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Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Do you ever get freaked out at night?
I'm a wuss when it comes to bumps in the night. I literally have a night light, and when Alex is on a trip, I always lie awake, listening for intruders. And we live on the second floor of an apartment building--I can't imagine living in a big house with lots of windows on the first floor. You guys with houses are my heroes!
If you ever get freaked out, too, here's a great tip: "Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button of your car." Smart!
Do you ever get spooked in the night? Or do you not really think about it?
Remember this awesome lock?
P.S. I would DIE if this were my shower curtain, and the scariest movie ever.
(Top photo from istock, and the house photo by Scott Frances)
235 comments:
This post has perfect timing! My fiance travels all the time (he plays baseball professionally) and our bedroom is on the first floor...I have been known to sleep with his bats next to my side of the bed, and last night, I refused to open the blinds for a breeze bc I was convinced someone would walk up to the window and look in. Glad he's coming home from a roadtrip tonight! haha
ReplyDeleteI definitely get freaked out when my husband isn't home. I've been afraid of the dark and sleeping alone since I was a little kid, and even though a movie helps me get to sleep, it's not the same as knowing that there is someone else next to me to fight off the monsters if there are any!
Glad to know I'm not alone!i don't like to admit that i'm the biggest wuss when it comes to sleeping alone. i am now if my husband's out of town, and i was when i lived at home with my parents. i went to a safety seminar a while back (weird?) and one tip was to put a "beware of dog" sign on your fence or front porch and/or an alarm sign on your window even if you don't have a dog or an alarm. the idea is that you're creating more of a risk for someone who'd consider breaking in.
ReplyDelete- Anonymous1:36 PM
if you're alone at night in a creaky old house (like mine) it's so awesome to have a great big german shepherd keeping watch! It always makes me sleep peacefully knowing he's right on the floor next to the bed with big radar ears constantly twitching at the smallest peep! He roams around at night, doing his nightwatch rounds in different rooms, and I feel totally secure!!
ReplyDelete I always freak out and can't sleep when my husband is out of town, so I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one! I realize my fears are irrational, but still it's so hard for me not to be anxious. I will say that since we've gotten our dog, it's helped a ton because she really helps to calm my nerves and give me something else to focus my energy on. Even though I'm pretty sure she would be absolutely useless as a guard dog if an intruder actually came in, it's still nice to know she's there. The car keys tip is a great idea though!!
ReplyDeleteJoanna, this tip comes at the perfect time! I am spending this weekend alone and am already dreading sleeping alone. I generally stay up until I can really not keep my eyes open and exhaustion has totally overcome me. The car keys will be right next to me, along with my cell phone and a bat :)
ReplyDeleteAlways! I thought that as I got older it would get easier but nope...it is worse! Now I live in the woods (literally) and I don't think a soul would hear my car alarm. My remedy is just trying to relax and rationalize until I fall back to sleep. And drink a super big glass of vino right before bed! :)
www.dinamorrison.wordpress.com- Sarah H.1:41 PM
My husband is a firefighter, so sleeping alone is a normal occurrence for me, as their shifts are for 24 hours at a time. Sometimes I get freaked out, mostly not though. Having a dog is comforting—if he's not reacting to a nose, I don't get concerned. Plus, I'm really careful what I watch on nights when I'm alone. No cop shows, scary movies, etc. No need to invite fear, I figure. Mostly, I've gotten used to being alone (with daughter and dog) in the house, so it's no big deal any more.
ReplyDelete I am so afraid of being home alone! Even during the day time or when my boyfriend is on his way home and I get in before him. I'm always afraid someone's hiding in my closet or under my bed. It got a lot worse after my apartment was robbed, now it seems like it's not so far-fetched.
I don't have a car since I live in New York too but that's a great idea. (And being at my parents house in the suburbs is way more scary! Can't write off the noises as someone in the apartment upstairs!) Maybe I could find an app that makes an alarm noise! I like to play the TV really loud so I don't hear any of the noises that usually freak me out.- Chantel1:46 PM
I am such a chicken! I'm find when my husband is with me but whenever he goes away on business (which is often enough) I feel like I'm five years old! Every bump in the night makes me jump, it takes me forever to go to bed because I'm afraid to sleep in the dark by myself...I even let my dog sleep with me when I'm alone!
And yes, it is harder to be brave when you live in a house than an apartment...at least in my apt. I felt like there was that extra layer of security :) - LC Taylor1:47 PM
I lived alone for about 4 years, so I got over my scaredy-catness a long time ago, but now that I'm married and have been sharing a bed with someone for 5 years, I find I just don't sleep well with him not there. It's like I only go half to sleep, listening for him to come home or something - even if he's away on business and isn't coming home that night. I'm a weirdo, I guess. I just feel better when he's next to me. :)
ReplyDelete funny that you should do this post. cause I do get scared and not that I no longer live in NYC and now in a big house with windows and doors everywhere, especially on the first floor, I am a wreck when I'm sleeping alone. My 2 year old breaths so loud and so I often mistake his sleeping sounds accross the hall for bad news. The truth is I've seen too many scary movies and watched the news too much. I jut miss NYC cause I never felt scared cause there was always noise.... Now its just too quiet. I like your idea of having the car alarm handy. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe just moved to a new apartment in an old house, and I woke up on our first night there convinced that the house was haunted! I don't usually believe in those sorts of things, but somehow in the middle of the night, all of the events of our day seemed to mirror the lead up to any horror movie...!
ReplyDeleteI get so freaked out when I'm all alone in my house. I have to run quickly to the bathroom if I have to pee in the middle of the night, but isn't it weird how a lot of us feel safe in our beds? As soon as I'm safe under my covers I am wayyy less afraid.
regardless.. i prefer when my partner is home FOR SURE!This is amazing and SO funny. It almost gives me peace of mind that I'm not the only one like this!
I always think "Why can't I outgrow this and be a strong grownup woman?"
Whenever my boyfriend leaves for work I play something by David Attenborough on Netflix so I can bring it to bed on the laptop. His voice is so soothing and friendly and the visuals are relaxing. The Jungle one (with all the colorful, happy birds), or the Shallow Waters (dolphins!) from Planet Earth are the best (even the deep ocean one scares me a bit with all the darkness and strange animals! haha!)
Thanks for this great post Joanna!Oh man. We just bought a house after living in an apartment for years, and it's made me super neurotic. There's so much more space -- so many more doors and windows to have to worry about. When I'm getting ready to go to sleep, every little noise is basically a potential burglar. Luckily we have dogs, and I know they'd flip out if someone ever broke in. Still, I keep a few big clubs under the bed just in case. I am such a scaredy cat.
ReplyDeletethe car keys by the bed is a good idea, but usually the hub has the car with him when he's away... so... i'll just be glad i have the giant nutter to be on watch.
scariest thing though... sometimes he sleep howls... and that my dear is terrifying if you are in the house by yourself... it's such a mornful, spooky howl too...
*shivers*I don't live in a big city, but in a town just outside one. I almost never think about it.
