Soldier Girl

Well, here we are almost mid February...life has slowed down in some ways, but hectic as ever just in different ways!!

I accepted a position with Block Advisory back in October, since then I've been training and learning about the tax world, scheduling clients, working with tax advisors and learning the ropes at the FW office.  It was been very chaotic and unorganized (in my opinion).  Next week, Feb 10-14 will be my first full week of Mon-Fri 8:30a-4:00p.  I'm a bit nervous, due to the fact the phone system sucks and coupled with my bad hearing and people mumbling on the phone...I struggle with the phone.  I voiced my concerns to my boss, because the upper management has a huge campaign of "mystery callers" and the office is graded, the FW office is behind in other areas and I do not want to be the reason we are graded poorly for "mystery calls"...apparently my boss said something to her boss and I'll be working on a project tomorrow, which I assume won't be on the phone!!  I personally think the whole "mystery call" campaign is a ridiculous, time consuming and a bit behind the times.  Each manager must make multiple calls to different offices plus their own offices, they have to ask questions and see if the receptionist (or whomever) answers the phone will follow a script provide by corporate...offer drop off, online, upfront pricing, MyBlock account etc...I get it is a marketing technique and we should know the information...but I also feel each call should be handled on a case by case bases. Readying from a scrip is not natural and sounds phony...oh well, I'm really glad this is a temporary position...over April 15, 2020!  Whew...lots of responsibility for very little pay!!

January 28, 2020, baby girl (daughter #3) left for Army boot camp, its 10 weeks.  Her husband, daddy and myself took her to the airport.  She will be in Columbus, South Carolina at Ft. Jackson.  She'll graduate April 9th, which is her birthday...that's pretty cool!! We'll go to family day and graduation, I'm very excited.  She called her husband once and sent me a picture after six days...have not heard from her since.  So hard for this mama's heart!!  On a positive note, there is a FaceBook page for her unit.  I actually got to see a picture of her on FB...so that was cool.  I've sent her a card with a short letter every day since I got the address!!  She'll probably be a little embarrassed from all the mail she'll receive, but oh well...a mama's gotta do what a mam's gotta do!!  LOL!!

Watching her disappear around the corner of the walkway to the airplane just about did me in!!  It was all I could do not to fall completely apart...I'm such a tender heart especially when it comes to my kids and grandkids. UGH!!!  I'm a mama bear and want them all close at hand not half way across the country.  I gotta toughen up!!  If she ever deployed overseas I'll be a wreak, God is definitely going to have to get me through that when/if it happens!!

February 3 my sister turned 65, to celebrate her son bought wine tour tickets for three of us in Grapevine, we visited three wineries, had a nice lunch and stayed in a nice hotel.  My sister, her daughter in law and myself, we had a blast!!  Laughed, cried, ate, drank and thoroughly enjoyed our time together.

I'm still struggling with how I'm going to move out of this house, I'm miserable living here.  Husband is in complete denial and doesn't believe I'll leave.  We've been in separate rooms on the opposite side of the house for over two years, plus the year I was living in Magnolia due to grandson's leukemia treatments.  The only reason I'm still here is because I cannot support myself.  I'm working on a couple of options.  Have a friend that has a three bedroom house and said I could move in with her for low close, I could go stay at my daughter's house, but it is under major construction and the dust, dogs and cats really get my allergies stirred up...I've stayed there before...I always have the options of going back to Magnolia, which is looking like the best option.  If I don't have a permanent position when Block Advisory job ends I'll probably move back to Magnolia.  I want to be with my grandkids.  I'll find a job down there...

I just want to be happy, I'm so full of life and love adventure I just can't settle for sitting on the couch for the rest of my life.  Husband is perfectly content on the couch...he is not a good traveler, everything makes him nervous and he gets very grumpy when out of his normal environment. He can be very self centered, selfish and lazy at times.  Has no imagination, he doesn't even try to find things to do.  I've asked him many times "what do you want to do?  you can do anything you want."  He says he can't think of anything to do.  I just don't get it, I'm not wired that way...I want to live life to the fullest and experience as much as possible!!!

Oh well, enough of complaining for night!!  LOL!!

Keeping it real!! Life is short, live it!!