Sometimes, I feel like my husband is packing his bags before
I ever get all of his clothes washed from the last trip. Our deployment cycle can be difficult without
the right outlook, attitude, and support system. I still remember the sage words of a dear
friend a few days before Ben left for his first trip with the 319th,
“Be prepared Paula, because if can go wrong [or break, or die, or
catastrophically explode…] while your husband is gone, IT WILL.”
I also
remember telling her I thought I was ready...
Well, at least I had the right attitude.
I've had hot water heaters stop working, hot water heaters EXPLODE, air conditioners die, washing machines fill my washroom with water, breaker boxes spark, rear differentials nearly break in half (twice), my rent house go in to foreclosure, discovered my [different] rent house was half eaten by termites, been accused of stealing a thousand dollar appliance from Best Buy (of all places), lived through two bouts of -THAT- stomach virus, and feared the baby may not make it through the weekend when RSV took hold of her little lungs.
...and I did all of it when my best friend was somewhere else because his job takes him all over the world to protect all of us. Notice, I said I did it. We made it through it all and I imagine we'll make it through the next list that's just as long.
I came across the next bit on a website and it made me laugh...
Murphy's laws
If anything can go
wrong, it will.
Corollary:
It can
Corollary:
It should
MacGillicuddy’s
Corollary: At the most inopportune time
If there is a
possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most
damage will be the one to go wrong.
Extreme
version: If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that
will cause the most damage will be the FIRST to go wrong.
If anything just cannot
go wrong, it will anyway.
If you perceive that
there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent
these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
Corollary:
It will be impossible to fix the fifth fault without breaking the fix on one or
more of the others.
Murphy's Law of
Thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Things get worse under pressure.
Quantization Revision of
Murphy's Laws
Everything goes wrong all at once.
Everything goes wrong all at once.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Love,
me
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