Well, today has got to be the worst day of the year so far in.
First, I get told I'm going on an 7-8 month deployment. Now of course, it's mandatory, I'm in the military for christ sake's :roll: but my wife and I had planned on renewing our vows this October (close to our 5 year anniversary mark) and have an actual ceremony. My parents from England (since I live in the US) were suppose to be coming out. It's been nearly 6 years since I've seen my Dad and stepmom and nearly 5 since I've seen my mom and now I have the painful job of telling them it probably won't be happening this year :( This is also, somewhat, denying them of seeing their grandchildren for the first time, which I'm sure is going upset them all. I'd also be missing out on seeing my nephew for the first time.
My wife wasn't too happy in the slightest when I told her, as you can imagine. Not only would I be missing our "wedding", I'd be missing my daughter's first birthday, all my kids birthday's, my wedding anniversary and quiet possibly christmas. This really blows. And my command didn't even tell me official until today/yesterday. And the detachment leaves at the end of April, which technically they can't do for a few reasons: 1) It's too short notice, seeing as it's a long cruise, I'd need at least 3 months in advance but because of complications with ship availability, I guess they had no choice. 2) They're sending two of us out on this det, who work in the same rate, which, for financial reasons, they shouldn't be doing, but a workmate told us our supervisors were talking about sending us both and then pulling the other worker out after a short time, leaving me on the boat.
Sorry, I'm venting, it's just really frustrating and my wife is under a lot of pressure.
I won't go on about my other dilemma, it's too long-winded to divulge info, even for a blog (tl;dr anyone?)
I hope everyone has been having a gas these past few months.
Laters.
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