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John addended one of his emails to me last night, all casual-like, like it was just an after thought (which it probably was): ”Hey, what’s our strategic reserve lookin’ like. You know, in case we don’t get paid next pay period.”
NOT FUNNY, HONEY. Rhyme intended. Because he’s joking, ha-ha and all that, right?
Apparently I’ve had my head buried [...]
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John just pinned on a promotion, the first one of his Air Force career that’s held a lot of meaning for us that wasn’t just financial. Up until now promotions have been fairly automatic: you’d have to really mess up to not make the cut. This was the first one that was “boarded” and involved [...]
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Sometimes budgeting on military pay reminds me of trying to work with an income based on commission: You work the numbers the best you can based on the minimum you expect to come in; but you’re really hoping some extra checks for some other jobs come through as well.
At the beginning of February, I wrote [...]
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The Hubs’ deployment is imminent, though he won’t let me discuss details here (“OPSEC, people!”) (his words, not mine) and so far I think I am successfully in denial of the emotional aspect of him leaving.
However. The financial aspect is a different story! There are financial perks to a deployment, and I am hoping to [...]
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The Hubs is a Captain in the Air Force. He was recently boarded for Major and made the cut. Yea!
This is cause for happiness on so many different levels. Yes, it is very exciting that he made the cut the first go-around. The percentage of Captains making the board in his AFSC (aka “job field”) [...]
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