First of all, thank you soooo much Ari for being an absolute lifesaver. After reading my post about Billy's cell phone, he immediately wanted to know what his address was so that he could send him one. Billy has angels..I am convinced of it, many of them my blogger friends, and Ari? You are one. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Garry, our eldest, is leaving for Disney tomorrow for a brief work/vacation. To remain a "seasonal employee" and retain his benefits, he has to work a certain amount of days per year in the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. So tomorrow he leaves without us, sob sob for 4 days of work and play. If anyone is down there for the 4th, look for him in "THE LAND" in Epcot. He will be in his glory and his element. He is still looking at relocating down there for good prior to the end of the year. God bless him, I sooo want to be him when I grow up.

Laura and I are on a "clean-'em-up, throw'em-out" binge. We are going through each room and consolidating. Just started, but looks better already. This weekend? Full steam ahead... somebody better secure the kitties..

That's about it...we are chugging along...missing Billy, wishing we were Garry, but overall doing well. I realize how fortunate I am to have what I have with Laura...after 15 years, she is, and always will be the love of my life...
Lucky to have our kids...
and friends like you....

The only reason I am even writing this is because I know he doesn't read my blog... kinda like, "ho-hum, Mom, what can you possibly have to say that would be of interest to me?"

Billy called today..usually a welcome thing, until I heard his tone...his voice, hurt.. and PISSED.

In his "real job" here in the civilian world, he works as a Police Dispatcher for a neighboring town. He was told "pre-deployment" that he would be receiving his pay for an additional 3 - 6 months after being deployed because he worked for the government in a "civil service" type position. He was told this by the Army.

I went (as he asked) to pick up his check on Saturday, to put it in his account, I was told that he was not entitled to any more checks, since he was no longer employed by the Police Department. I called him, left a message, he checked it out, and sure enough, because he was a "Dispatcher", he fell into another contract and was not eligible for the money. Money that he counted on. Money that he was told he would be receiving.
He
was
pissed.
So pissed, that first thing he did after being told, was slam his phone down, and break it (can you say "anger management?") ..
Now he has..
no checks..
no cell phone...
and he is feeling betrayed.
Now is a time that he is supposed to be concentrating on learning how to stay alive over there..how to protect himself.
Instead, he is fixated on how he feels he has been screwed and lied to.

I would call him... but I can't, duh, he now has no phone.

I feel so badly for him, I spring right into "MOM Mode" when someone f*cks with one of my kids...

I sooo want to make him "6" again, when I could swoop in and fix everything....

I feel helpless...this sucks...