Hawaii plans shattered in less than 24 hours
While away in the field for a month in April my husband was offered an opportunity to work our of Hawaii and the great thing about it was that he was told wives could come and stay on base with the husbands as long as they paid for their own flight. Cool. I have been siked and looking forward to and planning for this opportunity ever since.
With a second 12 month deployment due to start before August I thought "what a wonderful opportunity this could be for us". Things were looking up. So in the wee hours of the morning a just yesterday I dropped off my husband at the AFB and waited with him for several hours before their flight actually boarded then drove home eager to join him in one week. Ticket already purchased, bags packed, household arrangement and bills all covered and for what.........to find out this afternoon that the accommodations have changed and wives could come only if they stay off base (Yeah right, what would be the point other than throwing away thousands of dollars and probably only being able to see your spouse on SAT/SUN).
We've just been screwed over a good one.
I should have known this was too good to be true. The only reason he accepted the assignment was because he was told I could be with him. Hell we were just separated for 30 days and now we are facing it again with less than 45-50 days before his deployment. This really BLOWS.
For hours now I have been calm and collected but right before typing this the tears began to flow. I cannot help but feel CHEATED out of a month I should have been able to spend with my husband. The rest of his unit has to take Mandatory Block Leave because of the deployment and his is set for after his month in Hawaii. But I am almost certain that it will never come to be the way that his deployment date keeps getting pushed up week after week.
Damn it, we were supposed to be together on this. I am so mad and disappointed.
All I can do is pray that we will have a chance to spend quality leave time together before he heads back to Iraq.
Having to adjust to this B.S. is not always easy and with this slap in the face I am not coping as well as I would like too. We all know life is not fair but today it really feels that way to me.
With a second 12 month deployment due to start before August I thought "what a wonderful opportunity this could be for us". Things were looking up. So in the wee hours of the morning a just yesterday I dropped off my husband at the AFB and waited with him for several hours before their flight actually boarded then drove home eager to join him in one week. Ticket already purchased, bags packed, household arrangement and bills all covered and for what.........to find out this afternoon that the accommodations have changed and wives could come only if they stay off base (Yeah right, what would be the point other than throwing away thousands of dollars and probably only being able to see your spouse on SAT/SUN).
We've just been screwed over a good one.
I should have known this was too good to be true. The only reason he accepted the assignment was because he was told I could be with him. Hell we were just separated for 30 days and now we are facing it again with less than 45-50 days before his deployment. This really BLOWS.
For hours now I have been calm and collected but right before typing this the tears began to flow. I cannot help but feel CHEATED out of a month I should have been able to spend with my husband. The rest of his unit has to take Mandatory Block Leave because of the deployment and his is set for after his month in Hawaii. But I am almost certain that it will never come to be the way that his deployment date keeps getting pushed up week after week.
Damn it, we were supposed to be together on this. I am so mad and disappointed.
All I can do is pray that we will have a chance to spend quality leave time together before he heads back to Iraq.
Having to adjust to this B.S. is not always easy and with this slap in the face I am not coping as well as I would like too. We all know life is not fair but today it really feels that way to me.