A Thanksgiving apart

Thanksgiving and Christmas are times when family and friends who have off travel the long (or short) miles to come and exchange good times, delicious food and watch football. Holidays are a little different when a loved one happens to be an officer.

Last year we were lucky to have Sam over for dinner. If it weren't for that knee injury, he probably would have worked the holiday. It was also the first year we had two Thanksgiving dinners in one day. Talk about sleeping on a full stomach.

This year my Thanksgiving has been stretched over the week. Because he is working tonight, we had Thanksgiving dinner with his family on Sunday. Yup full on turkey dinner. But I'm missing him tonight. Everyone is here at the table laughing and eating, then gathered around the tv for football. And he's out there patroling the streets probably getting shot at and called a racist nazi pig. Not how I or he would want to spend his Thanksgiving. But I can't be selfish. If he wasn't out there, someone else's officer would be and others are in the same boat as me and his family.

So Happy Thanksgiving to everyone near and far. And if your officer is out there tonight, may he be watched over and kept safe so you can have Thanksgiving together when he comes home.

Busy for the holidays

So for the past few weeks my schedule has been rearranged. Five days a week I've been waking up at 4:45am to leave the house at 5:40am to be at work by 6am...unless I'm at Sam's because then I have to leave at 20 after. Atleast I get to leave at 2:30pm, that's if I don't work overtime. Sam's jealous about the hours and especially the overtime. The company practically hands it out like Halloween candy. Whenever we want to work overtime, need extra hours or a little extra money we can work overtime. So nice. Though I feel like an old woman lately since my bedtime every night is between 9 or 9:30pm.

Upside! I'm finally employeed making decent money and hours just in time for the holidays. Downside is that some family members are expecting some nice gifts this year.

Great news

Yay!! Everybody jump for joy! I finally got a job after what seems like forever. This one, however I didn't even apply for. A neighbor of mine recommended me for a data entry position that opened up at the company he's been working for since I've known him. I showed up there this afternoon thinking it would be a simple tour of the facility and interview. Well they were ready for me to start that afternoon! But I'll start Monday since there is paperwork that needs to be filed and I have to attend a safety orientation for new hires (the woman who is in charge of it wasn't there today), and the woman who was going to train me was getting off work. Right now its only a temporary full-time position and I'm being hired as a contractor but I'm hoping and so was the man who gave me the job that it leads to a permanent position.

Sam is happy too because this will mean I get to move out of my parents' house and in with him. And we'll get to see each other every day. So much is changing on my upcoming 25th birthday in a few days and I'm loving it.

10-7B

I'm taking a small hiatus from a few things as I try and regroup. My Grandpa suffering from Alzheimer's/Dementia recently came to live with us at my parent's house. Over the past two weeks he just continued to deteriorate at a rapid pace until he eventually passed away early Friday morning. His funeral service is next Friday and we'll be busy accomodating family that'll be flying in during the week.

As for me, I'm doing okay. I'm extremely exhausted though and everyone has been very supportive.

Courageous

Just got an email about this movie that came out today. Anybody have thoughts on it or have heard of this film?



Courageous, official website

Luck have anything to do with it?

I'm constantly reminded by almost everyone that Sam is lucky to have me. Truth be told, I'm very lucky and blessed to have him.

No news?

I usually hear about Sam's night at work from him the next day. Sometimes I hear about things that happen in his city on the online news sites, but just the little things or some murders. I think they're up to 19 in just this year alone. There are days when I hear about his nights that I'm in disbelief it didn't make it to the news especially when some stories do that aren't necessarily newsworthy in my opinion.

I would think a police chase involving 25 cruisers through a few towns in the county would get some air time. Sam was excited about it. He said he was about the 5th car behind the guy. They eventually caught the guy who hit a car and fled the scene with injuries. Oh well, I'll just have to get my unofficial official news report from him later.
9/21/2011: Just a small edit! Turns out there was an article that ran online (posted a few hours after my post). The man ran from police because of a suspended license and for having cocaine in the car. I also stand corrected as Sam informed me there were 35 cruisers following him including FHP, Sheriff's Department and another city police department within the county along with Sam's department.

Probably not as newsworthy, a few nights prior Sam and one of his zone partners, Dan, rescued a baby opossum in some lady's house. I thought that was adorable :)