I did once think maybe I should keep my purse next to my bed instead of by the front door, but on the other hand if someone broke in thru the door maybe it would be better if they just took my purse and left instead of looking for it!When my boyfriend is out of town or something, I cannot go to sleep. I lie awake in bed with Netflix on my laptop and all my closet lights on. Then I 'watch' pointless movies until my eyes glaze over and the clock hits a nice 6 am, then I pass out! It's so sad but true. Ps. That shower curtain is terrifying! Hell no!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first comment because this totally hit home for me! My husband travels for work all the time, and I always freak out. Like you, we are on the 2nd floor, but there is a stairway outside our bedroom window. Since I love crime shows (hellllo L&O:SVU), I let my imagination get the best of me and lay there looking at the window, expecting someone to tap on it! I hate it! Glad I'm not alone.. err.. the only one that thinks this way. Absolutely love your blog, Jo. xxx
ReplyDeleteAs everyone has been saying - I'm glad I'm not alone! I have two roommates and a boyfriend so I'm rarely alone but when I am, I cannot sleep AT ALL. I like the car key idea but I am on the third floor of an apartment building? Any other tips? Wine helps sometimes and a little benedrayl. I also like yall's ideas about watching something soothing or funny right before bed. I swear, 48 Hour Mystery ruined me!! No more of that!
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you! When I was little, our house was broken into three times and so my father gave each of the kids (there are six of us) a different weapon to keep by our bed (this was Massachusetts in the 80's- parenting could get away with stuff like that then.). No guns, but I had nunchucks( at age eight!!) and one of my brother's had a machete (!!!). We find this incredibly hilarious now, but I can't imagine what that scene would have looked like if an intruder made the mistake of breaking into our house at night: Six crazy Italian kids + our dad wielding weapons. These days, I have our 90 pound dog with a loud bark and his stinky gas to ward off an intruder if my husband ever goes away for the night.
p.s. I like the idea for the car key panic alarm!- Olivia2:11 PM
Oh yes, I'm quite good at terrify myself thanks to my vivid imagination & horror movies.
When being home alone, I avoid looking on the ceiling as I could picture someone hanging there; then I won't take a bath in the evening, as closing eyes makes me even more insecured, if I have to, I take a shower without closing shower curtain & keep checking on door & window. I don't look at mirror neither, as the reflection might stare back, like in Black Swan you know. Hahaha I'm so lame, I know.
Well, I eat something sweet & watch comedy, the sillier the better, to get my nerve out of it. It usually works. :D So glad to know that I'm not alone in my irrational fears of things that go bump in the night! While we live in a neighborhood, we have a large field/wooded area behind the house. So, whenever my husband travels, my kids and I have 'slumber parties.' Luckily we have an attached bath to our master bedroom because not only do I lock the door, I wedge a chair underneath it as well! My kids think its cool getting to sleep in our room and I sleep better knowing that they are close in case of an emergency. Oh, I also have my cell phone and car keys next to me on the nightstand!!
ReplyDeleteI used to live by myself and was usually fine since my floor was really quiet and I was in one of the corner units on the second floor, so I felt safer. But now that I'm married and so used to having someone else there that when I don't my imagination becomes my worst nightmare and I have to leave the light on by my bed when I go to sleep and close the bedroom door (in case someone gets in I have an extra few seconds to hide). Silly, I know but oh well. :)
ReplyDeleteI live alone half time, with my kids half time, in an apartment. I used to be more freaked out but I think you get used to it after a while! Sometimes my mind will wander to ghosts or supernatural things (for some reason, never actual physical people!) but I just talk myself out of it or flip on E!. ;)
ReplyDeleteI hate sleeping alone when my boyfriend is away. I usually go upstairs really early on and settle in as I hate closing the house down and turning off the lights downstairs when I'm by myself. It's always when the crazy person turns up in the movies! Thankfully we live in a terraced house (a house attached on either side) and the old lady next door listens to her radio really loud as she's a bit deaf and lives alone, so I feel a bit more reassured that there is someone there. Even if she is 80!
ReplyDeleteLast year I had a weird period of freaking out, for no reason though...At least I couldn't name one. I'm fine now, no problem sleeping alone, being alone or doing anything alone really :) My partner in crime often has to work late night shifts but that is ok with me...I work all day and night on my jewelry so I keep myself busy, no time to freak out :)) LOL
www.jasminblancboutique.blogspot.comI just forwarded a link to this post to my husband and told him to read the comments- just so he knows I am NOT crazy! I hate when he is gone, especially in the summer because we cool the house (which is a ranch) using a house fan, which is loud; this makes me think there is a man in the house because the fan drowns out any "bumps in the night." Last summer I was pregnant and my husband was away and it took me an hour to work up the nerve to go to the kitchen for a snack in the middle of the night even though I was STARVING.
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant. We had a home invasion last year and it shook me up for a really long time.
Took me a great deal of work to feel safe in my home. Now my daughter and I live alone and I feel better with my room on the bottom floor, and she's upstairs.
I'm TOTALLY doing this car thing... that's for sure! <3 Thanks!I'm afraid of almost anything, so of course I'm afraid of sleeping alone or being alone at my own home! But what about sleeping alone in a hotel of a new city! That is scary! I used to travel a lot on my own(thank God I found a new job!) and most of the time I was scared to death and nights were awful! :-S
ReplyDeleteWhenever I travel without my husband or kids I get all freaked in my hotel rooms. I double check the door is locked a half dozen times, check the windows and yes I'm always convinced someone has snuck into the room while I'm out and is hiding in the closet or under the bed so I check those too.
Who checks behind the shower curtains? That would be me!
Not a fan of sleeping alone.- Anonymous2:37 PM
I go to bed really late when hubby isnt here, I leave lights on and have to make sure Ive bolted the garden gate/house door about 8pm, just so I know its done. It freaks me out him not being here. I also have a golf club under my bed, not that I think I would ever use it. My only comfort is we stay in a safe neighbourhood and a good friend of ours is a local police officer and I know keeps an eye on the house when hubby is away.
ReplyDelete - Anonymous2:37 PM
I go to bed really late when hubby isnt here, I leave lights on and have to make sure Ive bolted the garden gate/house door about 8pm, just so I know its done. It freaks me out him not being here. I also have a golf club under my bed, not that I think I would ever use it. My only comfort is we stay in a safe neighbourhood and a good friend of ours is a local police officer and I know keeps an eye on the house when hubby is away.
ReplyDelete Oh yes, wholeheartedly freaked out sleeping alone in my house.
My fiance has been working nightshift for the past few weeks and I'm getting the worst sleep of my life. I've added nightlights upstairs and heard about the car key thing too, but it's so hard and scary!
I also have the keep the shower curtain slightly open while I'm in there so that I can see out the whole time, just in case...Sleeping alone is the absolute worst. My husband is a resident and spends many hours at the hospital, so this happens too often. Having been broken into the morning after a night I've spent solo, I'm a wreck.
