Saturday, November 12, 2005
Hey, Navy:
In the middle of a three-day Veteran’s Day here and YM is deep into her annual cleaning of Lara’s room. Did you know there’s carpet in there? I’d heard rumors, but to actually see the floor (she’s gonna be ticked when she reads this).
We just walked over to the middle school to look at their Veteran’s Day memorial and, as you can see, they did a Vietnam War memorial wall this year. Many of the students did current pictures of their favorite veterans versus using the internet or the school library. It was nice to see someone who served in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam with their arm around a student.
And I hope that someone mentioned to you that you are now a member of this 'Band of Brothers' that has served our country. I won’t patronize or embarrass you because you’re living with the reality of military while all of us are out here watching and waiting. All I will say is welcome and thank you.
From the News of the Weird:
"As traditionally domineering husbands reach retirement age in Japan, the wives of as many as half of them may suffer some degree of Retired Husband Syndrome (rashes, ulcers, other stress symptoms), according to an October Washington Post dispatch. Said one morose, 63-year-old woman, "I had developed my own life, my own way of doing things, in the years when he was [working long hours]," but, she told the Post, she now can't stand even to look at her husband across the dinner table and sits at an angle so she can stare out a window instead. According to psychiatrists treating RHS, the numbers may soon explode further unless husbands lower their expectations of spousal servitude. [Washington Post, 10-16-05]
All my love,
Air Force
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