Awesome, Stephanie!
A friend of mine is also an Army wife, and she has the same concerns as you. Her husband is finally leaving, though, and she's really excited.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2008 9:52:13 am PDT #1547 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Burrell - Jun 02, 2008 9:57:16 am PDT #1548 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations to you and Joe, Stephanie!
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 9:59:15 am PDT #1549 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Congratulations Stephanie and Lieutenant Colonel Joe!
Stephanie - Jun 02, 2008 9:59:30 am PDT #1550 of 10001
Trust my rage
in our case, we have hopefully just one more move. But, for the first time ever, we have leverage over the Army because we can leave at any point. (joe can retire in June, 2010.) so. If they want him to stay, they may dangle some really great things in front of us. We will see. I want to have my own home, friends, job, school, and so on and not always be moving but I am open to cool things. Still, with the dollar as it is, living overseas is not a good deal right now and there are only two Army bases I would be interested in. Plus, I am very afraid Joe will have to deploy again so a lot depends on the election and the Iraq war.
Eta: that was in response to Connie. Can't C and P on the iphone.
Steph L. - Jun 02, 2008 10:03:59 am PDT #1551 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
he got promoted to lieutenant colonel today and I am super proud of him
As well you should be. Yay Lt. Col. Joe!!!
sumi - Jun 02, 2008 10:06:05 am PDT #1552 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Congratulations to Stephanie and Joe!
And askye - I'm so sorry for your loss.
ChiKat - Jun 02, 2008 10:08:32 am PDT #1553 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yay, Joe!!!! that's so cool!!
But, I do feel rather rootless and while I know where I am from, I don't want Ellie and Frisco to eel like they aren't from anywhere. That is one big reason I am looking forward to Joe leaving the Army. I don't want E and F to have to be uprooted over and over.
I moved around a lot as a kid and I don't feel like I'm from anywhere, but I also don't feel like that's a bad thing. It just is. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything, and I think moving around has helped me adapt to change faster and easier than many people.
Vortex - Jun 02, 2008 10:12:32 am PDT #1554 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Go Joe!
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 10:17:53 am PDT #1555 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
holy cow J just told D they might be out today. I scarcely dare to hope.
Susan W. - Jun 02, 2008 10:26:01 am PDT #1556 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Woohoo for Lt. Col. Joe!
We're in the middle of orientation for new interns today, so my life is crazy, but I'm getting used to how I can't actually defeat the chaos around here. And the interns all enjoyed my visual representation of the two different logins and passwords they have to have and how one is contained entirely within the other and has much more stringent security requirements. There was a drawing of a fortified castle inside a barbed-wire fence. A very rough drawing. And I told them, "Now y'all see why I'm a writer and not any kind of VISUAL artist."