When God Created The Military Wife

The Good Lord was creating a model for military wives and was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one. What’s wrong with the standard model?"

The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? She has to be completely independent, possess the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect hostess to 4 or 40 with an hour’s notice, run on black coffee, handle every emergency imaginable without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if she is pregnant and has the flu, and she must be willing to move to a new location 10 times in 17 years. And oh yes, she must have six pairs of hands." The angel shook her head, "Six pair of hands? No way!"

The Lord continued, "Don’t worry, we will make other military wives to help her. And we will give her an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride in her husband’s achievements, sustain the pain of separations, beat soundly when it is overworked and tired, and be large enough to say "I understand" when she doesn’t and say, ‘I love you’ regardless".

"Lord," said the angel, touching his arm gently "Go to bed and get some rest. You can finish this tomorrow". "I can’t stop now", said the Lord "I am so close to creating something unique. Already this model heals herself when she is sick, can put up six unexpected guests for the weekend, wave goodbye to her husband from a depot, pier or runway and understand why it’s important that he leave."

The angel circled the model of the military wife, looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it’s too soft". "She might look soft", replied the Lord, "but she has the strength of a lion. You would not believe what she can endure."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord’s creation. "There’s a leak", she announced. "Something is wrong with the construction. You are trying to put too much into this model."

The Lord appeared offended at the angel’s lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak", he said, "It’s a tear." "A tear? What is it there for?", asked the angel. The Lord replied, "It’s for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride and a dedication to all the values that she and her husband hold dear." "You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.

The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn’t put it there".

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This brought a tear to my eye and I had to share. It's so true. I'm so thankful to have my fellow Marine Wives that I have met so far. I guess only a military wife would truly understand this. Love you ladies ♥

"And I'm lost without you"

[ Crossing my fingers that I get to talk to Pat tonight. ]

I just made sugar cookies. I'm bored and anxious. And felt like being productive. I would vacuum but I don't think that's a good idea at 10pm. I cleaned the big bathroom the other day before work. I just need to scrub the bathtub down. Maybe I'll work on our bathroom. Or I am getting a little tired. I might just lay down and watch a movie. I did have two beers... Soooo....

I got to see Amanda today! Her, her mom, and Steph came to Wilmington to look at houses so we met at Elizabeth's for lunch. I had an awesome 'Create Your Own' salad. Pat would love it. I wish they had a restaurant here. I would get a salad every day! So we had lunch then we drove around looking at/for houses. It was so nice! I miss Amanda a lot and wish she'd move down here. She definitely needs to get down here again, soon. We only got to spend like 2 hours together. But I'm grateful for that. We found this awesome development, too. I would buy a house there, for sure.

I'm off tomorrow and I wish I could drive out to Myrtle Beach. It's so easy to get to from JVille but I don't want to use the gas money. I have to send Pat's 2nd package and pay bills. My other friend, Wendy, and her family are in Myrtle this week too. I could have seen all of them :( And I haven't seen her in a LONG time. We didn't get to get together on any holiday leaves or predep leave. It's sucks when they're all so close but I still can't see them. Or when I have to work instead! Blah. I have to see if I can get like 4 days off for Ash's wedding shower in July too. I'm sure they won't be happy about it. And 4 days is going to be rough. I'd have to drive one, be home for two, then drive home on the 4th and I know they'll schedule me early on the 5th day. And the drive all by myself... ughhh. I don't even know if I want to see what plane tickets are... maybe I'll look into that. And I'll just have a carry on.

Hmmm.

I wish I was a millionaire.

I love you Patrick Sean. <3

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Day 81 [Crucible is almost over!]

6 more hours and my love will be a United States Marine!!!!!! I can't believe it, I thought this day would never come! And I definitely thought I'd never make it to this day!!! I would like to thank the best family and close friends in the universe for my strength and also all the new friends I have met along the way!!!! All the ladies of Hotel Company and a few USMC gals I have also met! I couldn't do it without you guys. I really thought I wouldn't be able to. It feels good to know as sad as I was when Pat first left, I was able to overcome that and it got better as the days went by! I love you all!

