No Mon, No Fun

Well...I intentionally didn't write on this blog over the weekend because I was too angry. First it was anger, then sadness. But I knew better than to blast all of you with my extreme emotions.

Ok, well, the Army has done it again. Unbelievable. Thursday, Dee finds out that the Army (State level) changed a code and failed to advise everyone, so when orders were processed, it kicked it out with the wrong code. That was corrected and approved and sent to the unit for pay. The unit failed to submit the paperwork for pay on time Thursday. They were late. So because of that, payroll will not even be submitted until this coming Tuesday! Then it takes 8 days to receive the direct deposit. SO.....what does that mean? It means that last month, it took a month to receive a check and this month, it will end up being 25 days into the month before we receive a check. There are a number of personal problems this creates for us, but the one that really upsets me is that we had to cancel our little vacation we had planned. Dee's college Alumni weekend was Friday night and Saturday. We were going to stay in a motel Friday night, then Saturday night drive to Savannah to spend two nights. The girls were so excited! We found a place just outside Savannah that has an indoor swimming pool. Right down the road is a putt putt/go carts/games type place. We were really looking forward to making some great memories with the girls. But, no mon, no fun. So Saturday night, I sat down and cancelled our reservations. I sat at my laptop, looking through my tears as I cancelled them. But, this too shall pass. We will use our time next weekend to watch movies, eat popcorn and just hang out together. We will make the most of it.

Dee continues to go to Fort Stewart every Monday and return on Friday's. He will be leaving at 5 am today. Because he is the only one with a bus license, he must drive both ways. This makes him getting home later than I'd like on Friday nights, but there isn't an option. Others take their personal vehicles and are probably home by 4 pm. But I'm just thankful to have him home at all, even if it was 8 pm.

According to others that have gone before him to Iraq, this is a real treat to have the weekends off. When they were training, they were on lockdown for 6 months before going for a year. I think I'd go nuts if that was the case! So I am very thankful for our time together. We have 5 more weekends to enjoy before he leaves.

I'm looking for someone that could give me a buddy pass on an airlines. When Dee leaves, he'll be going to Indiana for 45 days, then going straight to Afghanistan from there. He will get a 4 day pass before he leaves, but can't go more than 100 miles from the base in Indiana. So I'd like to fly out and visit with him before he leaves. If you know of anyone, please let me know.

Thank you for your prayers everyone!