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The Island Life
In this military life, many of us have weathered the storm of at least ONE set of surprise PCS orders. The kind that knocked glasses askew when they blasted into our lives, and spun us in a whirlwind of confusion. When my husband came home with the surprise...
News 6 Mashup: March 9, 2020
ere are the top stories for March 9, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
* Some TRICARE Beneficiaries Moving to Civilian Doctors
* MOREs Give Extra Calories During High Intensity Training Days
* Peak PCS Season Is Coming: Get Ready!
* AAFES Ships 200,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies
COVID-19 and Military Families: What You Should Know
Most people around the world are being exposed to information overload on the COVID-19, also known as the Novel Coronavirus. Over the course of four days, my adopted home of northern Italy (where we are currently stationed) has gone from simply hearing about the virus (like everyone else) to being front and center of a news onslaught. Italy now has the third highest rate of outbreaks in the world and an astonishing 200 confirmed cases in those four days. This has everyone in the Veneto and the surrounding regions trying to make sense of what is happening and where to go from here.
Spring is in the Air
I love spring! Seriously, when the temperature gets above 45 degrees, I have my windows open to air out the house. Can you tell we lived in Alaska? But spring also means another thing in this military gypsy life: PCSing!
It always sneaks up on us, leaving us to ask, “Wait, didn’t I just get here? It’s too soon, right? How am I going to get all my valuables onto the truck and stay within our weight limit?”
Cue the spring cleaning fairy. Oh wait, there isn’t one. When will the military start providing that service? They seriously need to get a contract with Marie Kondo.
The Hardest Interview Question is My Favorite One
Do you want to know a secret? I certainly want to tell it. Shout it even.
I just interviewed for my dream job!
For this moment in time, compared to all the other jobs I have held and interviewed for, that statement is true. My dream job, you guys—an interview for the history books. My personal history books, of course.
Now that the interview is over, the jig is up and I am ready to spill out so much about my dream job interview.
The first time I applied for this job, I was not selected for an interview and it was pretty crushing. Was my resume not right? Do I have the wrong degree? Maybe I submitted my application at a weird hour of the day and they didn’t like the timestamp. I guessed so many reasons why I didn’t get an interview.
Fast forward six months—six whole months!—and the same job was posted again.
I applied. Again.
We Once Were Fascinated By Everything and Everyone
I work part time at a local grocery store in my hometown here in Massachusetts. It affords me to watch human nature.
I look at the children and am charmed by their never-ending joy and awe in all that they see. As they either walk with mom or dad or sit in the shopping cart, it seems everyone they meet is a point of total fascination.
Somehow, they don’t seem to be concerned that the other person is dirty, or black, or speaks differently, or is old and feeble. They just look with star-struck wonder at everyone and everything.
Investing in our Military Kids
With April right around the corner, my community has an amazing team working to make sure that the Month of the Military Child will be off the chain for our military kids. From a school ceremony on Purple Up Day (possibly with special guest, South Carolina’s Governor), to a military children’s author reading at our local Books on Broad bookstore and Camden Public Library, to the Camden City Council honoring our military children at their meeting while reading a signed proclamation supporting Month of the Military Child, to Camden Elementary’s entire school community participating in a Spirit Week leading up to Purple Up Day—I’d say the time, energy, and investment of love in highlighting our military children will be a month to remember.
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