Vow of FB Silence...

When you marry a soldier, there are certain things that come along with it. One of them involves keeping your mouth shut when it needs to be shut. When J is deployed, I try to stay away from any form of News.... TV, yahoo and so forth. Well here lately, avoiding the news doesn't even matter because I'm going to find out eventually through Facebook about the most recent attack, crash, or injury. Guess what people!!!?? I'd rather not know... and you have no place to be talking about it on Facebook of all places. ESPECIALLY if the incident happened in your own immediate company. Little comments like "freaking out about my soldier"... or "praying for my friend"... any of it will send your followers into an uproar. Just don't do it. Keep whatever information you have (that you shouldn't have in the first place mind you) private!!! This really hits a sore spot for me as I've seen loss with my own friends recently. And guess what... it's not your place to contact the person in question either. Do you really want your voice or face to be what she remembers when she found out?? Let the Army do it's job. There are trained officers that handle this stuff. The best thing to do during a blackout is to "KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT". I wouldn't even be posting random, curious, trivia like statements on FB. It does no one any good. If you need to talk it out, fine... do it in the privacy of your own home or a friends home. I'm taking a new vow this go around. If I see anyone posting little comments like that during a blackout or after recent news of an "incident"... they have no place on my friends list. Lets take a vow of silence ladies. We owe it to each other and especially to our men. It's the right thing to do. Just sayin...

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...

Another chance...

Yesterday, what was left of my tubes were removed and the gaps leading into my uterus were closed off. I had a minor moment of weakness in the recovery room when I realized what I'd just done. I regretted it up until today. But we went in to see the doctor today for a followup and she showed us pictures of what they looked like before the surgery. They were huge, swollen and blocked with scar tissue. The regret was then relief. They are gone now and we can start with a clean slate. They were just another hurdle to our baby making. But now we can start again. I hope this was the answer and we will have more beautiful baby Kimballs soon. I'm nervous, anxious, and excited about the next round!