I especially hate when I'm alone and our dog growls at every. little. noise. I'm certain she must sense my fear!I'm 100% wimp, I even hate coming and going to and from my house in the dark alone. When my significant other is away, I will use it as an excuse to go visit my mom or something. I'm trying to face this head-on right now, as my significant other is a musician and about to go on tour for 6 whole weeks with no breaks. AHHH!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! You are not alone with sleeping with a night light on. When my hubby travels for work, even though I have 2 puppies who will bark if anyone is near our place, I sleep with a light on. I'm scared of bumps in the night, just in case! Plus, I don't have perfect vision so if I wake to any sounds, I freak out if I can't see clearly especially in the dark. I'm always worried that by the time I reach over for my glasses, it will be too late! The panic button on the car keys is great tip!!
xxMost break-ins are crimes of opportunity. If you take away the opportunity your risk is lowered dramatically. In a house, keep the exterior light on at every door ALL NIGHT LONG. Locking doors is a no-brainer, but use a deadbolt... most standard door locks can be jimmied with a credit card. Keep first floor windows closed & locked at night. Keep landscape trimmed back, don't leave ladders and such outside (duh). Force that thief to find a different target. Personally, I also keep a small can of pepper spray attached to the headboard of my bed (out of sight) with a little bit of velcro, just for added peace of mind!
ReplyDelete30 years ago my mom lived in the same apartment I live in now, and one time a guy did break in and she woke up to him standing over her bed. He hit her, she screamed and started shouting, and he ran. She'd been working on the apt. all day and a lot of lights were on and a door was left open. Conveniently, she didn't tell me that story until the week I moved in. Thanks, mom! I definitely check all the doors every night, and I have a very alert dog and I even keep an eye on my cat when I think I hear something, because his ears are way better than mine and I can tell when he picks up on something.
After watching a scary movie or TV show I definitely peek out of the shower every few moments and make sure the dog is still sleeping or playing and hasn't heard anything. I know animals are not foolproof, but there's no better security blanket!This is so me! Every noise or movement in the house when I'm home alone, I'm like what was that! It's worse at night because you can't tell if someone is waiting under your bed or something! hahaha turning on all the lights is always a good idea haha x
http://currentlylovingblog.blogspot.com/- Anja3:01 PM
I feel the same! But! A friend of mine once explained to me whyit is best to live on the first floor instead of further up. These are her very good points. 1. In case of a fire you can get out very fast. But if you live on the top floor you almost never get out fast enough. 2. If someone tries to break into your front door you can just jump out of the window.
ReplyDelete oh goodness i can relate to this! i live with my boyfriend who keeps late work hours and often crashes on the couch in order to avoid waking me in the middle of the night, light sleeper that i am. but, i am also in the midst of this awful phase of night terrors, meaning i'll wake up alone in bed convinced i'm being hunted by some serial killer and often start believing that the vase on our dresser is actually a killer waiting in our bedroom. it's a hot mess! restful sleep, free from worry and fear is at the forefront of my priorities right now. to rid myself of these crazy dreams i'm trying out meditation before bedtime to help put my mind in a relaxing state. that and no more crime dramas (that's you Dexter and Criminal Minds) before bedtime.
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful for this post and to see so many people who feel like me!
I live at home with my mum right now and I get so frightened! Even with her in the house! It feels so silly but as soon as my light goes out I start to feel anxious. I still check under the bed and in my wardrobe before sleeping!I've been living in Africa for the last 2 years and we've been robbed several times (luckily, we haven't been home when it happened.) My husband often spends a week at a time away and I HATE it. I take my laptop to bed and put on a movie or a shoe just to drown out any 'noises' as I'm a bit paranoid. I also lock my bedroom door, keep my phone beside the bed and have 2 night guards in my yard (although they are usually sleeping before I am so I'm not sure how much help they are!)
ReplyDeleteI love the silence and the darkness, can't get enough of it.
/ Avy
♥- Martha3:24 PM
This post is perfect timing for me! I'm moving to Toronto for grad school in the fall and I'm considering living alone for the first time. I know I will love all the privacy during the day but I'm nervous that I'll be too scared at night and I'll never sleep!! (I sleep with a night light too, I'm with ya!)
ReplyDelete - Allie3:40 PM
I hate sleeping in my house alone, but I have a gun in my nightstand, just in case (I don't have kids so there's no concern there). I know how to use it and actually practice at a range pretty regularly. It does help to calm me down when I know I'll be able to defend myself in a worst-case scenario.
ReplyDelete Doesn't anyone just keep a gun beside the bed anymore? I'm kidding... I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack anyway.
I'm fairly certain my car alarm won't work from my bedroom, but it is a good tip! Or just keep a loud air horn by your bed.
I live out in the sticks, so usually when there is a bump in the night, it's just some little furry critter causing ruckus. You get used to it!Oh yes... I am a total wimp as well. I used to live alone and EVERY night I'd get freaked out. I'd check the locks a million times and worry that someone would still get in to kill me. I'd also check all the closets and any potential hiding places... I had a whole system. Yeah it sounds loony, I know. And this is all while living in a high rise with pretty good security! I also kept a knife and hammer by my bed :)
I am much better now that I spend every night with my bf. He hasn't had to spend a night away in over a year now so I am totally not used to sleeping alone... I am a bit scared for when he does go on a trip.
I know it's a bit crazy but I guess that's just one of my quirks...I have a hard time going to sleep when my husband isn't home but not necessarily because I'm anxious. There's just no closure to my day when he isn't here. No one to say goodnight to or go to sleep beside. There is a normal rhythm that is lost without him. I always end up staying up very late and finally going to sleep when I can barely keep my eyes open.
ReplyDeleteme too :( in hotel rooms, i leave the room light & toilet light (cos dunno whos hiding in there) plus TV on!!!!! I mute the sound.. it's horrible i waste so much electricity!
I have friends who can only sleep when its completely dark.
At home, i have a morbid fear while facing the door sleeping... the door has to be closed n i imagine things until i fall asleep!I have been living along for quite some time now - don't really have an issue sleeping alone...however, have moved houses a couple of times and I never sleep well on the first day! :) Also, I can't watch a horror movie...I used to be able to do that but since I started living alone, I can't get myself to watch any of the horror movies. My friends dragged me to watch Paranormal Activity 3 and I sat through the whole movie with my eyes closed! :)
ReplyDeletePerfect timing for this post- I was awake all night last night because my dog started growling in the middle of the night. AND my husband was home! But he's such a heavy sleeper I worry he would sleep through an intrusion, so its up to me to save us! I have always been like this, I never stay alone. If I know he has to go somewhere, I invite a girlfriend over for a sleepover. They understand my fears and happily comply. The only place I actually felt safe was when I lived in a massive building in NYC oddly enough. I always felt like, what are the odds someone would choose my apartment, on the 10th floor, out of all of these? Plus that deadbolt was no joke.
ReplyDeleteA couple months ago, I was house-sitting for a neighbor. I made the mistake of watching the film The Woman in Black at the movies the first night I had to sleep at their house. I was freaked all night long - not only is their house huge, but they also had a rocking chair in their bedroom just like in the film!
ReplyDeletei am a total baby when it comes to sleeping alone. my husband and i both alternate working nights, and when he is at work at night i pretty much stay awake as long as i can and sleep with the lights on.
when i lived by myself, after a divorce, i found myself unable to sleep by myself (or eat by myself!). however i could nap, during the day, on the sofa - not the bed.
weird how social something like sleeping is.I was when I first moved into my place - I had always lived in tiny apartments where I could see the whole place, so when i bought a place....well, I just get shaken every once and awhile. I slept with a hammer nearby and have recently upgraded to a gun. :) If I get the "feeling" of being scared, I lock my bedroom door before i go to sleep; for some reason, i feel like it would give me a warning if someone was about to attack rather than just waking up with someone right there. Ugh,that gives me shivers. One night my dog just started barking at the shut door and i almost. lost. my shit.
