I'm back on solid ground and it feels great. Last week I went to a basic intelligence school. My "secret" clearance was finally activated which gave me the chance to surf the interwebs and view content that is only accessible with such a clearance. It was fun; I hope I get to actually use what I learned, because it was a lot and I'm excited about it.
Here are some random pet peeves that I'm not sure I mentioned in my pet peeves blog:
"are vs. our" - so many people mix this up, and I'm not sure why. Examples of the PROPER use of the words, in a short sentence:
"Are you okay?"
"Let's go back to OUR house."
I don't get it. If we think of the sentence before we type it out, it would erase so much confusion.
"they" - "THEY haven't found a cure for cancer." Who is/are THEY? I am guilty of doing this, and I realized how much it bothered me so I have been watching what I've been saying so I stop. We need to be more specific in who we are talking about. People are just so lazy with language. Maybe if people realize that THINKING about we say BEFORE we say it actually may make us seem SMART, it would happen more often. Who knows.
Another pet peeve I realized I have is women who want to be treated equal to men. These are the same women who hold grudges, who would easily turn their back on their own kind (another female) to get what they want. LADIES: we need to come TOGETHER before we deserve to ask for equality! Get over yourselves and embrace what we have, because it is a beautiful thing! How is it fair that we can hate each other and talk SO MUCH SMACK but demand to be treated the same as a gender who laughs it off and talks it out like MEN? I just don't get it...
That's it for now. For an update on Hawaii and RIMPAC...
Hawaii was beautiful, humid, and would have been much better if I wasn't there for work! We were in port for 12 days and then hit the open ocean, staying in the Hawaii op-area for about three weeks and then finally headed home on the last week. It was a long two months away, but at the same time it wasn't as bad as I originally anticipated. After a while, I think we get into the mindset of, we're all stuck out here, not going home anytime soon, so we have to get over whatever feelings we have. We are all (quite literally) in the same boat. Nonetheless, I was excited to be home. That last week felt like forever, just because I knew that the end was in sight.
Monday I return to my division after almost 3 months of absence ( I was TAD to another division on the ship). I don't know what to expect based on what I've heard. We'll see how it goes...
Here are some random pet peeves that I'm not sure I mentioned in my pet peeves blog:
"are vs. our" - so many people mix this up, and I'm not sure why. Examples of the PROPER use of the words, in a short sentence:
"Are you okay?"
"Let's go back to OUR house."
I don't get it. If we think of the sentence before we type it out, it would erase so much confusion.
"they" - "THEY haven't found a cure for cancer." Who is/are THEY? I am guilty of doing this, and I realized how much it bothered me so I have been watching what I've been saying so I stop. We need to be more specific in who we are talking about. People are just so lazy with language. Maybe if people realize that THINKING about we say BEFORE we say it actually may make us seem SMART, it would happen more often. Who knows.
Another pet peeve I realized I have is women who want to be treated equal to men. These are the same women who hold grudges, who would easily turn their back on their own kind (another female) to get what they want. LADIES: we need to come TOGETHER before we deserve to ask for equality! Get over yourselves and embrace what we have, because it is a beautiful thing! How is it fair that we can hate each other and talk SO MUCH SMACK but demand to be treated the same as a gender who laughs it off and talks it out like MEN? I just don't get it...
That's it for now. For an update on Hawaii and RIMPAC...
Hawaii was beautiful, humid, and would have been much better if I wasn't there for work! We were in port for 12 days and then hit the open ocean, staying in the Hawaii op-area for about three weeks and then finally headed home on the last week. It was a long two months away, but at the same time it wasn't as bad as I originally anticipated. After a while, I think we get into the mindset of, we're all stuck out here, not going home anytime soon, so we have to get over whatever feelings we have. We are all (quite literally) in the same boat. Nonetheless, I was excited to be home. That last week felt like forever, just because I knew that the end was in sight.
Monday I return to my division after almost 3 months of absence ( I was TAD to another division on the ship). I don't know what to expect based on what I've heard. We'll see how it goes...
