by Mitja on June 30, 2008
Our daughter, Citrus, is almost three years old. It seems like only yesterday that she was not much larger than a rich amber ale. Soon she will be transitioning into pre-K at the base CDC (Child Development Center), which has been great place for her the last year and a half. It’s just too bad [...]
by Mitja on June 29, 2008
Here was Flat Mommy in the shower. It just wasn’t the same.
by Mitja on June 28, 2008
In Virginia Beach, even ye olde predatory lenders are quaint. But they are not as welcoming as this store in Sioux City that I spotted days after graduating in 2000 and driving across the country to meet Elysia at her first duty station in Bremerton, Washington. Congratulations Class of 2000 [...]
by Mitja on June 27, 2008
WAVY-TV in Virginia covered the Military Spouse Symposium last week and a cameraman got footage from a breakout session I attended. It was fairly intimate with about twenty people in the audience. The 2-minute news report is here, but below are screen captures of the four crowd shots: A distant shot of the panel. The blue dot is [...]
by Mitja on June 24, 2008
While visiting Virginia Beach I went to the Military Officers Association of America’s (MOAA) Military Spouse Symposium. I figured that after 8 years of Elysia being in the Navy I would actively try to meet other spouses. They certainly weren’t finding me! My experience thus far is that male civilian spouses are often invisible. I [...]