Stranger things have happened…

First let me say I am sorry for laying a little low last week. I was very sick for the first few days and then on Thursday of last week I started taking combat Aikido from a retired Special Forces Veteran in town. My butt has been sufficiently kicked in many, many ways for the past week and a half. My upper-respiratory infection is all gone thanks to antibiotics, but my muscles are screaming in pain — which is a good thing.

So, what strange thing has happened? I had a good old-fashioned, nerdy snort-laugh when I got my invitation and materials (maps, local info) for Nate’s graduation from BCT at Ft. Jackson in the mail yesterday. He graduated, what, about 4-months ago? I love it. Ah, what did Blue Star Mother’s do before the invention of the Internet where they could look up information and make to military graduations on time?

Be on the lookout. I have two podcast interviews for our Spouse and Family segment this month. I have one with a tactical defense trainer who talked with me about how a military wife can defend herself if she is caught somewhere without an obvious weapon. What can she do if she hears the dreaded “bump in the night” while her husband is deployed? He gives a lot of great advice.

The next podcast interview will be with Julie Negron of Jenny Spouse — the only cartoon by, for and about military spouses! I will give you the date for both of these broadcasts soon — the first one on self-defense will be within the next couple of days.