u/maidoftrash

This year I’m spending my birthday alone (trade off was to spend my wedding anniversary on vacation) and I already know things will not be lively and popping on a Monday night but I was looking for some local, niche ish ideas on places to eat at. I’ve been to a lot of regional sit down chains around here (like OHSO) but it’s my birthday I want to be different without traveling across the city around rush hour. Cuisine and budget or ambiance (doesn’t have to be fancy) really doesn't matter, but I do like dessert 😆

SORRY brain dump ahead, I’m at work and i had to get this off my chest

my favorite thing about the military is that until you are actually there, they can roll back whatever they have been cooking.

for example, my husband got his orders to Osan last week. we are due to leave in August, hard command sponsored orders cut and in hand. We’ve gotten our HHG and UAB dates set up, passports in progress, cats up to date on vaccines with talks of the date to get their final health certificates done, etc etc. were kind of deep into this now. he’s due to TDY soon and will be gone when our HHG and UAB and all our household goods are to be picked up which is fine and cool, I can handle all that. what i cannot handle is today he found out that people are GETTING THEIR ORDERS CANCELLED for Osan (like his buddy, a nice perfect storm of things and now there’s too many people is what we are being told) and of course I know they can do this up until a point but MAN

anyways, normally I wouldn’t be so stressed but I’ve written up my resignation letter and I’ve got that baby ready to submit at the end of the month for a final date of july 2nd (I’ve been counting down the days because I hate this job, I’m not a fan of the people, the area is nice and all but the expensive cost of living… I’m ready to GO) and lord knows if these orders get cancelled after I quit this job I’m SCREWED because there is no way I’d be able to get a job this good paying that works with school in our current area.

anyways would I be silly to keep applying and job hunting on the account of the chance of being stuck here because earlier in the year before we even had notification, I was already looking for a job and even had a federal job interview lined up (it was the only thing that called me back SHOCKING) but then we got orders and I felt bad even considering continuing with it. I considered applying for remote jobs but one, market isn’t as good as it once was for remote positions and two, it’s an HR nightmare to try and retain it overseas (if you have experience in that, lemme know. I know there’s always 1099 work but I’d love to hear if anyone kept their w2 job and how that was)