What You Miss Out On

When I was in basic, I published a post about being homesick. 

Yes, I was a little bit homesick while I was there, but it was different. I didn't have the ability to talk to them, so I wasn't really seeing what all I was missing out on. 

Now I have the opportunity to see what's going on at home all the time and it makes me miss it a whole lot more. 

This weekend my family was a bluegrass festival that was the ultimate escape for me last year. It's one that is close to home and so much fun. I was so sad that I missed out on it...

It was Kallie's first Bluegrass Festival.

It seems like she was really digging it. Sound asleep the cute lil' bit...

Also, my little sister played in the instrument contest. She played in the open (advanced) division for the first time this year.  I was so excited for her because I knew that she had been practicing so hard. My mom called me at the time that she went on and I got to listen to her play. It was so incredible. I cried when she was finished. I was so very sad that I couldn't be there, but I was happy to have been able to at least listen to her play. 

It's so dang hard to be away from home! I still have a good 7 weeks left before I get to leave here. If I'm lucky I get to see my family a little bit before then. I can't wait to be home...even though I'm going to be leaving again right after I get there. It's going to be different to be able to head home whenever I really need to. I just hope this homesickness takes a vacation sometimes soon. Until then, I'll just wrap up in my wooby and blog about it all...

When things become what they are not

Apparently, the post that I published yesterday about dealing with living with roommates was...misconstrued into me bashing my personal roommates and attempting to stir up trouble by asking people what annoys them about living with other people. 

I took down the post because people were offended by it and I'm not alrigjt with that. I don't want anyone to feel like they are being subject to...cyber bullying? On my blog. It was meant to be a humorous and relatable post. I wasn't targeting anyone or complaining about my roommates. I even began the post by saying that I liked them and that I gathered information from multiple sources about the difficulties of living in close quarters with another person. Or in our case, two other people. I even asked people about living with roommates outside of the military for the sake of having some good material to share with my readers. 

I just want to apologize to anyone who was offended by it or assumed that I was talking about them. That was not my intention and it upset me a little that people think I'm the type to talk crap about others behind their backs. I am not...I don't want to sit here all day defending myself when it was honestly just a general commentary, so I won't, but I wanted to be clear. 

I know that I'm not perfect. 

I have bad habits too.

I wake up my roommates before their alarms go off, I have an inability to put my shoes where they go, and I talk on the phone, probably too loud, with my family.   And I'm sure that they could complain anouy me all day! I have faults and so does everyone around me. My mission was to laugh about them together, but it didn't come across that way and for that I am sorry. 

It just goes to show that not everyone is going to like what you write. I wish that I didn't have to take it down, but out of respect for my roommates and anyone who felt like they were being made fun of I did it anyway. I hope that in the future I can be more conscious of the fact that sometimes people will take what you have to say and make it something that it's not and that becomes what it is. It's unfortunate, but it's true...