"I have a theory: The successful Navy spouse is the one who can paste a cheery smile on her face even though she's working out the logistics of selling the kids on eBay, ditching the house, finding a job at a truck stop restaurant in Podunk, Arizona, and changing her name to Loretta Lou. Okay, it's not a theory so much as an intense desire to know I've hit some type of marker of success. /snort"
That was just too funny a definition to pass up passing it on! Please read the entire post, I've linked it here (and on her blog name above)
QOTD: "I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes..." ~ Philip Dusenberry
I can't tell you the number of times I have gone and hid in the bathroom to have 2 seconds of a breather and realize I can't sell my children. ;-) Then come back out with a smile on for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI think that there isn't a parent alive who hasn't entertained the idea, however briefly, especially when they become teenagers. Whenever I do, I think of this and just crack up. Then I'm good to go again. :)
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