When Did I Ever Have Such A Great Nights Sleep?

I appreciate good sleep just as much as I loath bad sleep, and last night was GREAT!

My personal sleeping pill.

AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO JAMES BEING BACK IN CHICAGO! Yes, James arrived last night pretty late, but I felt so amazingly peaceful once we were together again that I had the best nights sleep ever.

So his schedule for today is/was:

• James goes to the recruiter office to talk to the Officer.
• James has his appointment for tomorrow at MEPS confirmed.
• Tonight James will stay at a hotel.
• Tomorrow morning, James will go and get his MEPS stuff finished.
• Hopefully from that, we get offered the contract right away Thursday.

I'm in my optimistic zone right now, and I know James is all good to get passed.

Look how good I look after sleep!

So tonight I have to go and buy NEW pants for my costume because the ones I got are too big on me and look funny with the corset over them. I'm already going out with my mom to her physical therapy after work, so it's on the way. Busy days leading up to C2E2, but I'm expecting good news all around! Wish my husband luck!

When Did I Get To 50?

Yes, that is a picture of my car from Friday with snow on it. Snow. In mid April to boot.

This week has been hard. James has been in Florida, and I don't feel any closer to the proverbial finish line than when we started a year ago. I hate that, my parents hate that, and I'm sure James feels the worst of us all. I just don't have more optimistic things to say about the whole thing, so I'm just waiting for this to get sorted out so we can move on.

Seems like the only thing right now that makes me forget how crazy fucked up my situation is right now is my friend Michelle. I didn't expect to make a friend like her at my current company, but I'm really glad I did. I was feeling down Saturday and behold she asked if I wanted to go out with her. Nothing fancy, just ran some errands with her after a nice lunch, then went out for ice cream. It was the most fun I'd had all week, and I'm less insane for it. I don't know if she gets how happy she makes me, and how sad I'll be if I leave Chicago.

So for now I'm just trying hard to keep it together. I work tomorrow even though it's my usual day off to make up for C2E2 next weekend. I don't feel like I've had any rest in the past week, so I'm going to keep trucking on through and smiling until something else happens. Thanks for sticking with me here on my 50th post on my blog. I hope I haven't bored you.

When Did I Ever Feel So Angry?

Thanks for dealing with my radio silence again yesterday. There are a few things going on this month I"m juggling, but yesterday the most stressful stuff happened. I'll explain.

1. James and I were tired of waiting for MEPS to call back (3 weeks) and we booked him a flight to Florida to continue his Navy process there.
2. He told his recruiter office this was happening.
3. James left yesterday in the morning to Florida. (Cue crying)
4. Around lunch time a Navy Officer called me looking for James. He had been on vacation a few weeks, and was only able to get back to us today, of all days.
5. Navy Officer says James can go back to MEPS. (proceed to scream)
6. Call my husband after his flight lands (and $200 later) that he never had to leave.
7. James's recruiter, Ross, claims to have been unwittingly unaware of everything.
8. We'll need to spend another $200 on a ticket for him to fly back to Chicago.

So there you have it. Frustration, Crying, Anger, Rage, Frustration, and so on. As you can imagine, James and I and beyond words on this subject. So many people dropped the ball here it's not even funny.

On a lighter note, I intend to watch Defiance (SyFy) which premiered this week but I didn't catch it. We'll see if I like it and I can add it to my weekly line-up of things to watch.

I could use some pick me up words of wisdom...

When Did I Ever Feel So Excited?

Superfantasticallyawesome news everyone! No, I didn't discover a way to eat all I want and never gain weight. Also, I didn't win the lotto, although I certainly wouldn't mind that...

What does this mean? That means that Wednesday morning, James is gonna get his OFFICIAL physical from MEPS, and once they give him the "okay", he gets to sign a contract for the Navy! I can't even tell you how so crazy awesome I feel right now, and James is on another planet happy.

So keep your fingers crossed boys and girls, the fate of a would be Sailor is in MEPS hands.

When Did I Abandon My Blog?

Hey! I did NOT abandon my blog. There was just some radio silence...for a few days. I started my new job this week and I've essentially felt like a murdered piggie all week. For that, I apologize. However, I am pretty much used to the tired now, and will be back to posting on a more regular basis.

I BROUGHT GOOD NEWS! My husband went to get measured by the Navy after their little fiasco, and he's been given the OK to sign paperwork on Monday, then continue to his official physical that Tuesday or Wednesday as previously planned. I'm excited, but I'm sure he is double or more excited than I am. The man is starving himself on 1 meal of chicken a day for the past 3 weeks for bajeezez sake.

In completely unrelated news, my husband and I watch Wreck-It Ralph tonight. All I'm going to say is you need to go watch it now if you haven't. If you have watched it, GO WATCH AGAIN!