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Happy Wednesday/Thursday! (Surprise!)

So there is mega stress I am trying to let go of yesterday so I went to blog and remembered my laptop is still broken.

So I am blogging from my magic phone! I have to admit…  I am really burnt out from two deployments. With only 9 months break in between them, it really has been a rough couple of years.   So if you think I am being a baby in the following post…I am. I could go on for days about what I have learned from each deployment separately but it doesn’t make it less hard when things go wrong.

I know we are not staying in the military forever. My husband is enlisted came into the military with a Bachelor’s and has started a master’s program, we are outta here when the time comes. So I felt weird when in Disney cast members thanked me for MY service when they saw my military ID. I would correct them that no my husband is who serves, and they would correct me that I make sacrifices too. I thought about it, yes my husband works shift work that changes every 6 weeks, works long crazy hours, works 6 days then gets 3 days off at random for a weekend, it’s hard to plan anything, and yes there is easier options out there. It doesn’t matter. We just take it as life and try to think positively. Until something goes wrong like yesterday.

My dad’s college roomate/friend does our taxes and alerted to me to some MAJOR tax issues we didn’t catch because my husband has been deployed and well focused on more pressing matters.

After an hour and a half of battling finance people who should know more than me about military pay, w2s and all the other problems … I was irritable to say the least. I literally broke out a highlighter and pen – did math, drew a few arrows and symbols, and refused to leave 3 times when they tried to tell me nothing was wrong.

So leaving there pmsing, irritable, etc I decided to hit the library. I needed a break and finally found my card again. Checked out some fertility boosting food books. Picked up a birthday gift for a friend and instantly felt much better! Oh and I got to vent out my aggravation with the finance Airman to a friend.

Its always upsetting when things are screwed up and you are powerless to fix them. Last deployment I probably would have left crying and giving up on trying to fix it. Growth!

Anyways, the day wasn’t even half over- I had a long way to go. So I wanted to think of something else I could do to feel good. I was sitting down and swallowing my EnergyBits to help me tackle round two of the day and had an idea. 

I know! A giveaway!!

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A while back I entered a competition for a EnergyBits smoothie recipe. I won out of the ambassador contestants thanks to you all ! I won that headband and sunglasses! So thank you if you helped me win!!

Sharing giveaways with you all always makes me happy. I only share products I love and enjoy using. So without more rambling….

I am giving away EnergyBits! It’s only fitting. 

So to enter is easy:
Comment on this blog post on why you want to try EnergyBits!

That is it! Ships USA only. Runs till next Wednesday.

Filed Under: Life, Running, Weightloss Tagged With: coping with deployment., energybits, Giveaway

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Comments

  1. Desiree' says

    March 13, 2014 at 7:00 am

    Sorry you are struggling right now. I remember those days of deployments (My ex-h was Navy). (((HUGS)))

    Reply
  2. Meg B says

    March 13, 2014 at 8:53 am

    I think the Disney cast member was right, you are sacrificing, as well! HUGS!

    Reply
  3. Meridith @ ScootaDoot says

    March 13, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Big hugs, hun. You’re going through a lot and it’s definitely a stress!

    Reply
  4. Toni says

    March 13, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    You are sacrificing! Glad you got to vent with a friend! You are a very strong person! <3

    I would like to try energybits to pep up my day, since I give the impression that I'm 21 years older ( at least) than I actaully am 😉

    Reply
  5. David Burns says

    March 13, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    I’m always looking for a better energy source. and would like to try energy bits

    Reply
  6. Christine says

    March 15, 2014 at 8:47 am

    Thank you for your service (and your husband)! My husband and I had a long distance relationship before we were married and every time I started to miss him I would try to remind myself of my family and friends that were missing their husbands for months and sometimes years. It must be very hard!

    I would try energy bits! :) I’m interested how they compare to Spark??

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      March 15, 2014 at 12:16 pm

      It is not as POW as spark. Spark can make me feel over stimulated, whereas energy bits there is not a jittery period for me.

      Reply

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