ReplyDelete- Lara4:46 PM
Yes! I absolutely hate it. My husband started a new job this year and he is regularly away for a few weeks. I live abroad so have no family I can stay with. I still sleep poorly when he's away, I sleep for only a few hours. As soon as I go home I can fall straight asleep because I feel safe :)
Downstairs in our living room we have two massive glass windows and door instead of a wall. It creeps me out and we still don't have curtains! - Anonymous4:49 PM
Dogs help me so much! My bf left me at his apartment alone once (he felt like going out, I didn't), and while he was gone, his dog's company and protection made me feel much, much better. The dog didn't bark when he came home, too, so I knew when I heard the lock turn and the door open around 2 am that it wasn't an intruder.
ReplyDelete I'm glad to see I'm not alone. My hubby started working nights recently and because of it I've turned into this creature of the night. I wake up frantic in the middle of the night when I see his empty side of the bed {it's only been 2 months} and I'm always peeking under our apt. door {our bedroom door opens up to it} and if I can't see the hall light on, I swear someone is lurking outside. It's horrible, I can't wait till he can switch back to a 9-5.
ReplyDeleteI am always so scared, BIG imagination I guess. And now that I have 3 kids, I spent nights awake trying to decide who to save first if there is an intruder in the house. Good thing my hubby doesn't go away too often! Only advice I can think of: have your neighbors on speed dial and keep the phone by the bed. Gives me peace of mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm scared of the dark no matter where I am and regardless of whether or not I'm alone. I freak out even going to the bathroom in our apt and have a nightlight in there "just in case". I don't want to pass this ridiculousness on to my daughter so I will never mention to her unless it's in a funny way and she's old enough to actually NOT be scared of monsters in her closet or under her bed. It's so silly actually.
ReplyDeleteThat lock is soooo cool. I don't understand how it comes undone though?
Sleeping home along is awful! Well...I'm exaggerating. I've gotten used to it but not by choice. I too listen for intruders - or did - until I got used to the house I moved into this year with my friends.
I used to be in an apartment and the top apartment at that. SO I wasn't fearful at all...knowing that other people were around regardless of if my roommates weren't home. BUT this house - that's a diff story.
It's creepy, but I've managed to pull through :) You will tooo!im desperately afraid of sleeping alone, my husband goes away in the summer to visit his parents for a month or longer, i pretty much prepare myself mentally for this all year and still cannot slip til its light out. just awful, he tells me it's time to grow up! im 28, hehe
ps. joanna i totally either watch friends, or seinfeld i have dvd's ready in case it's not on TV and also think the shining is the scariest movie of all, i cant even see the dvd cover. hahi identify SO much with this topic! i am a DISASTER when my boy isn't home. i wake up constantly from any little noise, convinced it's the big bad coming to get me. i even put a chair in front of our apartment door so i (in theory) would wake up from the noise of it moving if someone tried to get in. hello, neuroses! and everything makes me jump; i drive my boyfriend crazy with it.
but i think a lot of the fear may be habit. before we were dating or moved in together, i lived totally alone and i was fine most nights (but not all, i'm still human!). now his presence is like a security blanket for me. strength in numbers ;)- Anonymous6:16 PM
The secret is to give up watching horror and scaring movie! Sleeping alone in NY in a doorman building is not a prob, but when I am at my parent's and they're on vacation, I cannot sleep alone. We have a super huge house on 5 floors near the countryside, So they prefer me to call my boyfriend to sleep with me and so do I :) I am 23 and i am happy that there's someone else older than me with the same fears!
Francesca - Anonymous6:36 PM
Oh god... I can sleep "alone", but I've always had roommates!!! I hated it when my husband worked the night shift.
The WORST was when I ended up at my grandparents' house alone in the woods outside Yosemite for several days in winter. My grandparents were in town, husband had an out-of-town job interview. A cheery blogger I read a lot posted a link to a movie she liked. It didn't say which movie, but I clicked on it... and it turned out to be a slasher about a young couple taking a vacation in a cabin in the woods (Doll Face? Or something?)... AWFUL.
My brother watched the shining in college, and my Dad says he didn't sleep for 2 or 3 nights.
My ex has the Jack Nicholson smile. Yes, inside the mind is scarier than any movie, and it doesn't take much for me -- just the idea of a shadow can make my imagination go into overdrive... Better now that we have a dog, but when alone, I still sleep with the bathroom light on and blockade the bedroom door just so if someone does come in I will have good advance warning. I like your idea of the car remote and panic button. Funny too, the times I am alone are the the times something will happen -- like kids in the neighborhood playing ding-dong-ditch or some unexplainable noise in the basement! I used to love scary movies too, and stay up late to watch, but not so much any more!
ReplyDeleteI love that you happen to pose this question today! I just spent a night alone in our house, and I didn't like it! Although I used to live alone, it was so very different, when it was in an apartment complex (I didn't even mind the 1st floor all that much, as long as I knew there were people above and next to me). However, now I share a house with my partner, and it's rare that he's gone at night, but yesterday was one of those nights. I must have triple-checked the doors to make sure they were locked, and also left the living room lamp on all night. At 3 a.m. I awoke from a nightmare (in my dream someone had been shot), and it was storming outside, so I kept hearing noises around our house, that sounded as if they were inside. To make a longwinded story short: I never fell asleep again and I'm SO VERY GLAD Dave is back :)
ReplyDelete- Carrie8:40 PM
Oh man. I had gotten so good at this because Scott is in the military, but lately I have been so bad about this type of thing!! This whole disgusting face-eating man in Florida is the thing I keep waking up thinking about right now...ugh. With a military weekend ahead, I might be staying at my parents house.
ReplyDelete I definitely get freaked out at night. If I'm home alone, I prefer to sleep with my bedroom door open and a hall light on....or with a happy movie playing on low volume.
I was living in Paris this past year for my graduate studies, and I had a tiny studio apartment on the ground floor in the 18th arr. One night some men attempted to break in not once, but twice. It was terrifying. They were literally trying to kick my door in. I heard them muttering something about me being a "tourist" before they went on. I slept with my couch in front of my door for a week before moving to another neighborhood.Gosh, I've lived on my own for so long that I don't even think about it. I had roommates in college and right after college, but that was 11 years ago. I've been on my own ever since. There have been a few nights, if I watch a scary movie too close to bed, that I leave the living room light on. But besides that, I'm pretty fearless!
Watch me get spooked this evening, though, now that you've got me thinking about it!! :)Love this post! I am a total wimp when my husband travels! Glad I'm not the only one! My husband once came back from a trip in the middle of the night, unexpectedly. I freaked out when he entered the room, thinking he was an intruder. I threw my alarm clock at him! Needless to say, he doesn't come home early without calling first.
ReplyDeleteI went through this last night. My dog was sleeping over at my parents and it was just my cat and I. There are lots of news reports here in Canada about this freaky dude who killed a guy and mailed his body parts. For some reason the look of him and what he did freaked me right out. I had to check every room in my small condo and make sure all my doors and windows were locked. I was super spooked!
ReplyDeleteI definitely freak out at night if I'm by myself. I won't go to bed without my husband unless I absolutely have to. And I'm five months pregnant right now, so I frequently get up in the night to go to the bathroom. I turn on every light on my way to the bathroom and still have to run the entire way.
