Archive for July, 2008
Bizarre deployment thoughts
Today I read a great post over at SpouseBUZZ by Sarah about deployment gremlins. I commented but I wanted to write something here as well.
Sarah mentioned some morbid thoughts she had about the fact that if something happened to her at her house, no one would probably notice for days b/c she isn’t acquainted too [...]
Nyquil Rocks
Upon the suggestion of several people, I had Obi-Wan run out and get me some Nyquil last night so that I could get some sleep. I haven’t taken it in years and forgot how magical it really is. I slept decently last night to my surprise. I’m still not feeling fabulous yet and stayed home [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Feeling like crap
Holy moly, I’m sick! I went from not feeling so hot last night to please put me out of my misery this morning. Running a slight temperature, achy all over and my head feels like it’s swimming right now. I think I only slept a few hours and I’m hopped up on a decongestant right [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Back from Vegas
No wild stories to tell or keep secret for that matter. It was actually quite relaxing and our Southwest flights were relatively painless. We went with some friends of ours, another Navy couple, and it worked out well. Obi-Wan and his friend would play poker for hours on end and my friend K and I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Friday Fun
Obi-Wan and I went to a concert Friday night and saw Foreigner and Bryan Adams in Portsmouth, VA. Let me just tell you, I was prepared for a relaxing, not too crazy concert experience. That was not the case. When you think of Foreigner, yes, you think of their harder hits like Hot Blooded and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )No news on orders yet
The billet list came out but we’ll be making a less than fully informed decision. The list provides information as to the type of ship, home port and job title or billet title but not ship name which is what we were hoping for. And he is picking with 49 other people too. 49 other people and 36 billets to pick [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Atta Girl Award
Obi-Wan gave me an “Atta Girl” compliment yesterday. First one ever I think, using that particular phrase. He’s given me props for years on handling different things well or doing various things well but this was the first Atta Girl that I heard from him. He was working in our office with me tidying things [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Orders
Today Obi-Wan starts picking orders to his next ship. The list comes out today so we’ll begin pouring through it. We’re planning on staying where we are and since we’re near the world’s largest naval base, I don’t think it will be a problem to find a billet on a ship here. The big question [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Reflections on the Iraq deployment
Like I mentioned yesterday, I wanted to revisit some of my thoughts from Obi-Wan’s Iraq deployment to remember what I was thinking during different times. I wish I had started blogging about it from the beginning though but I didn’t start this blog until we were halfway through. I’m sure those posts would have been [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )More tomorrow
I got to thinking today about what to blog about but I ran out of time to sit down and actually blog. It’s bedtime and reveille is early tomorrow to hit the gym so I must sleep now. But tomorrow I plan on revisiting some of my deployment moments and what I was thinking at [...]
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