I need some crack ( Read more... )

Hanna was a pain in my ass. We did ridiculous amounts of work to prepare for a "Hurricane" when in reality, I've seen stronger storms in Michigan. My neighbors left a inflatable pool with little plastic balls to play in sitting in their front yard and it is still there undisturbed. Hurricane my ass. This thing has been a huge cluster.

Yesterday afternoon I get a call from my boss informing me of my mandatory attendance of a meeting at 9 this morning in order to discuss the detachment HQBN has been tasked with a "be prepared to" mission in support of recovery from Hurrican Gustav. I was less than thrilled. Every Labor Day and Memorial Day the local bike club puts on a century ( Read more... )

Things have been nuts lately for a number of reasons ( Read more... )

Whew, everyonce in a while you just need to have a good day at work to remind you why you do it. Today was one of those days. In brief, I started out the morning with PT at 0530 as usual. The platoon is doing training for their gray belts (which I already have) in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) and we were grappling today. I ( Read more... )

Welcome to the 21st century. I had an appointment to get cable and internet installed in my house from 8-12 this morning and have my air conditioning fixed from 10-1. So, I stayed home from work this morning and got some work done, cleaning my house and whatnot while waiting for the cable and AC guys. Now I have to go back into work and waste my ( Read more... )

I am currently at Fleet Week. As such, I've been drunk off my ass for the past three nights. This is the first I've been near the internet in a week and a half and I'm at one of my team mates from college, Vanessa, apartment in NYC and we're going to go out and see a bit of the city since thus far the only thing I've seen is the inside of bars. ( Read more... )

Saturday I dropped off my dress blues at the dry cleaners after Mess Night so they could be ready to leave for Fleet Week this Sunday morning. I was impressed with the turn around time and could pick them up today after 5. So, when I was getting ready to leave work a little after 6 this evening, I changed over into civilian clothes and headed off ( Read more... )

I heart Lowes. I just bought a perfectly good screen door for $10 because it had a cosmetic blemish. I just used my super home skills to install it all by myself and now I can enjoy the breeze coming from my deck without having to enjoy the bugs and creepy crawly things in my house. Therefore, go me.

It is good to be of age. Last night was our Mess Night. A military dinner ripe in tradition where only the unit and a few selected military guests attend. There is fining where you tell embarassing stories and present breaches in protocol and the offenders receive either monetary fines that go to the bar at the end of the night or they are ( Read more... )