I'm a total wimp.- Carol10:16 PM
Oh boy, I'm so glad to read that I'm not the only one who gets freaked out at home alone!
I live with housemates but often they are away for work or travel.
When I come home I turn on all the lights and pop my head into every room, just to assure myself that there's no one there and that helps me relax. Then I have to have the radio or TV on for background noise as we live in an old house with lots of creaks.
I often tell myself "for god's sake you're a grown woman! Don't be so silly" but I guess I've just seen too many episodes of crime shows haha omg, YES! my hubby works away from home a lot + one morning i awoke to find that someone didn't shut + lock the front door (we must have been totally zonked to not notice because i usually check every lock + bolt in the house). i think i made three rounds on every floor (basement, first floor + second floor), using my bruce lee ninja moves until i was sure there was no one hiding in a nook or cranny...
ReplyDeleteOh it's the worst. I live in a big creaky house and I hate sleeping alone, EVEN though we have an alarm system. I make myself think I hear things or see things out of the corners of my eyes. My trick is to do crossword puzzle after crossword puzzle until I pass out. That's the only way I stay sane!
ReplyDeleteI used to get scared as my mr. works late a lot of the time but I got a dog, a chow mix and it's better now, chows are very good watch dogs. I must have it completely dark and quiet though so i can hear any unusual noises that might be covered up by the tv and completely dark so an intruder would not have the advantage of being able to see me first. Weird I know. When I was a single mom for awhile with babies I was worried more about them than myself if something happened, sometimes I would put them in my bed if I was scared and push a big bureau in front of my bedroom door to get some good sleep.
ReplyDeleteBack when I DID live alone I had a scary incident. It was about 5 AM and I was fast asleep and heard some 'sexy' noises. I thought it must be the neighbour and glanced at the clock, thinking how early it was!
Then I heard 'jingle jingle' of keys and some other bumping around. I sat up in bed and looked out my bedroom door and saw a man and a woman standing inside my apartment.
I called out to them, 'what are you doing?!'..and I was half confused/half asleep. They responded, 'oh sorry, wrong apartment!' and then fled.
They stole my purse and some random CD's and left a pair of dark blue pants in my entry way.
AHHHH! I had post traumatic stress until I moved in with my future husband.This has always been a huge problem for me! Now we live in a house, and my husbands sometimes travels...hmm not good but we have installed an alarm on the first floor that is always on when were sleeping on the second floor, feels a little better. Also, signs on the house informing about the alarm always works to frighten away many intruders, according to police. But I long for the day we live in an apartment again, feels safer, although I am not sure it is:)
ReplyDeleteNot freaked at all, ever...
I've lived alone for 2 years so if I had been afraid to be on my own at night I guess I would have gotten over it quickly.
But i do live in the city in a cheery neighborhood with good neighbours.But as a kid we lived in a secluded house and even though i did lock the doors at night (I don't during the day) I was never afraid.
And I kinda like being on my own now and then when my bf is out of town. Reunion is only better plus I can do my girl stuff (aka watch Rosemary's Baby which i did the last time the bf was out of town, I know... I know...)I had to chuckle (cautiously) about the link to The Shining. I'm in Alaska for vacation now, and already two guides I've chatted with have talked about how the hotels around Denali get boarded up in the winter and need to have caretakers come and look in on things...not unlike Jack Nicholson, haha. The unnerving thing is that one guide knew of someone who signed up to do it on a bit of a lark, thinking he'd have the time to write his book (also like Jack, yikes!) and just keep company watching loads of DVDs he'd toted along...but after his radio comm was cut off and he was in the dark (this area getting only a few hours of sunlight a day, if any, in winter) with no human contact whatsoever...well, I'm not sure if they had to airlift him outta there and he didn't actually go crazy like JN...but he definitely had a longing for human contact, similar to Tom Hanks in Castaway.
The other creepy thing was the other guide totally copping Danny's friend's voice repeating "Redrum" over and over. Luckily he did it in broad daylight with a van full of us on our way back from fly-fishing!sleeping alone I have no problem with but if my roommates are gone for the night I usually make sure the kitchen door is double locked, the front door is double locked, lock the door to the sunroom and lock my own bedroom door as well as my window. That's probably a mega fire hazard or something but they locks are there for a reason aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI'm such a coward! Yes, that's the scariest movie ever! And it's so well made that one time I watched it while I covered my face with a pillow and the music is so good that I couldn't bare it. I have watched once and that's it! And oh my God that shower curtain! I could die!
I have 3 brothers and when I was a kid and my parents would go out at night, if I'd get thirsty I would make up something so that one of my brothers would go downstairs with me so that I could go to the kitchen ;)
The worst when staying alone is thunderstorms, they scare me a lot!Fiona, I must say that I concur... not cute
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I personally do not, absolutely not see how this can be an issue. I can picture my mom rolling her eyes and saying "oh grow up" if I were to say something like that to her and my bf would be like "oh great, now I have to wonder if you are ok because I leave you alone, an adult, at home at night, want a babysitter or a nightlight ?"...Whoah! I'm so surprised to see how many of us live in fear...is it justified? Have I missed something about how dangerous it is out there? Should we not instead focus on the fact that for most of us most nights go by completely peacefully - is that not the reality? I'm not denying that bad things happen...and I have every sympathy for anyone who has to go through something like that...but they are the exception; not the rule. This neurosis seems far more dangerous than the very thing that is being feared.
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This is an awesome post!
My husband and i work nights, so there are many nights i am alone. When we lived in high rises it was no big deal, only one point of entry. But now we live in a 2/2 house 1200 sqft and i hear all the noises, doesnt help that the windows are single pain either!
I have a lab, who eases my mind, but i dont know what id do w/o my dog.
I blame it on the scary movie addiction! - EFMReed8:57 AM
I used to watch Criminal Minds all the time and had to stop because I started freaking out at night. My husband just got home from a 3-month business trip and at night I had every light in the house on and I borrowed a friend's Navy-issue pump-action shotgun. I propped it up next to my bed. I also have a dog that barks like mad any time anything moves outside the window or door. Even with all of that, I only got about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. It was horrible.
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9:29 AM
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Oh my god ! Sleeping with a Navy-issue pump-action shotgun next to bed. Either some of you people live in a very unhealthy place or need to relax a bit. You are probably more likely to shoot your husband coming early as a surprise or a neighbor coming for help than someone really dangerous.
This is the kind of thing that makes the world say the US is crazy. I'd never ever sleep with a loaded gun by my bedside.
Try having a glass of wine, a warm shower, cuddling up to a good book in bed, sending a good night sms to your boyfriend and easing into sleep rather than propping a gun, turning on the lights and looking in the distant bushes to check for some mean guy hiding.
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PS the case i am referring to sound more like psychological disorder than a normally freaked in the night person... - Chantel10:27 AM
I have to add one more thing...
I always thought I was only afraid being alone at night but not any more! We found out our neighbourhood was being cased recently (which scared me in itself) and upon arriving home yesterday with my husband I heard a huge crash upstairs which really got my heart going. Of course, it turned out to be something that fell in our bathroom but man, I'm SO paranoid now!
