{"id":1686,"date":"2013-01-08T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2013-01-08T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:31:23","slug":"because-i-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/01\/because-i-can.html","title":{"rendered":"Because I Can!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"No,<\/a>

No, I don’t mind chewing my orange juice one bit!<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course I miss my family when I do my reserve duty, and I have to deal with flying in the month of January, but there are a few perks to being on my own for a week.<\/p>\n

Such as getting to buy and drink “HIGH PULP” orange juice<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And working through a box of Raisin Nut Bran cereal<\/a> for breakfast every day I’m here.<\/p>\n

I eat sushi for dinner without commentary from the peanut galley.<\/p>\n

I can stay up as late as I like to read my book…when I’m not studying for my first Air War College exam, I’m working on World War Z<\/cite><\/a> by Tom Brooks right now. Yes, a zombie book, but there’s another layer to it that makes it a very worthwhile read: do YOU have the skills to survive for a generation or longer without electricity, fuel for your vehicles, or the Internet?<\/p>\n

For the first few days I truly enjoy the quiet when I’m off duty. I don’t talk much, I get to surf the web without feeling guilty, the TV is on the channel I want. But after about 4 days of this, I do begin to get lonely. I begin to surf online albums of the boys’ baby pictures and pictures of Dave and me enjoying life.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’ll take this over a long deployment…and kudos to those who are separated for much, much longer than this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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