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How To: Survive Layoffs & Government Shutdown Panic
How does one even begin to navigate this topic? Is someone able to survive a government shutdown and layoffs at the same time? I hope so, because that’s our reality right now. I don’t know what’s in the water, or what’s going on right now, but it just feels like I’m trying to navigate Mt. Doom. Step 1: Get Your Affairs In Order It’s important to figure out how much of an adult you are. Have you been saving? Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Are you winging it? Honestly, nothing can prepare you for a government shutdown and a layoff to happen at the same time. As I said…
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I’m Back and More Crazy Than Ever – This is My Chaotic Life.
Soooooooo yea it’s been a minute since I last wrote. That’s my chaotic life. A handful of you say this blog is helpful for the military life stuff or that you think I am funny and relatable, or that I am a captivating writer/story teller. I just didn’t and don’t really believe it. I’m just a classic gal who gets bad imposter syndrome. AKA I totally laughed off when people would say that because I never thought this blog would see the light of day. I also cringe saying ‘I write a blog’ because I don’t want to be grouped into the blogger/influencer category. But I’m also not a writer.…
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What Have I Been Doing Lately? Winging It Duh.
Since my last post about falling down the stairs, not much has happened. I turned 26, I started working towards a Lactation Consultant Certification, I fell out of the shower, and I picked up Alcohol Ink Art and Photography. You know the usual stuff. Have I ever done alcohol ink or “professional” photography before? Nope, but I have a lot of time on my hands, so why not teach myself?! What can go wrong?????? You can get your hands and everything you own covered in resin… Oh wait that was supposed to be a hypothetical question. Right, moving on. Here’s the thing, it’s hard to write on this thing when…
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My Life is a Shit Show but I’m Thriving
Hey y’all I’m just popping in to say I’m alive and I’m thriving – compared to my life over the past few months. I’ve decided my new motto is the title of this post. “My life is a shit show, but I’m thriving” really accurately describes the chaos I’ve endured over the past year. I know haven’t written a post in a bit and that’s because I’m a human and clearly I can’t be bothered to do anything productive when I’m: living that beach life living that temporarily homeless life living that Thanksgiving life or living that moving for the millionth time this year life As you know we embarked…
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The BS is Worth It
Hi people. The BS is worth it. What BS? Oh, the military BS. The your husband has a random urinalysis on his day off, when you had plans BS. The your husband was going to have Christmas (insert holiday here) off, but got called in last minute because he was one of the only students in town BS. The “I’m flying today,” “I’m not flying today,” “JK I’m flying tomorrow,” “JK JK we’re actually going now it cleared up and I won’t be home for dinner,” that I slaved over BS. The BS silly meaningless tiffs because a big event is coming up and he’s stressed. The we can’t do/go…
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Ok, I Was Wrong
Ew, I can’t believe I admitted that. My husband is probably shocked that me, prideful Danni, would admit that I’m wrong. But hey you do what you gotta do. Dear world, I was wrong. Having The Birthday Ball on a Wednesday wasn’t the worst thing in the world. I sincerely apologize. Danni I don’t know what everyone else thought of the Wednesday ball, but my husband and I were both pleasantly surprised. Going into it we thought it would be lame because it was on a Wednesday and because it was on base in a hangar, but we stand corrected. When we walked in the ambiance of the room was…
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Ballgowns and Dress Blues
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year!!! No, it’s not the holiday season (although it’s close), it’s time for the annual United States Marine Corps Ball! To be fair there are some negative nellies out there who despise this event, but that’s because they’re not doing it right. It’s such a fun celebration that celebrates Marine Corps history. So let’s go back and talk about what it’s about and then I’ll get to the purpose of this post- Ball gowns. The United States Marine Corps, A Brief History (by someone not great with historical facts) I am no historian, so my information is summarized from the Marine Corps website. OK just…
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The Basics of The Basic School (TBS)
Congratulations! Your person has completed OCS! What an accomplishment. Time for reality to sink in that you now have a second lieutenant on your hands. Next stop: The Basic School (TBS). This school is roughly six months of hiking with a nice dose of smelly feet and MRE farts. No but seriously, it’s a tough six months for them where they learn “the basics” of being a Marine Officer. From my general understanding, they learn how to be an Officer and lead, as well as what they need to do if they are ever a ground Marine (i.e. land navigation, hiking, rifle range stuff etc.). So as a spouse, significant…
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The Hurrication
It’s the never ending vacation. We’re loving it, but it is getting exhausting. We’ve been in a hotel in Jacksonville, Fl., for 6 days. Tuna is OVER it. I’m losing my mind, my dogs are losing their mind, and boredom is setting in. BUT at least we are safe and we have food, gas, and power. I can’t really complain, but it would be nice to not be in a hotel. I decided to make another post updating our current situation, because Things I Google: Hurricane Florence was getting long. Today is Sunday, Sept 16 and we have no idea when we can go back. Our town (New Bern, NC)…
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OCS in a Nutshell
If you’re reading this you’re either: a) a girlfriend/boyfriend, fiancé, spouse or family member who’s significant other (or son/daughter) is interested in or is pursuing OCS *I’ll be referring to the military person in your life as ‘your person’ because it’s too difficult to try and say spouse, bf/gf, son/daughter and respect everyone’s differences while being inclusive b) one of the aforementioned people who’s been through it, but still loves a good OCS reminder c) someone just interested in reading about this wonderful military experience called OCS. For the newbies here, OCS stands for Officer Candidate School. This post will focus primarily on the United States Marine Corps OCS, but…
