So this morning began with a bang. Puck puked on the floor and I read the Colonel's wife's email response to my brilliant and simple idea. That woman makes me quite angry. Perhaps I wouldn't get as angry if she were more educated, but we'll never know.
She gave me some BS answers as to why I have to send out a million junk emails to people, but I can "personalize them." Ummm, I'm getting mixed messages here. First I'm told I need to email out everything, then I'm told to tailor them to the needs of my families (but not in such words).
BTW, I'm so dumb right now that I typed "taylor" and it took me a good minute to figure out what was wrong with it... all I can say is that this baby better be a genius if she's stealing that much of my intelligence on a daily basis. Yikes!
Anyway, so I emailed all my people and said I'm going to create two distro lists. One will have only important information regarding them and their soldier down range, while the other will be the junk that I forward on a regular basis.
I also sent Ty an email asking for a confirmation of his soldiers. The roster is NEVER up-to-date and of course it's NEVER Michelle's fault, so I spent a couple hours -- and I'm not yet done -- trying to sort it out. I need to know how many soldiers he has and who they are. I have three names that are not on any roster...
I asked my key callers who they're responsible for calling -- still waiting on one response -- and so far Dawn's list is different than the list that I think Michelle thinks Dawn has... Overall, it's a disaster. I have supposedly 12 people that no one is contacting. I have two more that I don't know any info on -- not even their first names.
As I said, it's a disaster and exactly how one would assume the military would run something. It's idiotic that we would keep a system in place like we do.
Anyway... I've done two small loads of laundry today. Shocking, I know. The real shocker is that I showered late last night and I plan on doing it again tomorrow before going to the doctor! It's got to be a record or something.
So, it rained a lot last night, which was nice for the grass, trees, and overall weather of today. However, the rain seemed to bring out a lot of animals today. There were 2 fairly large lizards running around on the deck today... deer laying in the grass... flying ants dying all over the pool... a large, dead frog at the bottom of the pool... and birds galore -- I worried for my lizard buddies.
I cleaned the house a decent amount to where my folks won't be disappointed when they come home tomorrow. I didn't go to too much trouble because they have maids and I didn't want to do the work, but not get paid... and end up with a backache. I also chlorinated the pool and system, yet again I got a lung full of chlorine vapors. It burns quite a bit when that happens.
I did get to talk to Tyler today on the phone. It was a pleasant surprise. I didn't recognize the number, so I thought someone was calling about the house, as I put the video up last night, but it was my home-owning husband. The phone call was clear and great and it was very nice to chat with him. He likes to tell me to relax and not worry, but that's like telling him to be fat and ugly... it's just not going to happen.
He did ask again if I'd gone to the post office -- I told him it wasn't Thursday yet, so no.
We had similar issues last deployment. He'd read my emails and questions, but he'd only respond to some of them. I don't want him thinking that I think he's dumb, so I don't ask to the point of annoyance. I just figure he's ok with whatever I've said/suggested around my unanswered questions. If something is important, he'll answer. If it's not, then he won't, but getting frustrated about it later is never an option because he didn't respond in the first place. He knows that, which is why he doesn't say too much.
I did get a call from a realtor that wanted to -- and did -- show the house today. I didn't hear back, so I don't know how it went. Hopefully we'll get to go up Friday or soon and check on things. It makes me nervous knowing we have stuff at the house and we're not there to check on it. I wonder where I could buy a St. Joseph...??
I also finished watching all of Veronica Mars. That show was just as great the second time around. However, I remember why I was aggravated at the end. It didn't "end," but just set you up for the next season, which never came because it was canceled after the third season! I think shows should get a few more episodes to wrap things up and provide the audience with some closure.
After much searching, I decided on what to watch next. It's a tv series called Sherlock, but I found out it's only 3 episodes (88-minute episodes) long! It was a BBC series. It's excellent, but I'm sad there're only three... though I suppose once my mom gets home and sees that I've done NOTHING to the nursery or to my stuff, then I'll not be watching much tv.
This poor baby is really running out of room. Maybe they'll want to deliver her early... though not likely. I'm pretty sure I'll be stuck finishing this all the way out. :(
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