We’ve been cruising along with some very specific ideas of what and when things are going to happen in our lives. Although since we are dealing with the Air Force, we know that none if this is by any means set in stone and could in-fact change at the whim of some higher up that has no idea of what’s going on and doesn’t really care, just wants to shelve that particular set of papers and call it a day.

Some of the ideas we have in our minds:

In June Hubby will retire from the Air Force after 26 years.

Also in June we will move to New Mexico, preferably and most likely Albuquerque.

We have no jobs, no home and no idea of where we are going to live, but that doesn’t bother us.

We will both get jobs, begin saving up his retirement check and after a year find a place we love that has land and buy it.

Sounds pretty good so far right? Hubby will still actually be in the Air Force until September — that is assuming they approve his DEROS extension request (still waiting on that). He will be on terminal leave (using up leave he’s accrued over the year). It’s not a perfect plan, it has lots of uncertainties about it, which to be truthful we both kind of like, after years of having each decision scripted for us — this new way is pretty exciting.

So — what’s the quandary — well… one of the guys from Kirkland AFB (which is in Albq., New Mexico – where we WANT to go) called hubby and wants him to come fill the recently vacated superintendent slot there.  So here’s the pros

1 -They (Air Force) move us to Albq. and provide us with housing upon arrival until we find a place

2. Immediate employment allows hubby the opportunity to start working on getting his golf teaching certification thingy

3. Medical, Dental and all the other “bennies” are provided

4. He only has to give them a year, then he can retire from there

5. If he retires from there, his mom and sister and my folks can be at the retirement ceremony (and perhaps some good friends from other states — CA, NE hint, hint, nudge, nudge??)

Cons:

1. If he get’s a different job and retires, he’ll have that paycheck and his retirement check

2. He’ll be working for the same program AFRL (that may be a biggie!)

3. He’ll be in the Air Force still

4. If he withdraws his retirement papers and they try to “hire” him and fail, we have to start from square one

5. They may want us sooner than June or later than June… 

Damn. I was hoping that would help, but they are balanced out pretty well. OK — advice and opinion time:

What do you think?

Today we went out on the boat again. Unfortunately it was not as calm as the previous trip. Now, I’m not weak stomached or anything like that. I love roller coasters, driving fast and a various other high speed adventureous activities. However, I do suffer (on occasion) from some motion sickness. The road to the redwoods in CA – yeah, not a good road for me to ride on. Same with the road to Hana — I can drive it with no problems, riding on the other hand….ugh.

The ferry to Lanai when we went this summer – that was rough. Just thinking about it makes my face feel all hot. I always imagine that I look like one of the cartoon characters where their faces get all pudged up and turns green ~~ yep that’s me. It was like riding a water ride at Disneyland, except it lasted about an hour. The Disneyland ride lasts all of what – 4 minutes? Yeah, I’m good for 4 minutes. 40 minutes is a whole different story!

Today’s ride out — not a great experience. It was quite choppy. The boat would slap down on the water with a bone jarring thump while tipping from side to side. As long as I kept my eyes on the horizon I was fine – but you know when you drop all of a sudden from what feels like 10 or more feet, you have to look at what’s going on. I’ve discovered that is always a mistake!

The trip itself was cool. Swam off the boat, saw some whales including several breeches and just generally enjoyed the day. Then it was time for the ride back. I chose to sit in the pocket seat up in the front, and even though it was at times so rough I felt like I should have one hand thrown behind me like a bull rider, yelling Yea Haw, it was still much better.

So all in all it was a good day, a little up, a little down, and a little green around the edges, but not bad.

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Question for the day:

Motion sickness or no idea what I’m talking about?

I admit it. I have gadget envy. A pretty severe case. I might need some long term treatment, I’m not real sure yet, we’re still evaluating the seriousness of my case.

I love gadgets. All kinds of gadgets – kitchen, household, automotive, electronic and even garage type gadgets, which makes no sense because the garage is like some parallel universe where things ought to make sense, but really don’t.

As far as I’m concerned two MUST have gadgets that I’m getting upon arrival to New Mexico are the Roomba and the Scooba. I don’t want to have to vacuum, sweep or mop every again.

For the car I like CD players that are MP3 compatible, and of course I want a hookup for my iPod. In addition, I want a GPS navigation feature. I probably would never need it, but it’s cool none the less!

