Okay so I’d like to start off with a funny and I have to share this because it’s hilarious. So my husband was telling me for the second or third time how an airplane flies. He was explaining about how the air goes over and under the wing and I show all my emotions on my face so he stopped explaining suddenly and asked why I stopped listening to him. He said “Some day when we have kids and they ask how the airplane flies, what are you going to tell them?” I said “I will tell them that God picks up the airplane and moves it across the sky and sets it down at its destination.” While explaining verbally I was also physically explaining with my arms in the motion of picking up a toy plane. My husband then asked “Well what will you say when they ask why planes crash sometimes?” This is what I said, again also physically moving my arms as if moving a toy plane, “When children are bad that makes God angry, and when God gets angry HE THROWS THAT PLANE TO THE GROUND!!!!” But I will have to learn to say this without laughing hysterically or smiling. If you read this and did not laugh, read it again out loud, yelling that part I put in caps – if you don’t laugh then you need to eat a brownie.
The job search continues. I did get some suggestions from the last blog which were very much appreciated however I feel as if I must explain further our situation. P.O.S.T. which is the Police Officer Standard Training, costs a good $5,000 here in Idaho, which is a whole lot of money. (My apologies to friends I told it was $13,000 because I was wrong lol) We owe on student loans, not to mention we have no job and make no money so paying for P.O.S.T. is not an option. What we are hoping for is that the police department that someday hires my Hubby will pay the way, which is what they normally do I believe. So while going through P.O.S.T. would significantly increase one’s odds of getting hired by law enforcement, and really is a very good idea, it is not affordable to us. = (
However we are seriously looking at the military. We contacted a local Air Force recruiter and made an appointment for the middle of December since apparently that was the soonest he could meet with us. On one had this is very appealing. Hubby might get a signing bonus, he’d go in as an officer, plus they would cover insurances which are a big bill for us right now, perhaps pay for housing, give my hubby the work experience he is lacking, and the GI Bill might even pay for P.O.S.T. if we have to pay for that ourselves some day. Plus that’s a regular pay check in a prestigious vocation with the possibility of promotions. On the other hand Officer training is 12 weeks long and I think I might die without him – thinking about him being gone for that long brings about a horrible depression in which I cry like a baby with colic. Then he would also be eligible to be sent overseas for no less than 6 months, and I cannot even begin to comprehend that. Thinking about this has given me a new respect for military wives; how you all do it I do not know. I’m pretty sure I’d need counseling if this is the path we go. I know this all sounds very selfish, that’s because it is, but I can’t help it. My hubby and I have been attached at the hip since the day we started dating in 2007. We haven’t been apart since then for more than two weeks – and not quite that long even. The plan right now is to talk to the recruiter, get questions answered, take their test and go from there. The biggest issue is that the Air Force is not taking very many people any more. My hubby is very smart and fit with a squeaky clean record and has zero tattoos so hopefully they will consider him. Here’s the clarification we need this so if the Air Force says “Yes” we will probably also say “Yes”. I will keep you all updated on this.
So what do the jobless do if they don’t work? Well aside from cleaning and cooking, grooming the dogs, facebook, blogging, running errands and doing laundry I have been refinishing my mother’s kitchen chairs. I have 3 out of six done. I plan on also reupholstering an antique chair of hers with lessons from youtube.com – since those are free. In addition I have been catching up on scrapbooking. This summer I completed my honeymoon and wedding albums. Someday we’ll have jobs and perhaps kids and I won’t have time like the rest of the world to get those done. Most of my supplies for scrapbooking I’ve accumulated through donation from my friends and family and to them I say “THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!” Otherwise that hobby would not be feasible.
So this blog has gone on long enough and if you are still reading I salute you! Happy Monday everyone! Remember to comment if you have anything you like to say, suggest, or ask! <3
