it.
3. Most Walmarts have an ENTER door and an EXIT door. People don't care they just use whatever door they want so your trying to fight just to get in there.
4. This Walmart is generally occupied by veryyyyy sllloooowwww older people. And the walk at a snails pace with their carts and must stop randomly to either pass gas or look at something--who knows which one. Doesn't matter what aisle you will be slowed down by a very slow shopper.
5. People like to cut you off at random. I've noticed its men more than women. Why can't men still be polite and let the woman go first?
6. Not only will you get cut off in the aisle you will get cut off at the checkout. I about had it out with a woman who starts going off on me speaking Spanish at yelling at me. I was there first and she pushes my cart out of the way. Fine, you want the spot take it.
7. Now this all occurred in the 20 item or less line. I had 16 and 4 of those items were soft drinks and a big box of diapers. This lady had over 40 and didn't care. They proceed to talk in Spanish and I know their talking about me by the way they look over at me and laugh.
8. Finally my turn. I'm greeted in Spanish. My response is I speak English. Nada, nothing. She rings up my order and doesn't even tell me my total. Why? Just because I don't speak Spanish your not going to be polite and even say hi or hello because I'm sure you know those words in English?
I have decided to avoid this Walmart. I don't know why I thought it would be a quick place to go. I've avoided it for the last 2 months so here is to another 2 months of avoiding.
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