I know I'm a few days early on this, but Heck... I'm snowed in in New Hampshire, what else am I gonna do!? So here it is: 2010 in list form....
New Jobs: 3
States lived in: 5 total (if you include 3 weeks in Florida for Ranger School)
States visited together: 9
Life goals attained: 2 (very big ones- RANGER Tab & Engagement- CHECK!)
Number of trips to see each other: 15
Total days spent together: 86 (yes, I really counted)
Average length of visit: 5.7 days
Total days spent in Ranger School: 103 (and a half)
Total Number of flights taken (to here, there, and everywhere): 76
Number of hours on hold because of canceled flights: infinity
Real number of canceled/severely delayed flights: at least 7
New Favorite Shows: 1- Archer
Favorite Archer Quotes: Every Single Line! This is how you get ants.
New Cars: 0
New ipods: 1 (almost 2)
New apartments: 1
New Family Members: 3 (Julia, Cate & Ava)
I'm sure we have had a lot of other exciting things happen this year, but all I keep thinking about when I look back on 2010 are two of the most important days of our lives: 27 August and 22 October. Pinning Andrew's Ranger Tab on his left shoulder was one of the proudest moments of my life; and--admittedly--placing the ring on my left hand was one of the proudest of his.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
New Englanders and Snow Storms
You'd think they had never met before.
The way people are acting this weekend blows my mind. And it happens EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I don't understand it. This is New England, people! We're supposed to get lots and lots of snow every year! So WHY is this impending storm the only thing they talk about on the news? Not quite sure.
I'm sure you could have guessed that if there is a snow storm within a 1000 mile radius of me, I'll probably have flight troubles. And you would be correct. US Airways called me last night at 8 to cancel my flight for tonight. I'm surprisingly okay with this. I only got here yesterday and I'm kind of looking forward to an extra night at home. The only part that kind of stinks is the fact that I have to wait on the phone forever to get this whole situation fixed. Currently I've been on hold for 83 minutes. And I'm on the house phone so I can't even go out and run errands while I'm waiting.
The Rogers' and Glennons are coming over this afternoon to watch the Patriots game and to have our gift exchange (aYankee Red Sox swap!) so I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone (and maybe showing off my ring!) and just having a relaxing evening without having to worry about catching my flight. Plus this way I get the day off work tomorrow! The only down side is that I'm missing out on another day with Andrew, but at least we'll have New Years and the week before he deploys.
Other than the snow (which is hardly news) not much else is new. We had a fabulous Christmas- actually several fabulous Christmases! It all started last Sunday at Andrew's parents house and has continued non-stop until yesterday and today! I love this time of year, but after traveling on Christmas Day, I decided that I probably won't ever do that again. It kind of puts a damper on the whole day when you have to wake up at 4:40 am and only have 6 hours of travel to look forward to before you see anyone you know. Plus everyone in the airport is either going somewhere warm for vacation or in a terrible mood because they are traveling on Christmas Day. And with the snow storm threatening, everyone was even more stressed than I think they normally would have been.
And with that (and after my 96th minute of being on hold) I will return to my bed and cuddle up with my brand new Kindle (yay) while I continue to wait..... I'm sure the end of this adventure will be a doozey.
The way people are acting this weekend blows my mind. And it happens EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I don't understand it. This is New England, people! We're supposed to get lots and lots of snow every year! So WHY is this impending storm the only thing they talk about on the news? Not quite sure.
I'm sure you could have guessed that if there is a snow storm within a 1000 mile radius of me, I'll probably have flight troubles. And you would be correct. US Airways called me last night at 8 to cancel my flight for tonight. I'm surprisingly okay with this. I only got here yesterday and I'm kind of looking forward to an extra night at home. The only part that kind of stinks is the fact that I have to wait on the phone forever to get this whole situation fixed. Currently I've been on hold for 83 minutes. And I'm on the house phone so I can't even go out and run errands while I'm waiting.
The Rogers' and Glennons are coming over this afternoon to watch the Patriots game and to have our gift exchange (a
Other than the snow (which is hardly news) not much else is new. We had a fabulous Christmas- actually several fabulous Christmases! It all started last Sunday at Andrew's parents house and has continued non-stop until yesterday and today! I love this time of year, but after traveling on Christmas Day, I decided that I probably won't ever do that again. It kind of puts a damper on the whole day when you have to wake up at 4:40 am and only have 6 hours of travel to look forward to before you see anyone you know. Plus everyone in the airport is either going somewhere warm for vacation or in a terrible mood because they are traveling on Christmas Day. And with the snow storm threatening, everyone was even more stressed than I think they normally would have been.
And with that (and after my 96th minute of being on hold) I will return to my bed and cuddle up with my brand new Kindle (yay) while I continue to wait..... I'm sure the end of this adventure will be a doozey.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
I've got a Sneaky Soldier on my Hands. . .
