Voluntold

So a friend of mine was voluntold that she would be planning the kid's party for our FRG. I said if she was going to do it then I would help. Well, now my friend is out of town, and has been for about a month, and I'm getting asked all these questions about the party. I'm apparently supposed to be calling around looking for locations for the party and just planning everything in general while my friend enjoys her vacation. I figure by helping out I would come up with some ideas, help set up the party, and show up to a meeting or two. The last time I helped with something I just sat and typed info into the computer. That's the kind of stuff I'm good at. I hate calling people. I have being in charge. The worst part is that my husband will have detached from the ship by the time this party happens, and we don't have any kids so I'm not benefiting at all from planning this thing.

I do things with the FRG to keep busy, to meet new people, and mostly just because I know it makes my husband look good. I want people to know that even though I don't wear the stupid navy wife shirts, I am supporting my husband and being in the FRG is the best way to do that. Well, he's not going to be on this ship anymore when this party happens so what do we get out of it? It seems like a lot of work for nothing especially when I didn't ever agree to be in charge of this anyway.

The sad thing is that I'm really going to miss our FRG. It was a very small group of great women and we basically got together once a month and talked for an hour or two then had a 5-10 minute meeting. There was no drama in the group and everyone was fairly friendly. I am told that shore commands might have an FRG but they will probably not be active. I guess I should be happy that I get to do one last thing with them since my last meeting with them was a few weeks ago, but I just hate doing so much work when I only agreed to help my friend.