Yay Obama! I'm thrilled to hear that he's finally going to announce insurance benefits for gay and lesbian federal couples. This is the first of MANY changes I hope are made in this administration.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/US_President_And_White_House_Advisers/US_Obama_Gay_Benefits.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

Not even two months later our other cat died :(

We had to have her put down. She was Crystal's mom--Holly.

When we got our two kittens we got a grey one and a yellow one in honor of the two kittens of Holly's that we kept. At least through my idiot kittens I can remember. I know I'm getting weepy over a cat AGAIN, but hey, it's what I do.

One of my cats from my mom's house died last night. I feel really upset about it, and though I understand that she was just a cat (and not one who I interacted with that much since I went to college), I still am (probably too) sad. I hope that there's a kitty heaven so that Crystal and Little Yeller (don't ask) are running and playing now like ( Read more... )

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Well, I was sorta hoping that the military just lost his number, but they didn't, and they called Tim last night. Let's do a quick review of what we've done so far ( Read more... )

It's been 35 days now and the only thing we've heard is that there is a case manager for Tim's case. He called Tim and asked for his email so that he could send his contact info, but we never got the information, and frankly, we don't want it. Having no way to get in touch is more comforting than the idea that we could call if we wanted to. I'm ( Read more... )

In this case, no news isn't good news...it's just simply no news. We submitted Tim's packet a week ago and all we've heard is that as of Tuesday he has been granted an extension until they decide what's going to happen. Which means that some captain somewhere decided that he has enough of a case for an entire group of captains to look at our ( Read more... )

Well, we won the first battle. He has proven that he has a case. That means that now he doesn't have to report on May 18. Instead, there's a council that is looking at our evidence to decide what, if anything, to grant him. They say it'll take 35-65 days and then they'll let us know what the decision is. Either he'll be ordered to report, he' ( Read more... )

I guess two Wednesdays ago is as good of a place as any to start with the total falling apart of my life. But before I go there, I got a job for the fall! I haven't accepted it yet so I won't list the school, but I will be teaching 12th grade English at a high school in Gwinnett County ( Read more... )

In December 2006 and January 2007 we moved to Atlanta. We did it very slowly, over two trips, but all the while we were estactic. We made it--he was DONE. His BDUs got packed up into a box and we swore we'd never look at them again. He got a plaque from his platoon stating that he had performed his 3 years of service. I quit my nannying job ( Read more... )