Vortex of Nonsense

I haven't updated in a few days.... I have been trapped in this whirlpool with apparent way of getting out of it! Tell me why some Sgt. at the battalion in theater would receive the Red Cross message that I sent to Kevin (requesting his presence at his Granny's funeral) and do absolutely nothing with it for 2 days!! Grrr... So after Sgt "NoName" decided he'd had enough fun with my Red Cross message he passed it along to Kevin's Col. The Col said "nut-ugh, no way Jose. Granny isn't immediate family. No emergency leave for Samantha's hubby today!" Well, who know what he actually said; I doubt it had anything to do with me, ha ha. But all the same the answer was no. Evidently there was still more to be done. Today was when we really got sucked into the vortex of nonsense: At the end of everyday Kevin goes to "notes". After notes today the Commander pulled him aside to ask him about Granny. The Commander says that the Col is considering letting him come home for the funeral. Whaaa, huh, Come again?!!? I digress... The Commander goes back to the Col, the Col says he wants Kevin's immediate supervisor (Sgt. M) to talk to the first Sgt, then the first Sgt to talk to the SGM, THEN the Col wants the SGM's opinion before he grants Kevin emergency leave. Or not. I'm sorry, but why?? Why does the Col give two shits what the SGM thinks, when he's the one who is ultimately going to make the decision? Why waste all of these other peoples' time, when (again) the Col is ultimately the one who is going to make the decision? Why must the Col smash our hopes (of return and closure), than give them back and them jerk us around? Maybe it's fun for him...? Either way to make a long story- short we're still friggin waiting for the final answer! More than likely will be tomorrow AM I will know one way or the other. Either way I did pick up some of Kevin's favorite foods at the commissary, have new rank and combat stripes sewn on his Class A's and their being dry cleaned as we speak/type... you know just in case. =)

Job update: Last week I had two interviews. I didn't blog about them because I was hoping (this time around) that if I didn't say anything about them I would get a different outcome than I have received thus far. Not so much luck. I interviewed for a position in the Spa at the Broadmoor but the HR lady called me today and told me the Spa decided they didn't need anymore employees so are no longer hiring. So 1 down, 1 to go. This is a better gig too. A company called PSI won the contract to handle the child support cases in El Paso County for the next 3 years. They called, I completed 4 assessments, than interviewed the next day. I think it went well but as always it's a waiting game! Grr... No other bites since. =( Fingers still crossed. Time will tell. Still applying. Still waiting for word from my hubby.

Waiting- story of my life.

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OH, and Happy Be-Birthday 234 US Army. I was really going to post about this on Saturday, well I was just way too busy!!!