Coast Guard

Am I the Walrus? Who’s on First?

June 25, 2011

To expound on my cryptic and weird Facebook status from this morning… Today is not Saturday, it’s Friday again. Tomorrow is Sunday and Monday is Saturday. Don’t question it, I understand but don’t get it either. I’m tired. Can you tell? Reading that again I feel like I said “I am, He is, You are, He is, You are me, and we are all together. Hohoho Hehehe Hahaha” Remember when I wrote about Jason being amazingly lucky in his work scheduling not long ago? Yes, that was a really awesome week and a half. Well, he told me it would come around and bite us in the butt and did it ever! This past week has been harsh. Him Me/Kids Family Time Monday Regular work day. Get up early, take Jeremy across town to day camp. Get home just in time to have an hour for lunch and turn around to go pick up Jeremy. Adopt a new dog. More on that in an upcoming post. Tuesday Oncoming overnight ready crew duty. Goes in later in the afternoon, but doesn’t get to come home for dinner. Goes to class on base. Sleeps at work. Get up early, dog to...

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Lucky Dog!

May 31, 2011
Lucky Dog!

I think my husband Jason is a pretty darn awesome guy. He’s a wonderful husband and the best father our children could have ever dreamed of. Jason works hard to support his large family and he loves us so very much that it shows in his big happy smile every day. Great guy, huh?! I thought so. Well, on top of all his usual wonderfulness, he must have done something extra good to get as lucky as he did this past week… Last Friday he went to work at 7 like usual, and was home by 8 am. I was still in my jammies having breakfast with Jesse. Me, perplexed, “Hello, my love! What are you doing home already, forget something?” Jason, with a huge grin on his face, “I’m done working for the day.” And that started our loooooooong weekend… For the holiday weekend, the Coast Guard moves shifts around so that everyone gets 3 days in a row. Some might not get Memorial Day itself, but they will get 3 days around Memorial Day to celebrate with their families. Jason was supposed to work all day Friday and get Saturday, Sunday and Monday off. He worked for...

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Gratituesday – Coastie Chicks

August 10, 2010

Today’s post is two things: a simple “thanks for being there” and a little plug for one of my favorite websites. As I’ve mentioned before, my husband is in the Coast Guard. He’s an AMT2, which means he’s a second-class Aviation Maintenance Technician. Though it might sound like he’s basically a mechanic, he does many things. From getting dirty in the maintenance shop, to being the watch captain (shift supervisor), to hopping on one of the planes and going on a search-and-rescue mission down here in the Gulf of Mexico, to standing the occasional duty night where he sleeps at work instead of home just in case they need him. I love my husband so very much and we as his family are willing to follow him anywhere that the Coast Guard decides to relocate him. However, following him means leaving behind friends and family and plunking ourselves down in a new city amongst a bunch of people we’ve never met. Jason can quickly acclimate to the new work scene because the Coast Guard does things almost exactly the same at every base. Families don’t have it as easy. Sure, there are wonderful spouses clubs which often times set...

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