{"id":234,"date":"2009-08-10T18:07:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2009-08-10T18:07:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T00:07:53","slug":"honey%e2%80%a6-i-have-the-career-opportunity-of-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/honey%e2%80%a6-i-have-the-career-opportunity-of-a-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey\u2026 I Have the Career Opportunity of a Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week my husband called me at work and said he had the career opportunity of a lifetime to be 2nd<\/sup> in command on an important mission. <\/span>He was going to be deployed about 3 months; however, he had the opportunity to decline this mission since he hasn\u2019t been home from his last deployment for a full 7 months (the USMC entitles Marines to a 7-month period at home before deploying again). <\/span><\/p>\n

I felt a bit trapped when he asked me this. <\/span>If I said no, it would be selfish and seem as if I wasn\u2019t supporting his career. <\/span>But the thought of him leaving again so soon crushed me. <\/span>Also, I couldn\u2019t really comprehend why he would want to leave me again. <\/span><\/p>\n

I realize his mind isn\u2019t on the thought of leaving me, but on the thought of being the 2nd<\/sup> in command and having the opportunity to put his training into practice. <\/span>His dad once explained to me that passing up opportunities to deploy is like being a football player sitting on the bench and never getting the opportunity to play the game. <\/span>I guess that makes sense, but honestly, I don\u2019t think I will ever truly understand. <\/span>What about me? <\/span>What about the fact I have to stay home and continue my normal routine of work, volunteering, tending to the house and the dog? <\/span><\/p>\n

I did tell him it was fine with me to accept the mission; however, a day later I fully regretted my decision. <\/span>I got upset with him and explained that I didn\u2019t really feel I could say no. <\/span>He said that is exactly why he called and included me in the decision because he was prepared for me to say no. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, I don\u2019t feel I could have said no without carrying the weight of guilt on my shoulders knowing he passed up this opportunity because of me. <\/span>After all, I wouldn\u2019t want him to tell me that I had to pass up the career opportunity of a lifetime. <\/span><\/p>\n

So here we go again, deployment number 5 is looming in the near future. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week my husband called me at work and said he had the career opportunity of a lifetime to be 2nd in command on an important mission. He was going to be deployed about 3 months; however, he had the opportunity to decline this mission since he hasn\u2019t been home from his last deployment for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[95,219,49],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-deployment","category-relationship-changes","tag-career","tag-pre-deployment","tag-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}