And I especially love Patrick Carey!! I can't live without you and I don't even want to fathom what it would be like if I didn't have you in my life! You deserve this babe and you will make a fine Marine :) I'm so excited to be your wife and spend the rest of my life with you. I can't wait to see you. 4 more days babe. I love you truly. ♥

Semper Fi
[Ooh-Rah]
My ♥ belongs to a United States Marine

When our biggest problems were which boy to like and what clothes to wear tomorrow...

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Check that album out! Its old school! From back in the day... the good times. :) Good memories with good people! ♥it!

I also want to commend former Pres. Bill Clinton. I think it was really cool he went over and 'saved' those girls. I heard that they were told that's how they would be let free... if Bill Clinton would come to the country... doesn't that say something? Instead of our current president, or George Bush... they wanted Bill Clinton... hmmm??

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Its all about me :) Everything you want to know about me, you can find within these sites! You can find out what I am doing at this very second, what kind of books I read, what kind of movies I love, what my hobbies are, what my interest are, what my friends look like! Its all here! ::



1.) http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=42323226 This database is *brand new* for me! I love it. It has my complete movie collection and many movies/tv shows I have seen. It also lets you rate or vote them, so you guys can see what I think about any movie!



2.) Twitter! I usually tweet up to 20 times a day. And its never spam and I'm never trying to make money! I am actually tweeting about what I am doing RIGHT THEN. Or how I feel about something! (I'm actually using twitter for the reasons they made it; to tell you what I am doing)



3.) Myspace I hate myspace and I think they are very stupid in how they run it. I do keep it because my pictures are stored there and its easy. So if you ever ask to be my friend you can learn about my friends, see my pics, read some past blogs, and etc!



4.) My Google Profile! I ♥ GOOGLE! Here you can also find this list of useful sites and more! It has a little more about me, personally. It also has pics and my contact info.



5.) My Google Library A list of books I have read and decided to keep track of. Provides ratings and reviews!



6.) Facebook Maybe more information about me than Myspace.


I think that's all for right now. I'm sure there's other sites but that's good enough for right now :)

Don't forget me when I'm gone

I saw a funeral procession today. I always get sad when I see them or if I pass a funeral home and there's a funeral going on right then. Then it makes me think, who would really show up at mine? Or how many cars would actually follow me to the cemetary?

I would want my friends and family to celebrate my life, not mourn my death. I think I would leave in my will directions and money for them to have a party and have a good time remembering me. I don't want them to be sad that I'm gone, but to be happy I was here and happy they got to share my life with me. And I do belive death isn't the end. I don't know what's out there for us or our souls but I think it a beginning to something new.


-- via the iTouch!

Drama, it'll be the end if you.

Seriously? Is that all we revolve around... drama? I would love for everyone to just get along and love the shit outta eachother for one day. You guys are gonna grow grey hairs and die young if you keep this stress and bullshit up. Life is suppose to be hard and challenging, at times. But mostly we should be learning and living and experiencing friendship/experiencing people!. Having fun and NOT being stressed.
Live your life don't let other people or problems live it for you. Damn.

-- Post From My iPhone

kick start!

Mom got me a gym membership at Astre today for my birthday! Very excited. Its perfect! They have two pools, a whirl pool, weight room, free weights, classes, ellipticals, steppers, bikes, and so much more! We went today and did an hour. Its great to have help from my mom. She's very motivating and I know she'll go every day with me! And of course I'll go myself. I need to get in shape! I think I've let it go long enough and I don't want health problems. (And I'm still contemplating the Marines... or maybe the Navy.) I don't know yet. I just want out of OHIO. =)

My 22nd birthday weekend was AWESOME! Too much drinking though. (Gotta work double time at the gym!) We had a bonfire the family dinner Wednesday (before Dad left) at the Ice House... 40 cent wings! Friday, bonfire at the house with Ash, Jay, Pat, Andre, Mel, and Mom. Saturday, Twilight afternoon with Mel! and then to Relic's show at the Cellar with Wendy, Mike, Mel, Pat, Mom, Amanda, and her sister Rachel. Then Sunday we had the cookout at the house. Mel and Mike brought Sebastian! And they got me a cake =) My 22nd years have been up and down, sad and happy, brutal at times... but there are so many memories. We reminisced at the bonfire it was really entertaining! Hopefully there will be tons more, with old and new friends and family!