The other day a guy was sitting in his car outside our house and looked over at me a couple times. Immediately I thought, "OMG! He's checking to see when I leave so he can rob us!" Terrible the society we live in today... Two days ago I would have said, 'not me' I've lived alone and I'm okay with sleeping alone.
then I saw the tiniest mouse in our apartment.
Now I'm so jumpy and I just know it will crawl on me in my sleep. (thats crazy) I should be afraid of actual intruders but instead I'm unhinged by a mouse!- Anonymous10:58 AM
I've never been afraid of intruders, but - and this is silly - for a long time I was afraid of the boogeyman or whatever but only in the house I grew up in. I guess those childhood fears stay in our memories!
But no real fear of being alone. If I had an apartment by myself perhaps I would get a dog or some security alarm.
I don't think it's *crazy* to have a gun in the house if you live alone. But it's tricky and I agree unless you are incredibly cautious there could be an accident. My boyfriend has a gun, and there have been times he's reached for it in the night only to discover it's a stray cat scratching at the window or something. I guess it always seems like overkill until the one time (hopefully NEVER) you atually need a gun. We are one half of a duplex and the other half has been vacant for years. One New Years eve, we were staying in, just lounging around. I heard furniture moving- even though it is vacant! We called the police, and the burglar was caught, but it freaked me out. We have two dogs who bark at any noise and yet, they didn't bark that night! Thankfully I am almost never the only person in the house- we have two kids, two dogs and two cats- and my husband rarely travels overnight.
ReplyDeletei have a dog, if i hear something in the night and he doesn't bark, i assume its safe.
did you watch the woman in black recently? after watching that i got freaked out about being in the darkness in my house just in case she appeared! even although i know its just a story.
i tend to pull a draw out that goes across my door if i'm extra worried and i leave the tv on at night timeMy fiance works 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off (in the maritime industry), so I've gotten pretty used to sleeping alone. In our old house, I used to really get scared, but that was mostly because we lived in a sketchy neighborhood; a place that used to be nice, but was rapidly going down hill when we left. And, or course, all the really scary stuff (gunshots, drunk neighbors driving into our lawn, etc) happened when my fiance was at work. Now we've moved into a neighborhood where I feel completely at ease, and that has made all the difference. I'm from a small town, so the city noises have taken some time to get used to, but knowing that I can run to my neighbors if anything serious ever happened gave me a sense of peace that I never knew I was missing. And a sense that I certainly didn't have in our first neighborhood.
That being said, when my fiance's at work my "guard" dog sleeps on the bed with me. There's a strict no pets on the furniture policy when he's home, but when he's at work, all bets are off! :)All the time I was single and living by myself, I never got scared because I always lived in small apartments. But when I'm staying at my parents and for some reason they need to go away; or in my current house without boyfriend, I always sleep with bathroom and kitchen lights on. (not counting the times I sleep on the couch, because I feel I can run away easier from the living room than from the bedroom) And I totally stopped watching Criminal Minds AND Supernatural, which I loved - both scare the hell out of me. Have a lovely weekend, all brave scared ladies out there ;))
ReplyDelete- Cristy H3:52 PM
Actually, I love being home alone! I still live at home and sometimes my mom and little brother will go out of town without me (so mean right?!) and I'll spend a couple of nights at my boyfriend's, but I always reserve one night to stay home. I get to enjoy a glass of wine, do my nails, watch whatever I want on TV (we only one), walk around naked (TMI?), and then I go to sleep early and cuddle up with a book. Bliss.


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Byrd came in to the week with a hip pointer that kept him off the practice field to open up the work week for the Bills. He got back on to the practice field in a limited capacity on Thursday, and was also able to practice on Friday as well. After practice, Gailey said Byrd "looked okay."
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A history of news: Newspapers have long legacy in Frisco
Bob King, a volunteer at the Frisco Heritage Museum, demonstrates how newspapers were originally printed. Photo by Kelsey Kruzich.
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Published: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:20 PM CST
Believe it or not, Frisco's had a newspaper for all but two years since 1902 -- even before it was an incorporated town.
Frisco is increasingly becoming a place where news is regularly made. The city is home to professional soccer and baseball teams, routinely attracts major business relocations and has the fastest-growing population in the United States.
It wasn't always that way, however.
Prior to 1902, there was no news outlet of any fashion in what is now Frisco. That changed when the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway began construction of a rail line through the area. With that railroad came news.
The Frisco Journal, unaffiliated with The Frisco Enterprise, first started publication sometime in 1902 and was purchased later that year by O.L. Hamilton, who also served as its editor, documents at the Frisco Heritage Museum state.
Because it collects items pertaining to the city's history, the museum has amassed a collection of information from the city's first newspaper. Additionally, it also operates a journalism exhibit that shows how early newspapers were printed.
In addition to The Journal, Frisco news occasionally appeared in The Democrat, a McKinney newspaper, and The Denison Daily Herald in the early 1900s, according to records maintained by The University of North Texas' Portal of Texas History.
Hamilton routinely shared news with those newspapers, such as a call he made to The Democrat in 1905 explaining the murder of a 16-year-old boy named George Taylor Bell.
"Back in those days, there was only one telephone in the entire town," said Rick Fletcher, a Heritage Association board member and volunteer at the museum. "You couldn't be a railroad town without a telephone, as the railroad required the town to have one at that time. So we had a telephone, no radio and the newspaper -- so the newspaper was extremely important."
Fletcher added that one of the best ways to gather news at the time was to simply talk to people coming off trains at the railroad depot, which made Frisco an obvious choice for a newspaper.
In 1914, M.E. O'Neill became the publisher of The Journal and helped the paper expand. O'Neill was well known in the town, Fletcher said, and served as publisher for about two decades.
During those early years, newspapers were created by manually selecting individual letters and aligning them in a tray to create words. The individuals creating the words -- typesetters -- would then transfer the completed product to paper by rolling ink over the tray, which was then transferred on paper.
"A lot of times reporters would verbally relay information to typesetters, who would technically write the stories," said Bob King, a volunteer at the Heritage Museum. "That's probably why most newspapers at the time were weekly -- getting the paper made took a long time."
Despite his success with the newspaper, O'Neill faced setbacks. In 1922, a fire burned down The Journal's headquarters as well as several other buildings in downtown Frisco. Because of the extent of the fire, nothing was salvaged from the building; the earliest item the Heritage Museum has from The Journal is a mid-1920s metal logo that was used in typesetting.
Local businessmen helped provide financial support for The Journal following the fire until it was sold to a Plano newspaper owner named Arthur A. Bagwill, a Heritage Museum document states.
Though The Journal continued to be respected in the community, it ceased operation in the late 1950s, leading to the brief two-year period when the town had no newspaper. Following that period, The Frisco Enterprise began publication in 1959.
The Frisco Enterprise was founded by Forrest Kyle. Ironically, the Enterprise came to be owned by the same group that owns the Plano Star Courier, which was previously owned by the Bagwill family. Arthur Bagwill got his start in journalism at another newspaper owned by the group, the McKinney Courier-Gazette.
The McKinney Courier-Gazette also has ties to The Frisco Journal, as it was created when The Democrat -- the newspaper O.L. Hamilton collaborated with -- merged with the Daily Gazette.
If Fletcher's right, however, maybe it has less to do with coincidence and more to do with fate.