For the garage I want those openers that have keyless entry locks along with a dog bath that is step in with a small separate water heater — that just makes good sense!

The electronic gadgets is where I really get excited. There is always new stuff coming out and I love it all! New computers, new video formats, players, recorders, video, audio, cameras — the list goes on and on.  My friend bought her husband a iPod alarm clock — yeah….I need that!

If you’re a gadget lover than you have to stop by the Sharper Image each time you pass it, just to see what kind of cool new crap they have to entice you into new gadget obsession. Of course these obsessions lead to a huge collection of gadgets that never work the way they are supposed to. These end up taking up valuable space in drawers and closets that could be better used to store newer, more functional and fun gadgets. Ahhh…. the conundrum of gadgets.

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So are a gadget lover too? If so… what gadget do you want?

 

Psst….. I’ll tell  you a secret.

I have a bad temper.  You know the saying “I’m going to go postal on your a#%! Well I coined another. “You think going postal is bad? What till I go HISPANIC on your ass.” (my apologies if I offended anyone, my daughter was here and refused to let me censor the language…lol) My daughter was present and adamantly insisted I put this on my xanga. Since it fits my day, I thought I would comply.

Needless to say — I am ready to go HISPANIC on someone. Specifically, my daughter’s orthodontist. Without a lot of the boring details let’s just settle with the fact that he is a demeaning, smug, condesending, superior, and flat our rude butt munch. I’m composing a suitable chastising letter, which I plan to forward to the BBB as well. My hubby was shocked that I had held my tongue and not gone off on the jerk.
 
Two reasons for this:

First: he didn’t let me get in a word (I’m not kidding every time I opened my mouth and started to say something he started going “no,no,no,no,no,no…that’s not what happened”, without ever hearing a word I TRIED to say.)

Second: I have struggled most of my adult life to get control of my temper – to show discipline and control. I’m not going to let some smug, superior jerk of orthodontist take that away.

You ever been so mad you literally saw red? When I get that mad – I tend to cry. People think I’m upset, but really I’m just totally pissed off. I hate it! I feel weak and people look at me with sympathy and I just want to rip someone’s eyebrows out! As you might have guessed, it was an upsetting day. I’m over it now, but will write that letter! Took the kids to RE did some shopping at Borders Express and the girls and I got some Cold Stone Creamery — That helped!!

Have you ever been that mad?

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The Kween_of_the_Queens is getting ready for a new challenge. Please stop by her site to get a advance look at the topic and join us on the 22 and 23 of this month. This looks like a fun one!  Hope you’ll all join in!

Yesterday I went and had my four back molars removed. Due to some pockets of bone loss and their mobility, it was decided to remove them and save the other teeth. Now I have the same number of teeth as everyone else in my family (they all had theirs removed due to lack of room). It wasn’t so bad. The numbing was the worst part. I hate those shots….they go on for ever! Now when they rocked the tooth back and forth and I could hear and feel the popping of the root — that was disturbing. Ugh.

Afterwards I went to Walmart and Safeway picking up some things for a welcome home party for one of her friends. Hubby was sure I would not be up for that. I keep telling him I have a high tolerance for pain, they just never believe me. Yet another example of my hubby refusing to listen to me! And yes, I did take the opportunity to tell him “I told you I’d be fine! And I am fine – very little pain today.   Mostly it’s just difficult to open my mouth — the muscles are SORE!! And to top that off, I’m sick of soup!

In addition to having my teeth pulled, I had a major allergy attack, and Aunt Flo came to visit. What a good day huh? You would have thought that yesterday was a Wednesday. I wonder what’s in store for me today? Thanks for all the well wishes ~ I hope all who are ill recover so quickly as I did! Honestly – one day of illness is not bad.

I thought it was funny how many of my commenters acknowledged husbands tendencies to not listen — hmm…seems to be a trend. There are studies that show women use like 3x as many words than men. Men claim that this is why men don’t listen to women — because women talk too much! I think that’s a convient excuse to not listen. I personally think that women have so much to say, that’s it’s much more than men can retain. We have to keep it simple — small words, short sentences — in order for men to be able to comprehend.

Example:
You – food — table — now : translation ” Dinner is ready, come and eat”.

I – Leave – Now. Translation: “I’m going over to __________, I’ll be home later at ______ time. Please make sure the kids make it to….._______________ and _____________. Bye honey I love you!

What do you think?