I also had my doctor appointment this morning. My surgery is the 18th of May. Crossing out fingers that its benign, not a tumor and just a sebaceous cyst! There's a small chance it could be bad... and when you push on it it feels like it runs down into my back which could be a tumor and not a cyst. I'll take it as it comes, though. No worries!!

Watching Intervention and gotta take a shower! Work in the AM!
Love all!

"Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance." - Charles de Gaulle

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

Some much needed R&R is coming the next few days. I'm on 'vacation' because Pat was suppose to leave on the 20th. Well he got sick and gained weight so obviously, he has to get better and lose the weight. But I'm still taking the vacation days. If I don't I'll probably burn the store down and tell them all to fuck off. Its been that kind of year, already. Not a great way to start the year but I guess you can't control how stupid, ignorant, disrespectful, incompetent, and insensitive people can be. Especially the people you thought were 'friends' and still act like everything's okay! But whatever, I'm moving on and I'll just forget about all of you. You don't need me, I don't need you.

I have to take YiaYia to the doctors tomorrow and then Patrick made an appointment for me to talk to Sgt. Dudley. That douche-bag wants me to join the Marines. HA. I mean I totally would. Good job security, benefits, schooling, traveling, all the bonuses... but I don't think I can cut it in boot camp. Actually I already know hard it would be. I'm not the athletic type and I HATE being yelled at. I'll be crying every day. I know if I tried, I could. But do I want to? I know I can be a bitch and mom says it would be perfect for me (but she doesn't want me to do it) but can I actually be that stern and mature? I like to laugh and have a good time. I can be a girly-girl! Can I control those urges for 13 weeks? And then after, what if I don't change back to my old self? I mean, Pat's recruiter is cool and normal and all the other sergeants that he knows, are too... but what if I can't relax again? I don't know. I need to get some kind of schooling for something and I don't know if I can afford it on my own. This would be the best opportunity to use the government while they use me. Its a big decision. But I really have nothing to lose (besides my life if I have to go to active duty). But I have nothing serious going on for me right now. Nothing. Doesn't matter where I live, I'm not going to school right now, I hate my job. You know, I can actually just drop and leave tomorrow (after I make the weight requirements). Luckily, I would have to lose weight. This is a good thing because if I stay with Sheetz until my 5 year anniversary which is this July, they will match 100% of my 401k. I already have about 2500 saved which right now they're only matching 4%. But 100% will be AWESOME. So that gives me months to think about this and lose weight. I know it sounds weird for me to even be considering this, but I don't want to go to a traditional college and I don't know if I want to do any programs around here. Plus everyone I've talked to, said "you can't even do real-life" and said there's no way I could do it. So that kind of make me want to show them up and then tell them to fuck off.

Decisions, Decisions.

Finally Getting A New Car!!!!

I'M GETTING A NEW CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SO EXCITED! We've been looking for a few months and came across some good deals. But for one reason or another, they always fell through. I was getting so frustrated and mad(particularly at MOM) that I was saying "fuck it" and I didn't care if my car broke down and I got in an accident. See my car is a piece. It wasn't a piece when I got it in '04. It was a good car and it took me a lot of places. BUT over the last 2 years its gotten progressively worse, and FAST. I have a Mitsubishi Eclipse and although they have nice features, they're quick, and fun, the engine componinents and engine bay itself is made very cheaply. It sucks because I had a lot of fun in that car. I LOVED the his/her shifter. For anyone who doesn't know, that's when you can switch to manual drive on the fly. Its awesome. Yea, you could say I raced a few times. Haha, my cars not fast but its quick. I'm gonna miss her.

But, I'm moving on to a more luxurious car! Its more my age and classy. And fully LOADED!!! I'll finally have leather, both driver and passengar heated seats, steering wheel buttons, locks that work, dual climate control, cruise control that actually work and so much more! Its awesome. And it drives so nice. The brakes actually work. It heats up fast, its fast, big, I'm up high. Its perfect. And its nice. As in its a higher end SUV. And the best part is it has LOW MILES and IS CHEAP!! We think we figured out why its so cheap. We also looked at about 3 others of the same make and they were all around the same price. The company that makes it is no longer operating. GM still backs this make so I'm fine if I need to fix it.


