I believe the biggest vulnerability is the fact that these shootings occur in places where carrying even with a permit is not allowed. That lets everyone know that people are vulnerable. A good guy with a gun is really the only thing that can beat a bad guy with a gun.  I look at gun control sort of like a restraining order. It’s nice to have, but what’s it really going to do for you? Not a thing, until the cops can get there. By the time someone is there to enforce the restraining order, it’s too late. The restraining order can deter many people, but in the case that it doesn’t work, you still have to be able to protect yourself. You can’t rely on the restraining order, because those that we need to protect ourselves against are the ones who won’t follow the restraining order. Same with gun control. It’s nice to have, to encourage correct behavior, but you can’t rely on it, because gun control really only restricts the people who follow the laws in the first place. We need to be able to defend ourselves, our friends, and our families … anywhere and everywhere, against those that don’t follow laws.  If they would start airing the times when a good guy(girl) with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun, people might start to understand the consequences of their fears. Being afraid for people to possess weapons really only heightens your vulnerability to danger. Look at all of the occurrences where someone who posed a threat was shot down before they could injure citizens by someone who was either off duty or concealed carrying.

WHAT IS A COP’S WIFE?

A cop’s wife is a woman who is married to a man who is “married” to his job, his partner, and his badge. A cop’s wife can usually be found cooking breakfast at midnight, picking up his uniform at the cleaners, and spending nights alone.

A cops wife must be a good listener, not questioning him. She must be understanding when he goes our for a beer with his buddies, doesn’t feel like taking her to the movies, or has an exam to study for.

A cop’s wife must live with shift work, lonely holidays, bad jokes, ulcers and alcohol, bulletproof vests, and fixed incomes. She is used to words like rape, robbery, assault, and child abuse. She is familiar with night school, stakeouts, overtime and being on her own.

Most women are not born or raised to be a cop’s wife; it is something that they have chosen to do. Some can and others cannot. She will spend each day learning, listening to, and loving a man that few people respect and most others hate. 

A cop’s wife mans beds, breakfasts, and love to a man who spends more time with junkies, hookers, informants, pimps, and partners than he does her. She attends dinners, meetings, and sometimes funerals.

A cop’s wrife watches as the man she loves grows old before his time, watches him become cold and unfeeling, but she will remain his friend, wife and lover. She will always be these things to him, but she also knows he is first, A COP.

When a wife kisses him as he leaves for work, she will make a slient wish that he will return to her. And everytime there is a knock at the door, she will pray it is not the Chief of Police and her husbands partner coming to say kind things about her husband, how brave he was, how dedicated he was. 

Being a cop’s wife means lots of trust, love, and worry, but when he says, “I love you,” it makes it all worthwhile.

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Hasn’t anyone else had migraines?? :( it’s so bad… it hurts so bad… and there’s just so much to it… i can’t take this… it’s so embarassing that i can’t focus and that i can’t do what i’m supposed to do when i have an attack…i hate this.

