Childcare: Most of my friends at different Army posts keep mentioning their free daycare while their spouse is deployed. It seems that most people get 16 free hours of care to use each month while their spouse is gone. They had this at Ft. Sill. You could use the free hours as you pleased during the month. Here they do give free childcare, but only on two scheduled days a month: Friday Night Out and Super Saturday. So it isn't like I can use it any day I choose, and to be honest Friday and Saturday aren't the days I usually need/want care. Also, we've all heard how even when I call two weeks ahead of my meetings, hourly care is usually booked for when I need, so I'd bet that the Friday/Saturday during the month books up fast.
Homecoming: Not so happy that I have to take a bus to get to the hangar for homecoming but I'll deal. They say to get to the hangar 2 hours early. I think it's a little silly that we get reunited with our spouses for 20 minutes and then separated again for them to turn in weapons and do the personnel stuff. So they say after I ride the bus back to my car alone and drive to the tents at the next location, I could possibly wait two more hours for him to come back again. I think Ft. Sill had the homecoming ceremonies and business associated with them down really well.
Holiday Gift Wrapping: I signed our FRG up for the Holiday Gift Wrapping Fundraiser at the PX. I did it a few times back in Ft. Sill, so I figured it wouldn't be that different. Thankfully this year at Ft. Campbell they are NOT requiring us to take a class before the wrapping (yes, seriously last year they did a class), but since they aren't doing a class they will not be providing scissors, tape, bows, etc. That is a little weird. And the money is not divided as fairly as it is at Ft. Sill, but whatever.
Medical Care: Now normally I'm not one to complain about the medical care because so far I have nothing really bad to say about the health care provided at the posts I've been to. However, today I was a bit annoyed with BACH. It ends up that the Holiday Gift Wrapping mentioned above is set for the day of Ryan's well-baby visit. Since I'm the FRG leader I can't very well tell the group we are fundraising and then not show up. So I had to cancel Ryan's appointment that was scheduled for Dec 10. The next appointment they have for him is Christmas Eve. Yes I'm calling Nov. 12, and the best they can give me is Christmas Eve. Ryan would be about 13 months then. I'm obviously not bringing him in for shots on Christmas Eve, so now I'm stuck waiting. I'm going to call tomorrow and try to speak to a supervisor. It is a bit ridiculous though.
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