So yes, I did it again....Droppped off the face of the earth I mean. I blame work and all that working that I have been doing. See things get complicated here when Ben goes to night shift, which occurs every 3 months, so most of my days off are spent trying to spend time with him. Sometimes we actually manage to go days without seeing each other. Yes, it sucks.
In the almost 7 months we have lived on the island of Oahu, I guess I have learned to just deal with things. I go through these rough patches of missing California(surprisingly) and then loving it here. For instance, on my birthday I layed on the beach and basked in the 80+ degree weather, got a horrible sunburn, and had great BBQ food in my backyard all in the beginging of February. Then the next week I have a couple bad days at work, which I will explain, and I all of a sudden hate it here and just want to get away. My bad days at work are usually caused by sneers or remarks made behind my back about something I said that I was taught in school. Rule number one: Do not insult my intelligence. See I have learned that Hawaiians absoutely hate change and refuse to do so unless some is sitting right there forcing them to. So I get cranky about work, but I have learned to just brush things off and use the excuse that they are locals and I am just a Haole Girl (white, non local). I have gained most of their trust but not all. The second reason that I get cranky about work is just the simple fact that I am not challenged enough. My mind needs stimulus to keep it in tip top condition, which I am definalty not getting here. I actually find myself reading books from school to attempt to learn new things. So I guess I am just dealing at the moment.
Ben is in a way scaring me. Lately he has been seriously thinking about commisioning or becoming an officer. He has his Bachelors and CCAF already so it would be relativly easy. He sews on SSGT next month April 1st. Yay I am so happy for him. So if he passes the OTC test and wants to cross over he is eligable to go in as a 2nd leitenant. I support him in every way and have decided to leave it up to him. He wouldn't be eligable to even take the text until 2011 anyway, but do I really want to be moving every 2 years?
On a more positive note, We've been making a number of new friends. Mostly people from his shift which is nice bacsuse they are all off at the same time so it makes planning cookouts pretty easy. I just happen to be the only wife who works though so I always have to fly home from work and change then go back out. Te greatest thing about our get togethers is that everyone lives within 3 streets of each other. Base housing is so convienant. There is 3 other couples we've been hanging with, one was a kid Ben sponsored. Him and his wife remind us ALOT of our late roomate Chad (RIP). The poor kid has the same motorcycle and everything.
I am pretty sure I am getting to the rambling stage and need to think about more structured things to write about now.
Good Night,
Amanda
