day twenty-four

day twenty-four: whatever tickles my fancy

well, i am pretty sure this is going to be a venting post because i am beyond pissed off at the marine corps! yes, i have a huge amount of pride in the marine corps and while there are times i am thankful for all they have done for me and my husband, at the same time i swear we have had just about as many bad and sucky things happen because of it, and yesterday night i got some beyond horrible news from the hubby. i have mentioned it before, but a quick recap, rey was told that he was no longer going to get non ranked and would more than likely pick up in september.. well come to find out his 1st sargeant, so pretty much the head head guy, "accidently" non ranked him.. which in turn means he's not picking up tomorrow when he should be. obviously he is pissed off and so is his chain of command. they all think rey is a good marine and deserves to pick up, but because of this stupid man he's not!! akjhsdkjahsd! honestly, it just makes me so sad for rey! he deserves this promotion so badly and it would make his life on the ship so much easier but because someone didn't do their job right he's getting screwed over, and let's not forget the extra money that would have come along with it. on a somewhat brighter note, rey may in the end still pick up fairly soon. his chain of command wants him to pick up so badly that they are trying to get it all worked out but its some huge process to get the non ranking taken off that it could take a month or two, or possibly not happen at all. they did however tell him that if they do get it worked out they will back date it to sept 1st so it will be like he picked up when he really should have.. but we shall see.. honestly, at this point i'm not going to get my hopes up because the marine corps has seriously done that too many times to only let me down. basically.. i'm just pissed!

speaking of the marine corps, can i just tell you how mad it makes me that the higher ups seem to always screw over the "boots" (pretty much anybody lower than them). don't they remember what it was like to be at the bottom and how nice it would have been if you had been helped out? i mean, i get that its tradition, but what a stupid tradition! they are all about tearing each other down and making life a living hell for anybody that is lower than them, luckily rey has a sargeant who got royally screwed over himself as a lance corporal and does his best to help out the guys whom he thinks deserve the recognition.. and this guy is one of the main guys that is helping out rey and i am just sooo thankful to him.

so i guess the last thing i shall talk about is something i realized today.. i realized that on september 11th rey and i will have been married for fifteen months.. boy how time flies! but that isn't really the thing i wanted to talk about.. what i realized is due to rey's training and this deployment we have only been able to spend eight months of that fifteen months together.. which means this will be the very last month until probably march that we will have spent more time together in this marriage than time apart.. that is rather depressing to me! yes, i know, it was my choice to marry him so i obviously chose this life.. but it still sucks and it still hurts to know that i'm not with my husband and that i can't be there to comfort him when sucky things like him not getting promoted happen. luckily i did go to the store and spent way too much money for a care package for him, but i think it will cheer him up.. so anything to make my super amazing hubby happy!!

peace in the middle east,
kristen