Deployment Life

Well, it's Christmas. I'm sitting in my empty house. Drinking champagne. Crying. The usual holiday festivities. Man, this blog is getting more depressing by the week. Hoss had a good Christmas. He got lots of treats, 3 new toys from Bryan, 1 from me, and 1 from our fabulous neighbors. This past week, I tried to gear myself up mentally for Christmas. I hit the gym hard every day. I planned what I'd do on Christmas eve and Christmas. It didn't help. I paid off my car, which is nice. It frees up a little bit of money each month. I went grocery shopping and I spoke to Bryan a lot. I even had a REALLY great thing happen, well, let's hope it ends up being great. On a whim, I decided to look into the Green Dot training the Air Force is currently contracting for sexual harassment and interpersonal violence training. I emailed their hiring manager to ask if they had any remote positions. I received an email back pretty quickly asking me to submit my resume, so I...

Well, it's been another hard week. I have continued to apply to multiple jobs a day with little to no response. This week, I applied for a case manager position for the boys correctional facility. I was called for an interview and it went really well. I even think I'd like the job. They'll be interviewing next week and then they'll get back to me. The pay is abysmal. And the commute is just about an hour one way. If the job was right down the street, I'd probably take it. But I just don't know if I can spend 2 hours a day in the car for the pay they're offering. I've got just about 8 weeks of unemployment left (not counting if they grant an extension), so eventually I'll have to take something, anything. My plan for backup is that if I don't get something and unemployment runs out, I'll probably take one of those easy work-from-home customer service jobs while I keep searching. I can tell you one thing for sure, we will not stay in thi...

Ok guys, settle in. This is going to be a long blog. I am going to detail our trip to Disney. If you are bored, this will give you something to read! I plan on posting this on another site as well (specifically for Disney) which is why I made it a separate post. Here we go!! Day 1: Saturday Our trip started out on Saturday, December 2. I drove with my mom and dog from Daytona Beach to Orlando (about an hour). Our first stop was the Best Friends Pet Kennel. OMG. They were amazing. The place was very clean and quiet despite being full of pets. We dropped Hoss off, chose some add on treats for him (extra walks, doggie ice cream, etc.) and headed over to Art of Animation resort. Art of Animation was abut 3 miles from the kennel and we arrived around 10:30am. We got in line to check in and guess what? Our room was ready. The hotel lobby was very pretty and decorated with sketch drawings from various Disney movies. The hotel is in 4 sections, each of which is themed: Cars (wher...