Will I ever stop feeling bad?? :’(

I’m actually getting sick of so many of the mlitary wives I have on my page saying that Obama is against the military because he is downsizing it…   No president is perfect, no president makes all the best decisions… and I won’t say that Obama is perfect or right in everything or most things that he does…. But this is one argument that drives me insane… because the only people I hear saying “If you are connected to the military, how can you vote for Obama?” are military wives.  My response to that is “If you are connected to the military, obviously you aren’t paid much, obviously you aren’t rich, so how could you vote for Romney?”  It works the same way… those aren’t the only considerations to take, right…?  We don’t make our deicsions based on one aspect of the person running. Do you realize that when he makes decisions FOR the people, he is criticized for not making decisions regarding the buget? - But NOW, he’s making decisisons for the budget, and you want to take it as a personal slap in the face.  You, as an individual military spouse, or your spouse who actually serves, is not the primary concern when deciding whether to downsize… that’s just crazy talk.  He has to think about the nation as a whole, and what our needs are.  No one is against you for wanting the best for our military… it’s good that you want the best for the military…. I am against you for thinking that Romney was for sure THE best solution and Obama is FOR SURE the fall of our nation… He’s already been there four years, and we’re better than we were… even if we’re not much better, we’re certainly not worse. The military is still THERE and is still going to be there - assuming that everyone stops saying “I’m not serving under Obama” and remembers that you’re supposed to serve your country for your friends and family to protect your freedoms and not just to support your CoC. You’ll have bosses you don’t like or don’t agree with in life.  Boycotting them and throwing tantrums will result in NO change whatsoever. I know that all military wives don’t always understand budgeting and all, but it consists of cutting unnecessary spending and only spending where necessary… Downsizing is not a total elimination of our military and it also doesn’t imply that we’ll be weak. Obama cutting costs isn’t an insult to the military; he does support the military. Please excuse him for not taking each and everyone of YOU into consideration when he made the decision to downsize. If your man is a good performing marine/solder/etc and WANTS to serve, he WILL still reenlist. It’s cut backs that allow those who want out to get out to get out and doesn’t allow those that are poor performers to reenlist. Superfluous spending isn’t the best for our nation right now. We need a strong military but we don’t need a surplus of military. They’re not going to hire 15 people when they only need 10 just to help out those other 5 families… so I’m sorry if you take downsizing as a slap in the face, but no job is ever guaranteed and no one is ENTITLED to be in the military or any other position. When your life has been military for so long you forget what it’s like to be out in the civilian world getting jobs in an at-will state.  ”Oh no! Our stability of a military life won’t be here anymore.”  Then, you’re stuck getting a regular job and paying for your home and insurance like everyone else…  It may suck, but you won’t be any worse off than the rest of the country. Military members are spoiled because of their contracts; guaranteed pay, guaranteed benefits; guaranteed job for a certain period of time - AND who else pays a man for getting married!? Getting out is sometimes a slap in the face by reality… but just because the President isn’t milking certain military families entitlement issues doesn’t mean he doesn’t support the military or doesn’t support you. It means he supports America. This is one argument that is getting old.

By Mayo Clinic staff

Prodrome
One or two days before a migraine, you may notice subtle changes that may signify an oncoming migraine, including:

• Constipation - definitely check
• Depression - check
• Diarrhea - check
• Food cravings -  most definitely check
• Hyperactivity - check
• Irritability - most definitely check
• Neck stiffness - check check

Aura
Most people experience migraine headaches without aura. Auras are usually visual but can also be sensory, motor or verbal disturbances. Each of these symptoms typically begins gradually, builds up over several minutes, then commonly lasts for 10 to 30 minutes. Examples of aura include:

• Visual phenomena, such as seeing various shapes, bright spots or flashes of light - check
• Vision loss - fuzzy? 
• Pins and needles sensations in an arm or leg - just arms
• Speech or language problems - heavy tongue

Less commonly, an aura may be associated with aphasia or limb weakness (hemiplegic migraine).

Attack
When untreated, a migraine typically lasts from four to 72 hours, but the frequency with which headaches occur varies from person to person. You may have migraines several times a month or much less frequently. During a migraine, you may experience some of the following symptoms:

• Pain on one side of your head - yep
• Pain that has a pulsating, throbbing quality - yep
• Sensitivity to light, sounds and sometimes smells - yes, especially light and sound
• Nausea and vomiting - nausea and dizziness
• Blurred vision - yep yep
• Diarrhea - no
• Lightheadedness, sometimes followed by fainting - yep

Postdrome
The final phase — known as postdrome — occurs after a migraine attack, when you may feel drained and washed out, though some people report feeling mildly euphoric. yep….

When to see a doctor
Migraine headaches are often undiagnosed and untreated. If you regularly experience signs and symptoms of migraine attacks, keep a record of your attacks and how you treated them. Then make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your headaches and decide on a treatment plan.

Even if you have a history of headaches, see your doctor if the pattern changes or your headaches suddenly feel different.

See your doctor immediately or go to the emergency room if you have any of the following signs and symptoms, which may indicate other, more serious medical problems:

• An abrupt, severe headache like a thunderclap (definitely think I’ve had these if I’m not mistaken on what they are - hits you like a ton of bricks and a thousand needles out of no where and lingers for hours)
• Headache with fever, stiff neck, rash, mental confusion, seizures, double vision, weakness, numbness or trouble speaking - I feel like I have a fever today from my headache… I have been really fuzzy and dazed, the dazed was worse yesterday… and my vision was definitely doubled yesterday and earlier today… I couldn’t speak well, I had a heavy tongue and sounded drunk.. my class mates thought I’d had too much medicine… I also kept falling over in class and couldn’t keep myself up right.
• Headache after a head injury, especially if the headache gets worse
• A chronic headache that is worse after coughing, exertion, straining or a sudden movement - my headaches always get a lot worse when i move, walk, climb stairs..etc
• New headache pain if you’re older than 50