So after all of my venting and complaining (mind you- the work complaining was definitely warranted) you'll never guess who walked into the office Friday morning at 11:30am?! ANDREW JAMES DOLAN in full multicam uniform! I can't even tell you how excited I was (even though I had a small idea that maybe he was being sneaky- and the fact that his mom hardly said a word to me coupled with Weiss being super awkward made me think maybe something was up). But I never, ever thought that in reality he would actually get here in time :) It was such a great Christmas gift! I am such a lucky girl!
Andrew said he left Kentucky right after work on Thursday (around 6) and drove until Pennsylvania and decided to stop at a truck stop around 3am to sleep until 9 and then make the rest of the drive. Now THAT is devotion! AHHHHH I'm still grinning just thinking about it!
We had a great time at the DDMP party- lots of laughing and drinking and AMAZING food! I am so happy I got to share it with him.... it was the perfect start to the holiday season!
Andrew said he left Kentucky right after work on Thursday (around 6) and drove until Pennsylvania and decided to stop at a truck stop around 3am to sleep until 9 and then make the rest of the drive. Now THAT is devotion! AHHHHH I'm still grinning just thinking about it!
We had a great time at the DDMP party- lots of laughing and drinking and AMAZING food! I am so happy I got to share it with him.... it was the perfect start to the holiday season!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
P-L-A-N
... they say it's the only 4-letter word the Military doesn't use.
Sure for tactical battles and whatnot, they have millions and billions of dollars invested to make sure everything turns out just right. But when it comes to the lives of their soldiers and their families... FORGET IT!
I often upset at myself for taking something that the Army tells me as "fact", knowing full well that there is pretty much a 100% chance that they will change everything on me and leave me disappointed yet again. Christmas leave 2010 is no exception.
Even though this one is mainly my fault for getting my hopes up that Andrew would be home in time for the DDMP Christmas party tomorrow night, it's still a major blow. I hate that I let myself get excited about the idea of having him home, but guess what? It's human nature- I can't help it!
To top of my awful-rotten-no-good-terrible day my boss dropped a HUGE project on me this morning that she's known about for MONTHS and all of a sudden needs it done by the end of the day today. Do you think she had the courtesy to mention this to me even a week ago? NOPE! I had no idea that this was even on the horizon. Or that it was even my responsibility. Oh and the best part, it's not even work-related! She has me making DVD slide shows, photo mugs and picture albums with all sorts of inspirational quotes for her FAMILY for Christmas gifts. Are you serious? Her email (because she is obviously out of town) said "I know this is a lot, but I just don't have time to do it in time for Christmas. You'll have to have everything ordered by the end of the day today so it will get here in time for me to wrap it." REEEEALLLLY meaningful gift to have your employee making photo albums as if they were from you. But heck with what she's paying me and how long they're taking me, they're turning out to be pretty damn expensive little presents!
Okay, I can be done complaining now. I just needed a tiny break from pictures of somebody else's family taking fun trips that I didn't get to go on. Hopefully something magically changes and Andrew actually gets to leave tonight or early tomorrow morning, but there I go again getting my hopes up. WHY do I continue to do that?
Sure for tactical battles and whatnot, they have millions and billions of dollars invested to make sure everything turns out just right. But when it comes to the lives of their soldiers and their families... FORGET IT!
I often upset at myself for taking something that the Army tells me as "fact", knowing full well that there is pretty much a 100% chance that they will change everything on me and leave me disappointed yet again. Christmas leave 2010 is no exception.
Even though this one is mainly my fault for getting my hopes up that Andrew would be home in time for the DDMP Christmas party tomorrow night, it's still a major blow. I hate that I let myself get excited about the idea of having him home, but guess what? It's human nature- I can't help it!
To top of my awful-rotten-no-good-terrible day my boss dropped a HUGE project on me this morning that she's known about for MONTHS and all of a sudden needs it done by the end of the day today. Do you think she had the courtesy to mention this to me even a week ago? NOPE! I had no idea that this was even on the horizon. Or that it was even my responsibility. Oh and the best part, it's not even work-related! She has me making DVD slide shows, photo mugs and picture albums with all sorts of inspirational quotes for her FAMILY for Christmas gifts. Are you serious? Her email (because she is obviously out of town) said "I know this is a lot, but I just don't have time to do it in time for Christmas. You'll have to have everything ordered by the end of the day today so it will get here in time for me to wrap it." REEEEALLLLY meaningful gift to have your employee making photo albums as if they were from you. But heck with what she's paying me and how long they're taking me, they're turning out to be pretty damn expensive little presents!
Okay, I can be done complaining now. I just needed a tiny break from pictures of somebody else's family taking fun trips that I didn't get to go on. Hopefully something magically changes and Andrew actually gets to leave tonight or early tomorrow morning, but there I go again getting my hopes up. WHY do I continue to do that?
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