"We've come a long way since Frisco was a town that survived almost solely because of the railroad," Fletcher said. "There were about 10 little towns in the area, such as Lebanon, because they were absorbed by Frisco. If not for the railroad, who knows what city we'd be in right now."
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As the federal government deals with a trillion dollar budget deficit, many difficult spending and reduction decisions will need to be made. And while The American Legion completely understands this predicament, it doesn't want those decisions to strip away or pare down benefits that America's veterans truly have earned.
National Commander Fang A. Wong presented that message during a Wednesday hearing in front of a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. Wong presented the Legion's legislative priorities during the hearing, focusing on veterans employment, the Department of Veterans Affairs' claims backlog, and the treatment of post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries.
But before he finished, Wong made it clear the Legion's stance on dealing with the budget crisis.
"The American Legion understands the financial challenges our nation now faces," he said. "The Legion understands that tough spending decisions are coming. That is why the Legion greatly appreciates the assurances our veterans have been given - from members of Congress, (VA Secretary Eric Shinseki) and the president himself at our national convention - that benefits earned by those who've served our country in uniform won't be sacrificed to achieve budget goals. Our veterans have sacrificed enough. They have paid in full their debt to society. However, the debt society owes them is quite another matter, and it's a matter that The American Legion strongly believes this committee is willing to address."
Wong said Congress needs to pass the Military Construction and VA Appropriations measure by Oct. 1 to assure a seamless transmission of benefits to veterans. "Don't condemn VA to another round of uncertainty through a series of continuing resolutions," Wong said. "You are so close to the finish line. Help start this fiscal year off on the right foot for veterans."
Wong spoke at length about the job crisis facing the country's veterans - a figure of more than 1 million veterans without employment, including 632,000, ages 35-60. Congress can pass legislation creating incentives to promote the hiring of veterans to help reduce those figures. "Civilian licensing agencies must recognize military training, education and experience when a veteran transitions to the civilian workforce," Wong said. "A soldier who drives a truck in a convoy through hazardous routes in Iraq can drive a truck to get eggs to market on time in the American Midwest. A Navy corpsman who saved Marines on the battlefields of Afghanistan has the skills to render emergency aid as an EMT back home. Yet the education, training and experience garnered from military service is not recognized by civilian licensing and certification agencies.
"The American Legion urges Congress to work with DoD, the Department of Labor and VA to find a way to translate these skills and put these veterans to work where they can make an impact. They have already proven they know how to do these things. Give them a chance to use these valuable capabilities in the workplace."
Wong said a key to turning around the unemployment crisis is a stronger effort by the federal government to hire veterans. "Eighty percent of veterans employed by the federal government are employed by one of three departments - Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs," he said. "Surely there are other areas where veterans can be key contributors. Like the civilian workplace, federal employers need to realize the military prepares people to be team players, top-notch planners and winners. We need to stop asking why the Departments of Education, the Interior, or Energy would hire a veteran and start asking 'why not?' If we're going to show America's private employers that a veteran has the job skills to succeed in any environment, the government needs to set the example."
But, Wong said, the private sector must also be involved. He praised Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs' Committee, as well as her House counterpart, Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., for legislation they've advanced that provide incentives for hiring veterans.
"The American Legion hopes you will collaborate and bring your parties together to get a jobs bill for America's veterans passed," Wong said. "It is our obligation as a nation to ensure that every single member of the military who chooses to leave the military can effectively transfer his or her education, training and experience into a civilian career field."
Wong also addressed a VA claims backlog of more than 1 million that leaves many veterans footing the bill for their medication or treatment. "Some are forced to choose between medication and food on the table," he said. "Some go into massive debt while waiting for VA to rule; even a retroactive settlement can't repair a credit history or return a home lost through a mortgage default."
Accuracy, Wong said, is the only way to shrink the backlog. "Unfortunately, VA still is using speed as the primary measurement of success," he said. "But as we all know, when we rush, we make errors. Who pays the price when errors are made in this instance? I'll tell you who: the veteran, who may see a claims process go from nine months to five years because of one error.
"VA needs to develop a better mechanism for tracking errors, and it needs to use the knowledge of those errors to make a better training system. Everyone makes mistakes; the key is the ability to learn from those mistakes and avoid them in the future. VA and others will complain that training time takes away from time spent working on claims, but do you want somebody working on those claims if they don't know how to do it right?"
A key to reducing the backlog, Wong said, is VA and DoD getting back on track with the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record. "The GAO report last February that highlighted severe problems with implementation is troubling to The American Legion, which has been promised more seamless transitions for years," he said. "The VLER needs to be a coordinated effort, with frequent and clear lines of communication, to be effective. "
Wong also briefed the committee on the Legion's ad-hoc committee on PTS and TBI, which has met several times and heard from national experts on mental health, and military, VA and private-sector specialists to consider new strategies to meet the needs of veterans suffering from either condition.
"If this American Legion committee has learned one thing, it's that there is no magic bullet for curing post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, and if the treatment works, regardless of what the treatment is, it should be used to help the suffering veteran," Wong said. "Prescriptions are not always the only answer, and sometimes, drugs only make the condition worse, especially if they are drugs issued under a 'fail first' philosophy when medical science is absolutely sure of the efficiency of other drugs.
"Other options need to be explored. And the cost of researching and implementing those options shouldn't be an issue. The toll of war does not end at discharge. For those who are disabled, physically or mentally, it is a lifelong engagement."
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For a transcript of the hearing, as well as the Legion's written testimony, click here.
It is good that we want military training to be recognized. That will only fix part of the problem but we need to transition the Veteran's like we did when they went to Boot Camp. They go through several weeks to learn how to act in the military but we don't spend anytime preparing them to get out of the military.
Congratultions Commander Wong.I think you are doing an excellent job as our new Commander. Keep up the good work!
However, there are still veterans from previous wars not fully transitioned or employed in this economy.
There are some 14 million unemployed Americans, countless under-employed as well. This bill helps maybe 1 million unemployed, fixing maybe 7% of the problem.
The truth of the matter is that neither congress, nor the president ... nor for that matter the judiciary! ... has the ability to "fix" the unemployment problem.
The fix lies entirely with the private sector, civilian business community, who will need to muster the moral courage to dip into the mountain of cash that it has accumulated during the Great Recession, and hire 14 million Americans at middle-class wages for worthwhile employment.
The next problem is that, in so doing, they tacitly give their support to a President and Congress that are inherently anti-business. Since the government cannot tap into their reserves for them, you can pretty much assume this cannot and will not happen.
Thank you Comrade Commander for so succinctly elaborating the American Legion's Legislative Agenda; your eloquence on behalf of unemployed veterans and the need for veteran education and work experiences to be recognized by the civilian and government employment sectors
Finally, thank you for demanding the VA and DoD clean up their act as it pertains to veterans health records as well as VA personnel being trained to do their jobs properly. This was something that needed to be said and the ones you were addressing were the ones that needed to hear you.
Robert Ireland (PUFL) Post 174 Willits, CA
As long as current federal employees, and their offspring, and families, have preference on any and all jobs with any federal agency they will prevent veterans from getting anything but the scraps. Then the other 'qualifications' of sex, race, handicap, etc. all put the veterans' preference at the bottom of the heap. This federal employee union benefit makes a folly of the veterans' preference in federal jobs.
