Sunday, April 22, 2012

Paid Vacation???

I need to get this off my chest. It's one of those things that irks me and just makes me want to scream at people. As a military member, you accrue 2.5 days per month towards Leave. It takes 1 year to save up 30 days. And 3 years to save up 90 (the max you can save up before you start losing them). So when my husband goes on "Leave" for 30 days, and someone says to me... "Must be nice to have a month off with pay", I really want to scream. Remember how nice it was for me.. when he is gone for 1 year at a time every other year. This Leave came with a price. We've earned it. We've saved those days all year waiting to enjoy one last month of togetherness before he is shipped off to the middle of nowhere again. It must be nice to not have to worry about those kind of things though. I would gladly give up 30 days of paid leave to keep my man home for more than 12 consecutive months at a time. Just sayin...

4 comments:

  1. It is a nice perk, but doesn't make up for the fact they are gone so much. People also make snide comments about BAH and Tricare ... but it isn't "free money" ... look at what they get paid and you realize they have more than earned it.

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  2. During his last deployment, my husband went months without a day off and worked 12-15 hours each day...for 12 months straight. He EARNED every single second of his leave. Nothing about it is FREE.

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  3. I will trade all our leave for him to not miss babies birthes, Christmases, kids birthdays, first days of school, first time walking, ten year anniversaries (and 7 and 12), children's birthdays, soccer games, summer vacations.... I could go on and on!
    Brenna

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  4. x2 with what Brenna said! All of those things are super important, but for me it's the everyday little things. Like on the days Daddy picks her up from Kindergarten or plays baby dolls with her. Playing outside on our swing set. It's going to be a loooong 10 months :(

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