THe Harting Family

THe Harting Family

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Random Thoughts

Well this has been a pretty eventful week....NOT. I just haven't been too motivated as of late and last night my hubs went to my blog and said, "What? No new blog?" Apparently he enjoys reading my blog..tee hee hee. Well this past weekend we went to a little get away planned by all the 1stSgt's to see the SgtMaj off to his new duty station. It was nice and we had a really good time, sometimes you really forget how funny a group of Marines can be. I enjoyed sitting around with the wives hearing some of the "funnier" things that happened during their last deployment.
So besides that not too much going on. The house selling seems to be going S_L_O_W. Our realtor called and said due to the weather the traffic has been slow, and I agree with her so maybe once the weather warms up things will pick up.
I think we are all a bit in denial about the move or just too tired to think about it. We have been looking at some short term lease apartments in 29 Palms and I have to say we found a really nice, yet expensive one we will consider. The website said that the waiting list is 3-6 months. One thing that has me a bit nuts is how they are now grouping Jr. Enlisted in with Sr. Enlisted, and not for the reasons one may think. I think it is unfair based strictly on the housing allowance difference. How an E-4 can live in a house that an E-8 also lives in is not fair because our BAH is higher, but like I tell my son, life is not always fair. Regardless, when my hubs was an E-4 the last thing he would have wanted is to live near and E-8. Talk about never having any "down - time."
I sure will miss our house, wish we could pick it up and just sit it down at our new duty station.

8 comments:

Paula said...

I came across your blog when it was posted in the military spouse magazine recently. I can so relate to your position in life right now. PCS, deployments, empty nest, etc. I hope you don't mind, but I've marked you and I'll be back!

USMCWIFE said...

Hi Paula...really you seen my blog in a Spouse Magazine ..which one? I would love for you to continue to read my blog, and swap stories even if you'd like. Thanks for the lovely comment and look forward to hearing your feedback.
Heidi

TheAlbrechtSquad said...

I agree with you on the housing. For the reason you mentioned but also because I think it's one of the few perks we have left. We should be able to look forward to a little bit nicer, bigger house after putting in the years. The Army has people mixed up too. At Hood, our Battalion Command Sergeant Major lived next to an E2...what is wrong with that?

Here, they are mixed a bit but it depends on where you live. Our street is all senior NCOs but all the surrounding streets in the neighborhood are a mix of officers...01-04's. Crazy!

Keeping you all in our prayers that the house sells!

USMCWIFE said...

Thanks for the prayers girlie..I am sure you will be one of the 1st to know when it does!

Paula said...

Ok, I might have mis-spoke about the blog being in the magazine. I just looked at it again. Military Spouse magazine featured some blogs this month. I clicked on a few and I guess one of them had you listed too. Anyway, in a roundabout way I found you!

As for the housing, I SO agree. We lived down the street from my husband's boss when we first got to Hawaii and it was truly miserable. It's not snobbish at all to want to live with your peers, no matter what your job/paygrade is.

We're leaving in a few months to hit the naval war college and I'm SO excited to be with our peers in housing.
Good luck with the house sale!

Paula said...

I linked in here: http://hellcatbetty.blogspot.com/

Her blog was featured in military spouse magazine this month. She has your blog on her page! Sorry for the confusion.

Paula said...

I linked in here:http://hellcatbetty.blogspot.com/
Her blog was featured in military spouse. Sorry for the confusion.

USMCWIFE said...

No worries, I love hellcatbetty's blog so I am just happy you found me! I look forward to reading all your pcs stories and sharing mine. I wish you all good luck for your move.