None of them would have these high paying jobs if it weren't for the veterans, yet the veterans who were under paid and under benefitted, kept these coddled fed employees' 40 hour weeks and their 4 week vacations all safe and sound.
It ticks me off that the VA can't seem to find qualified people to work for them while at the same time taking 18 months to 'train' the people they do hire.
Hire a veteran, he/she is far more motivated than most others.
It would have been better had Commander Fong asked why the federal government continues to allow 7 million illegal aliens to keep their jobs in non-farm industries, including transportation, while 22 million Americans are unable to find full-time jobs.
His question would have reflected the Legion's concerns about the impact of mass immigration on the U.S. workforce stated in its 2007 "Policy on Illegal Immigration: A Strategy to Address Illegal Immigration in the United States."
It's way past time that Legion districts around the country stop pussyfooting around this issue and paying not much more than lip service to the need to put vets back to work. "Job fairs" alone will not cut the mustard.
Perhaps the Ameican Legion could develope a program to assist jobless veterans one on one in filling out the forms that Government Human Resources (Personnel) uses to rate veteran skills and abilities. I know from my past that the wording and the way it is written has a lot to do on how experience is rated. Talking about it will get little results.
I have read the comments here and agree with just about everything said. However to state that this Government is Anti-Business...really!!! If anything it is ANTI WORKER. Congress must address the Illegal immigration issue, and the shipping of jobs overseas. Part of the problem with this economy is that the multi millionaires/billionaires want to have the work done and not pay the workers or taxes. The President has made the statement that WE should all pay our fair share yet thinks corporate need only pay on investment but did not address income.
Middle class workers are being asked to give 100+% and not ask for anything while corporate can have their cake and eat it too.
Unemployment will never reach 0% but it is time that congress and ALL state legislations start working for the people they represent, and NOT just corporate.
A Transition from Military to civilian is a good idea but before it can work, an agenda as to what it looks like is needed.
I applaud the Commander for pushing Employment for Veterans. Having faced problems finding work when I came hpme from work I understand the need to help our newest veterans. But we still have hundreds of thousands of "older" veterans who are still productive and in need of work. Lets get work for all veterans not just the FNGs.
If there is a skill in the military such as EMT's,Firefighters,Military Police, etc. They should be equivalent to standards in the private sector and as such should be transferable to the private sector as licensed , if required. Also Veterans that get a job should entitle the employer for 1/2 pay for the training period. This would encourage to give our veterans a chance in the marketplace for a job. This is a small cost to pay for our freedom that the veteran fought for all of us. Fair is fair. Also if 2 people have same qualifications except one is a veteran they should have a higher standing then the non veteran. We have many issues in the country but all veterans have given more and deserve the respect for serving.If someone does not like it, join one of the services and serve!
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Better, more effective and efficient federal hiring of veterans and severely disabled veterans is readily available which can be implemented overnight nationally, by state by county, by metro area, etc. and worldwide. This national initiative would not require a Presidential Executive Order or a congressional act. Most national &and multinational corporations have used this approach for years. So why can't the nation's largest employer - the federal govt us it? Have the American Legion contact me if they want to see better results overnight. I am a Vietnam Vet, SDVOSB registered,certified and a federal employment expert. As my website reflects, I am available 24/7 to brief, advise, train & coach service providers, VSO, TAP, DTAP, DVOP & LVERS couselors including voc-rehab specialists on all aspects of federal employment worldwide including conducting technical reviews of federal hiring practices whic resulted in these findings. Semper fi.
Part I Federal Employment of Veterans
The bad news is that OPM's report on federal employment of vets for FY2010 indicates less than 10% of ALL NEW 30%+ disabled vets hired in 2009 and 2010 were hired NONCOMPETITIVELY despite being eligible for noncompetitive appointments. This finding does not support the widely held but negative perception that disabled veterans are being hired noncompetitively. That's why it is important to share this data in support of transparency and fact which would otherwise never be made known to the public by HR to disquiet the current backlash against veterans and veteran preference eligibles.
Adjusted for merit promotion selections, OPM's hiring data for vets indicates more than 90% or 13,892 of the new 15,435 30%+ disabled vet-hires in 2010 & 90% or 12,156 of 13,507 30%+ disabled hires in 2009 were actually hired COMPETITIVELY! The good news is that disabled vets are competing successfully for federal jobs.
Part II Federal Employment of Veterans
OPM's hiring data on vets indicates severely disabled vet-hires, despite being highly qualified & noncompetitive appointment eligible, are being required to compete for jobs they could easily & simply be appointed to noncompetitively! This is because HR offices opt to use traditional time & labor consuming competitive procedures to fill federal jobs despite expressed interests by mgmt officials to fill jobs faster. Agency Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs) & HR offices blame staffing delays and other HR issues on the existing federal personnel system which they say is too rigid, inflexible & outdated. Yet the hiring data reflects agency HR offices themselves under the oversight of CHCOs are opting to use old traditional time & labor consuming competitive procedures instead of using available streamlined noncompetitive hiring authorities such as those for disabled vets. Traditional hiring procedures create work for HR & scores of applicant
Part III Federal Employment of Veterans
Aside from the time, effort and resources expended by HR offics when they opt to use competitive hiring procedures is the time, effort and resources expended by ALL applicant obtaining data, writing, editing their resumes, experience statements, KSAs, responding to questionnaires, copy work, etc. to meet the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Notably, most applicants have yet to hear back from HR ofcs on the status and outcome of their applications. Combined, these staffing practices of using competitive hiring procedures instead of noncompetitive hiring highly qualified eligibles such as disabled vets has resulted in a public relations problems for agencies and a negative backlash against veterans & veterans preference. The absence of analytics & greater detail in OPM's report on veteran hires left much to the interpretation & imagination of untrained readers. Which warranted further technical review of the data. Much more to report.
I believe that the veterans hiring preferance is a joke. I have applied to many jobs to which I am fully quilified on USAJobs and heard squate back except to say that I did not meet the cut. Retired First Sergeant, Military Police Officer and Intelligence anaylst with real world experience. Now I am a Correctional Sergeant with the State of Washington and I still don't make the cut for a federal job. Give me a break.
Regarding your article "Ill Winds of change", I must point out that accused traitor Bradley Manning helped motivate the democratic Arab Spring movements.
I miss National Commander Wong. He had a very clearly-stated and well-articulated Legislative Agenda that focused on the Military and Veterans Issues. He spoke for all of us, and he commanded the respect of both parties in Congress, thus furthering our cause. The Current National Commander, Jimmie Foster, has taken all of this great work and thrown it in the dirt. Foster's legislative agenda has nothing to do with Veterans. His priority seems to be on immigration and so-called amnesty, rather than on Veterans and our Families. He speaks out of turn, he divides the membership, he fails to represent us, and he has tossed aside our Veterans and their issues in order to focus on his own personal far-right-wing agenda. He has also alienated more than half of those Congressmen and Senators whose support we need for Veterans Causes by instead focusing on divisive and comples immigration issues; they will now not listen to a word he says, but rather write him (and therefore us!) off as a quack. Perhaps National Commander Wong would be willing to come back and serve the remainder of National Commander Foster's term and focusing on getting us back on a good solid legislative agenda and on furthering the cause of Veterans?