This is an experimental post.
In all seriousness, I am writing now to see how I like sitting here and doing something other than coffee and social media check-up (which is usually how my mornings roll).
The tile of this post is two-fold. I believe I have mentioned before (ahem) that my husband has retired now and so that means some adjustments and transitions for the both of us in the near and middle-distant future.
Let me be 100% real with you all right in this second.
The biggest transition is going to be not being able to rely on training missions, temporary deployments, schools, etc etc to get some space. At the moment, he has good work, but that work has him on the other side of the world and he’ll be back at the end of the year. We are praying that he’ll be able to get a transfer to a location that is only about 45 minutes from the Bee Mill so that he can come back with relatively little hassle. Military life is hard for a lot of people. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I’ve never had that issues, but it may be because I was born into the lifestyle. What concerns me is civilian life. There is a built in structure that provides a sense of security even when things are unpredictable and precarious. The Civvy world does not have that.
Chances are high that I’ll share thoughts and concerns and frustrations of this particular transition. Those chances are so high that I’ll even establish the very first category on this blog about it. In this moment alone I have thought about a subject which I have some deep rants about on this whole retirement business. Ohh. That’ll be a doosy for sure!
Hope the day finds you well in spirit if not in body or location, folks!
Contending Existence 