Money For Nothing

Too bad I can’t make money blogging. Then again who would want to read the ravings of a mad woman? I’ve had times were I would love to do commentary on movies or the few TV shows I like, but so many other people already do that, I probably wouldn’t have anything to say that didn’t sound original. I have my neglected soap box blog and my All Things Vols blog (that seems to go into hibernation until football season). I’ve pretty much given up on helping with Volsfootball.com – but that wasn’t a blog.

So instead I ramble. I head to Detroit on Thursday to bowl in the Women’s Nationals Tournament – get to see how well my MacBook Pro travels. It’s definitely a lot lighter than the Toshiba laptop I’ve been toting around for years now. Yeah, I’m a geekette. My two favorite geekettes on TV are Chloe from 24 and Garcia from Criminal Minds. I like Garcia because she’s smart, cute and funny. Chloe can be classified as a bitch but she knows her stuff and doesn’t take the extraneous crap that goes on.

Some of the women I’m traveling with want to go to Canada (some have never been) – not sure if I want to go. I wasn’t planing on toting a camera too. I do need to find some new music for my Shuffle.

Then the weekend after the 4th, we will spend some time with Megan celebrating her 21st birthday. She has an interview on Wednesday (June 25) for her first dental related type job. Too bad the office she did her internship at wasn’t hiring, she really liked it there. Don’t think the geekette gene got passed on to her.

Okay, this wouldn’t be the official raving of a mad woman’s blog if I didn’t add one “ex” gripe – we all know how much I lost in the divorce, things like my mom’s silver, pictures, my diplomas (High School & College), my yearbooks (with many of the original prints of pictures taken for the edition I was a staff photographer), all my course books from college, my Gamma Beta Phi awards, but most of all my Air Force awards, particularly my Air Force Commendation Medal. It was sent to me after I got out, I still remember the surprise (shock was more like it) when I opened the package that came to me in North Dakota.

What makes it even worse trying to replace it, is that it was awarded after my DD-214 was cut, so it’s not on there. I have no idea who to contact, I tried one place but they seem to go by what is on the DD-214. Anyone know how to track down something that may not have been recorded? Maybe I should check some of the PMEL websites for names I recognize. Or maybe I should find a Veteran’s group that doesn’t take kindly to awards like this being destroyed.

One last thing, I finally got my eyes checked (it’s been 3 years) – I knew my vision has been getting worse, but I found out my vision is “not legal to drive” without glasses. When did glasses get so expensive? I didn’t even go to Lenscrafters this time.