There she is! 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada AWD!

I can't wait. Now I can take my car and go on trips! Which I really could never do in my car. Not anywhere more than an hour away. It just wasn't safe.


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I also talked to the person I had an issue with in the last blog... and everything's okay. I just asked her if we were friends and if everything was the same. I didn't go into detail, it was awkward. I'm relieved.

every time i do it, i do it for my hood

Brian's Birthday Bash:
We started at O'Donolds. Brian was already trashed when we got there! It was fun though. We all did 302 shots and I think that put us over. Wendy ended up holding my hair back. Vince was there, he was too drunk though. Pat hung with him for a while. Brian's one band member was drunk and funny as hell! And Mike was funny too. We ended up moving the party to the Babylon so Brian could experience the Strip Club! Me, Bobbi, Wendy, Mike, and Pat got a laugh out of it. Brian got two Table Dances and I think he loved every minute of it!! I sobered up on pretzels and fries. Yes, pretzel and fries at the Strip Joint? Fuck yea! I would have puked again if I didn't eat something! It was so funny to watch Brian! I still can't get over it! Jen ended up screwing us over though. I was disappointed in her. She was texting me up until 8 and was like coming and ended up never showing up, and then didn't text me til 9 the next morning! I thought something happened. But her and Chad ended up at Smokey Bones and both got drunk. She would have had fun with us. After last call, we all went to Taco Bell. It was so good. Definitely the ultimate drunk food! Then we took Wendy's drunk ass home. She was funny. She's a fun/annoying drunk. But it was a blast. I love O'Donolds. I can't wait to go back!

Pat's Departure Date:
Pat found out that he was close to the maximum body fat and actually could have left months ago. But the recruiters are dumb. So he has like 3% to go or 10 pounds and will leave February 20th! I'm so excited for him. I went in to tell my boss I wanted the 17th through the 21st off, which is 3 weeks away... and she gave me shit. There's four schedules up and she already made the one prior to the 20th. Well I don't care, I'm taking those days off and she can fuck herself. Whether she finds someone to cover them or not... its three weeks before that she knows she can just change the schedule but she's being stupid. And the thing is, I've worked for her for 5 years, I bust my ass for her, she's never had ANY problems from me, and she gave me shit? Ok, fuck yourself. I'm so out of there as soon as I can. Its bullshit how she takes advantage of people. Especially the people she shouldn't. I wish I could just up and quit. I'd like to just stick it to them.

How People Change, For Other People:
Its funny how people change for others. And how they don't stick up for themselves. Its just amusing. Funny how people say one thing, then someone else influences them and they go back on what they say or even want! I can't believe some people choose something over something else. Especially when that something else, is actually there for you or is your true friend.

OMFG!

So we found out that Brian's show wasn't until tonight. But we wanted to go out anyway. Mel, Pat and I met Wendy and Bobbi at Salsitas and sat and talked over BIG frozen margaritas. I got the strawberry and it was amazing! Afterwards we decided to be spontaneous and went to the Babylon. The local strip joint!!! I was nervous as hell and didn't know what to expect... and wow. It was crazy! I still can't believe I actually walked in there! We had a blast. Yes the girls are trashy. No I'm NOT bi. But it was nice in there. The chairs were comfy and the drinks were cheap! Let me tell you how good of friends and a boyfriend I have. THEY BOUGHT ME A F'N LAP DANCE!!!!!!!! I wanted to DIE! It was the weirdest/nastiest/funniest thing ever!!!!! And the girl wounldn't leave me alone!!! She liked me WAYYYYY too much.

I told them I was going to sanitize myself today!

crazy.
I do love my friends, though!

Love is God, God is love.

Me, Amandaconda, Sergeant Pickle, and Big Hoss are going to plan a roadtrip this fall (or winter)! Its the Fantastic Four and we're gonna have a blast. I think we all need time to bond, relax, escape... and its perfect. I can't wait. I don't even care if its on for like 2 or 3 days! Just as long as I get the F outta here with some friends.

i love them.
peace,
Sasquatch.