This is how you know you are a military brat trying to learn the "lingo".
I was picking Marissa up for a Orthodontic appointment last week and while in the car chatting the following conversation occured.
Marissa: Mom, we are not having a Christmas Dance this year at the school like we did for Halloween. Can you believe that?
Me: Why? It seems like so much fun, Did somebody do something and mess it all up for the rest of you?
Marissa: Well, actually the DJ is active duty and he UPS'd...
I lost it, I could just imagine him in a little box!
To my non-military friends and family what she was trying to say was "He PCS'd" meaning "Permanent Change of Station". Military families do this on an average EVERY 2.5 years, it is a WELL known term and used often with-in the military, I guess just not quite often enough around Sis.
Love ya girl! You will get the hang of it soon enough, welcome the the Marine Corps baby.
1 comment:
OMG ups'd how funny!!
Yes, I design digital too crazy!! Good to finally hear from you!!! I stopped at the other blog awhile back the one you wrote on the matchbook :D
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