EVERY Single Time....

Tim goes away, stuff goes wrong. Let's look at the past...

2001 - In the sandbox. The day I was suppose to leave to go back to school, his truck that I was driving decided not to work, got the better truck in the end, only to get a speedying ticket in for doing 44 in a 35 in the rain. Damn cops! Oh yeah, and came home a whole 9 days later than he was suppose to...Damn AF!

2003 - Went to a different sandbox. While he was gone, his truck broke leaving me stranded for a few hours before I could get a hold of the flight chief to come and get me and well fix the truck so that I could go home. That same year, 2 days before he came home, the battery in his motorcycle decided not to work and then when he came home the truck (Blazer) that was working fine the whole time he was gone and the day we decided to leave for vacation the battery went TOTALLY dead!

2005 - Another Sandbox. The blazer failed MOT (the yearly inspection) for more things than you can count. Had to have my mom bring over $800 in car parts in her suitcase so I could have the blazer fixed b/c the part were dealer parts. Go figure. I had to drive my 6'1 father around in my Mini, and old one, and almost had to do the same with my mom. oh yea and a year later when we had to do the same job again, the parts were now avaliable to from Napa and about $250 less a piece.

2006 - Same sandbox as previous deployment. Tim isn't gone 2 days and both cars break. At this point I just have to laugh. Even before he left he checked everything over to make sure it was okay for my little Honda and well I blew a hole in the radiator about 6 inches in diameter. To make this even better I couldn't drive the blazer b/c we were waiting on the fuel pump from the states (again, another dealer part). Then about a month before he came home, the battery totally went on the blazer and I couldn't drive that either. This was the WORST deployment out of the bunch.

2009 - School in Germany. The day Tim leaves for school in Germany the internet goes out in the house. Not a huge deal, it was really only in my room, it is a minor fix, just have to go to the store and buy it. With that being said, buying stuff, the people that pay me for doing my very boring job (but a job none-the-less) decided that they were going to pay someone for it. They paid my paycheck to the girl that works at ANOTHER BASE!! It is being worked on as we speak, hopefully will get taken care of my tomorrow but well, we all know how the military works so who knows. He's only been gone 3 days, lets hope this is the worst of it. Not sure who I'm going to call or how I would pay for it if the car broke on me again.

Fingers crossed, knock on wood....

My Favorite Season

Tim and I went out on Sunday and took some pictures down by the lake across the way/street. Here is one of my favorites. I have a few others but not sure if I'm going to post them here. Tim might try and sell them, but I'm not sure that many people are going to want a heart with TA in the middle.

Fall is definietly one of my favorite seasons. It is right up there with spring and I like them both for the colors of the leaves, trees, and flowers. Although both seasons take a toll on my allergies, but I guess that is the price you pay for beauty.
I always feel like I'm a step behind the color change. One day I will be walking or driving and I'm looking around at all the leaves and trees changing and I think to myself, tomorrow I'm going to come back with my camera and take a picture of that. Then tomorrow comes and the leaves have already fallen off and are an ugly brown color and not that pretty yellow/red/orange color.
The rainy season has begun for the most part. It is getting darker sooner and colder for longer periods of the day. Not that we had much of a summer anyways....2 years running now of no summer.
My job is going well, I haven't really done anything as I don't have computer access so basically I'm going to get paid to sit around. It's fun times. I'm going to bring a book today so I'm not totally bored.
Other than that, noting really to report. Until next time....

Apparently....

...I have a job. It is great to know that you have a job ON THE DAY THEY WANT YOU TO ST ART. Stupid military. Whatever. It is the contract job that I have been working on for months. I'm not that excited about it, I'm still pissed off as to all this was handled. What ever...again, damn the military sometimes. It has screwed up my whole day that I had planned. Okay, enough complaining, I should just be happy that I'm working now. I guess I should go get ready and pack a lunch and such.

Job Interview....Tick tock tick tock

I had a job interview yesterday with the bank on base, Community Bank. It is the bank that all (really most) of the Americans use to how their sterling accounts and some to hold dollar accounts.
The interview was an hour long, the lady interviewing me loved to talk, you really couldn't get a word in edgewise, which I found slightly annoying but it was her interview. These are what I found to be the pros of the job.
1. It is a 35 hour work week (TThF hours are 8:15-3:45p W hours 8:15-5:45 and Sat. 9:15-2:30p)
2. I'm giving vacation time right off the bat which means I don't have to earn it like at other jobs.
3. I get to go to Germany for 2 weeks for training, all expenses paid for
4. Pays 13.34 hour
5. Banking is something that I haven't done before

Cons
1. Banking is something that I haven't done before
2. I'm sitting all day (I'm more of a mover)
3. No AC in the building and it is suppose to be a hot summer

Anyways, I thought the interview went well, I was there for about an hour or so. She seemed impressed with my resume. I'm a PE teacher with a very diverse resume. I've done just about everything. Anyways, I should know something my next week sometime.
On that same note I have also put in a the commissary as I believe I have mentioned before, but at this point I don't care who calls me. It is really a race now, whoever calls first gets me.
It's just a waiting game now....tick tock tick tock.....

Rejection Letter #4

Rejection letter #4 arrived today when I got home from sewing class. About a week ago I sent out about 10-12 letters with resumes for schools in the local area asking about jobs at their school as well....anything!! I have gotten letters from 4 of the schools and have all said no.
I know it only takes one yes but I'm not to hopeful, it is April and it isn't like most teachers would leave in the middle of the year, although, I have known some that have (another story).
As I was thinking about this last night before I went to bed, I can't remember how many times I have redone my resume or CV as known in England.
I have the "teaching" resume, the "non-teaching or sales" resume, I have the English teaching resume (they do their stuff different over here) and I have the non-teaching English resume.
I have 3 different cover letters and I have resumes from about 8 different people to copy their style or "borrow" some of their ideas for my resume. The commissary is close in my sights. Not that I want to go back there, I hated it last time. I'm trying to be optomistic about the whole thing.
It is a trade off. I get to live in another country and see the world, but I don't get to have a career.

What do you do?

What would you do?