82nd

 I have a few grievances regarding the 82nd Airborne.

First: today, being Sunday, my husband was called into work to pull weeds! The reason for the weed pulling was because someone in a the troop got a DUI. So they've decided to punish everyone.

Secondly: the stance they have on PT is let's run a 6 minute mile, every mile for 8 miles. And then once we are done running we will yell at everyone that fell out of the run. Correct me if I'm wrong, but not everyone can run that fast for that long. Not everyone is a runner. Oh and they do this every day!

Thirdly: the tape test. The tape test has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. First off, to determine BMI correctly you need to do the test correctly. Taping someone's neck and abdominal area is ridiculous. What does the neck have to do with anything? The way I see it a tape test should only be performed if you can't pass your PT test. Plus it needs to be revised. Do they not realize that the way people eat and live is a whole lot different to what it was in the 1950s?
 
 Fourthly: the late hours they keep. There are days that my husband doesn't get home until 7pm. And on the "payday activities" day when they're supposed to be off by noon, my husband doesn't get off until 3 - 5 pm.

Is it not more important to be up to par on your job then to be able to run a 6 minute mile? Because when you are in combat your job and knowledge and skill is what is important not the quickness you can run. There is a sign in the office of a Captain that my husband works by that says "work to time not to standard". Shouldn't they be working to standard? Are the 82nd's views so skewed that they are more concerned about running and willingness to jump out
of planes? Shouldn't they be more concerned with work knowledge, training and teaching. The 82nd is the worst duty stationed I have ever been to. The last base we were at was bad and had poor leadership but the leadership here... Well it's demoralizing. There have been three suicides this passed month, all on the same day.

Getting yelled at for something that had nothing to do with you is wrong. Promoting people because they can run and not because they can do there jobs is wrong. Fort Bragg needs a massive overhaul. The leaders need to follow the standards put down for them. They need to stop demoralizing there soldiers. Let's face it in a combat situation your MOS is priority, your knowledge.

People getting these DUIs or in general screwing up, are bringing everyone around them down with them.

One last thing... I think the people in charge need a taste of there own medicine. I'd hate think how they would react if they were forced to pull weeds for someone else's wrong doing.

Hockey Game

The other day on a spur of the moment type thing B decided we should go to a NHL game. I didn't particularly want to go, as the Rink is about a hour and half away, but once we got there I sure as hell didn't want to leave. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I absolutely love HOCKEY! It is so fast, and violent and exciting... oh I LOVED IT!!! The tickets were amazingly cheap, as we went to see 2 of the worst teams in the league. I guess they're both just having an off season. I can't wait for us to go back again. And the goalie is a friggin' ninja, they're so quick, its ridiculous!!!

Our fantastic seats

Automated Messages

Automated Messages drive me F'ing insane!!!!!!!

So this morning I had to call the post office to find out if they offered a service, which FYI they don't anymore! Anyhow, so I call the 1800 number because I couldn't find the local branches direct number. So I'm on the phone for 10 minutes with an automated service asking me the same thing repeatedly. I don't know how many different ways to say "Customer Service" without getting pissed off. So finally I get angry and yell "Representative", the machine responds with "Did you say Customer Service?" ummm... No I f'ing didn't, I said Representative!!! I say Customer Service and get nothing, I say Representative and get Customer Service. So annoying!!! I would really like to be able to pick up the phone and call somewhere and not have to talk to a robot. I would love it if a person picked up first thing and they took my information. Instead of having to type in the information on my phone. Why oh Why did they get rid of actually people working instead of robots? This country has a lack of jobs... here's an idea... STOP USING ROBOTS!!! Hire actual people. There are people out there that are willing to work! Oh and if you call the wrong department by mistake, transfer them to the correct one and don't be a bitch about it. UGH... its been a hell of a morning.

Then I call the bank, and I understand having to put in your account info, so it makes it a little faster. I was so glad that that's all they asked for, no other stupid crap. I got put right on through to a living breathing person. Found out they don't provide the service to non-members so it was a dead end, but it was a nice non-aggravating way to find out the information that I required.

Xmas

Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope that everybody had a fantastic day and got lots of presents. My day was pretty low key, which for me was perfect. I cooked a turkey among a few other things, and had a relatively laid back day. The turkey was amazing, as were the baked potatoes. All around it was a great day.

Lazy

I have been so lazy and lax with this blog... I've finally settled into our new place and gotten pretty much everything in order when it comes to the decorating. Everyone keeps making fun of my curtains, but I like them and at the end of the day that is pretty much all that matters in my opinion. Our new bed FINALLY arrived! It just took close to 2 months. I love it, it is so high off the ground compared to our older bed.

New Bed

My Energy Efficient Washer & Dryer

So I am in love with my comfy new bed. The mattress is amazing!!! I think I might like it more or at least as much as our washer and dryer, which I do love. They are spectacular, they use less water, and have an eco boast button, which I love.

Wreath

We Xmas is only a few days away, I love my door wreath. Clearly I'm loving a lot of things right now... Weird. Not much else happening here... Things have been pretty dull. I'm trying to find a job, which is turning out to be harder then first expected, but eventually I'll find something (I hope).

Hopefully the next time I write I have something far more interesting to put on here.

Settled In

Well a couple of weeks ago we were finally able to move out of the ridiculous hotel room and into our house. The house is unpredictably nice. Its rather large for just the 2 of us, but has plenty of room for the dog to go crazy and run around like a crazy person. It has a back veranda, which in the spring/summer will be really nice with a table out there. What I really like about the house is that it has its own dining room. In Hawaii our dining room/kitchen/living room were kindof all one, here they're all seperate. The kitchen is attached of course to the living room, but its larger then the one in Hawaii and its blocked off and shaped better.

On another note, the other day I took Sam out and as we were coming up the back stairs he ran and jumped, and went and got his foot caught. It was horrible... I thought for sure he'd broken something. He was yelping and crying and I couldn't get his foot out. He was finally able to pull his own foot free. I was so worried about him.

Wow... I have nothing else to talk about. I put the Xmas tree up and I'll post a picture once I take one.

Ugh...

Ugh...

This is an update for my previous post and then some. I wrote that I would add photos of our drive, but that just isn't going to happen, and here is why.

So, iPhone had an update and being the good apple consumer I went ahead with the update, not realising that it was going to delete all of my pictures. So I do the update and then go to put the photos onto the computer, and I realise now that I should've put the photos on first. But what can you do. Nothing I can do about it now, but bitch and complain. I guess I should really start reading the fine print before accepting anything... just like that episode of South Park should've taught me.

On another note my husband has started his own blog, which is pretty good, he has a good way of writing. You can find it at: 700-sickos.blogspot.com