I hate it here and I want to go home! I have only been here 9 months and I am so done with this place. I have not figured out why anyone likes it here. People always say you can save so much money here. I haven't figured that out either. Considering I am spending all my COLA money on shipping or plane tickets.
I am tired of never finding what I want at the commissary. I want the new Plumsmart juice to help Sami poop. They don't have it. I want whole grain Goldfish crackers, they don't have them. When they actually have kids yogurt in stock, it is the Trix kind with tons of artificial colors and flavors. Why can't we just get nice YoBaby yogurt with the banana and vanilla flavors. Cotton candy flavored blue and pink yogurt can not be healthy. The milk here sucks. It is so ultra pasteurized it will survive a nuclear holocaust with all the roaches.
I am still waiting to see the new season of ER. I have watched every episode for the last 10 years. It started in the states in September and they have yet to even schedule it on AFN.
I miss my friends and my family. We want to come home this summer but I don't even know if we can afford to. It will cost over $3000 just for airfare. Samantha missed GiGi. She wants to go to GiGi's house and she wants GiGi to come to her house. Demi turned into a teenager, Tina has a new baby, Shawn is going to have a baby, the last time I saw baby Wade he was still laying in a bed with tubes everywhere. I haven't been able to help my longest friend Laura during the hardest year of her life! Those are just the WV friends. I left my dear friends Teri and Jenny in SC right before they had new babies. I feel so dissconnected with my friends.
I know that was alot of complaining. There are lots of positives in our life too. Everyone is healthy. Sami is super cute and smart but basically the most temperamental, emotional, stubborn (almost) 3 year old ever! We have some really good friends here (of course most of them are leaving this summer). We can go to beach to look for shells whenever we want. I also have 3 Starbucks across the street. I started going to a MOPS group. All the ladies there are super nice. Samantha is doing well with the childcare at MOPS too. She doesn't cry anymore when I take her!
Let me see if I can find a cute picture to close out gripe session #1 on a positive note. Here is Samantha eating the above mentioned blue cotton candy yogurt.
6 comments:
Girl, start off by taking a deep breath! I know exactly what you're going through....been there, done that. And it does get extremely frustrating. Just keep trying to tell yourself that you'll be out of there soon. I am so sorry that you may not get to go home for the summer and that you are having a rough time right now. Just try to stay focused on the positive things, like Samantha. If you would like ER, Days of Our Lives, or ANY other show to watch, have someone video tape them and send them over to you I use to do that with Days and instead of being years behind, you'll only be about a month. MOPS is a terrific group of ladies! I'm glad you're getting involved in that. How big is your military installation? Is there any where you may like to volunteer just to have some time for you yourself to do something? Let me know if I can send ya anything. It'll be alright.....just hang in there girl. Military wives are tough! You'll make it!
Hugs
Rhonda
I feel ya... How can we be making money living here when a freaking loaf of sourdough bread is $7.39?!
I am having to completely revamp our way of eating because the prices are so different than what I'm used to... what used to cost $80-110 in groceries is now well over $200. There's our whole freaking COLA in 2 of those shopping trips! Not to mention the tomatoes suck, you can't find yukon gold potatoes or even small red ones, and I had to go to THREE different stores (2 bases) to find a can of lysol for disinfecting the trash can. What gives?
You've dealt a lot longer than I have. Proud of you. I'm afraid to visit the states cuz if I get there I might never return! ;)
BTW girl I live like 10 min from Lester. We should get together sometime.
Hi there! Samantha is so beautiful! We miss you guys so much! I love seeing all the pictures. I'm sorry you are so frustrated. Just hang in there! Thank goodness for the Internet! I love and miss all of you!!!!
Jenny
Just wanted you to know I'm reading and thinking about you. I'm sorry you're having such a rough time...Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Hey Aimee. It's Michelle. I met you briefly before I left the Island unexpectantly. I lived on the HILL and loved it. Just make the most of your time there. I miss it so much and would do anything to go back there. Now we are in Quantico, where we will remain forever. Not my favorite place but I try to make the most of it. I sure do miss the beach and the blue water and the safety and the culture and my friends in Okinawa. I would trade places with you in a heartbeat!
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