E-mail from me to Blaine: “Hey, just fyi, April 7th is the PTO thing, Donuts with Dad at the school. I know we’ve only got one kid left in elementary, but I’m sure Kendrie would enjoy if you could take her. So tell your secrectary you’ll be in late that day and not to schedule you [...]
Today marks a momentous day here in the Escoe household, momentous indeed …. the day that *I* have to get my lazy ass up out of bed and get the kids off to school. See, I’ve gotten quite spoiled since Blaine quit working last summer. Although we both get up in the mornings with the [...]
So, like I’m sure many of you remember (because Lord knows I complained about it long enough) Blaine was given a medical retirement this summer. “Given a medical retirement” is the phrase of choice for me right now, because it sounds so much more positive and hopeful than “screwed out of his career and forced [...]
A few days before we were to leave on our cruise, Blaine called me at home to tell me there was a job fair that day on the base, and to ask what I thought of him attending …. “Why would you need to go to a job fair? You’re not looking for a job.” [...]
Lt. Colonel Blaine E. Escoe(very much still alive, in case the title gave you the wrong idea ….) I’m not really sure how to write this post without sounding bitter and resentful and angry and hurt — because those are all adjectives that describe me right now — and have for a while. (I suppose [...]
I meant to write about this back when we moved and I first noticed it, and then I got busy, doing … um…. important stuff. Like …well ….. you know, just stuff. Then I wanted to do it in March to actually commemorate the *real* five year anniversary, and then got busy, what with the [...]
Wow, Sam, happy anniversary to you! Who would have ever thought, twenty years ago, that I would be writing to you on such a momentous occasion? Twenty years ago TODAY, you, me, and Blaine embarked on quite the little adventure, didn’t we? Twenty years of ups and downs (mainly ups, thank goodness) and excitement and [...]
As you know, we’ve been gearing up for Blaine’s possible retirement from the military and our subsequent move back to OK. Although we didn’t have any of the teeny tiny specifics ironed out, like whether or not he would have a J.O.B., and whether or not we would have any M.O.N.E.Y., we were hopeful things [...]
All this talk about winning and losing reminds me of a story about Blaine, shortly after he graduated college. Like I’ve mentioned previously, he attended college through his university’s ROTC program so the Air Force would help pay some of his school expenses. Since he is one of those annoying people who has always known [...]