Well, I hope everyone had a happy Independence day! I spent the day with some buddies just walking around Monterey. We started from base, and walked down to the Warf where we ate lunch at a resturaunt on just off the Coast Guard pier. From where we were sitting we could see sail boats, kayaks and party boats gliding across the water... ( Read more... )

Here I am, Sunday night, all my tasks completed for the weekend--two homework assignments, printing off some paperwork for my Sgt, filling out a "special pops pt" form. So, the army says I'm fat. I am 4 lbs over the max weight for my height and age, but in september I'll be within regs by about three pounds....aarrgh. So now Monday-Friday, I ( Read more... )

So, I guess Fridays will be my laundry day...I really don't have time the rest of the week, and need clothes for the weekend, so, yeah ( Read more... )

So, I'm waiting for my laundry to be done so I have clothes to wear to the DFAC...get that thought out of your mind, I'm still in my wonderful gov't provided monkey suit ( Read more... )

So, DH had his knee replaced on monday, he's doing well sore and sleeping a lot, he should be home on Sunday, or monday. Being two time zones away fucks up what I know about what's going on ( Read more... )

So it is gorgeous here. My classes start June 7th, and when I mention that I'm getting Korean, the usual response is, "OOOH, Sorry." Several folks arrived from Ft. lost in the woods this weekend and are getting Russian. I found that they scored significantly lower on their DLABs than did the folks slotted for Korean. Now I kinda wish I'd blown ( Read more... )

I did it! I graduated from ft leonard wood today ( Read more... )

Ok, folks. Tomorrow the process begins. I go to MEPS for my security interview, check into the Hotel and say good bye to civilian life. I should be flying out of OKC about 1200 tuesday headed for the lovely ft lost in the woods...or something like that ( Read more... )

In case you're interested in my progress while I'm gone, DH has started his own LJ account at amishman645 where he promises to post things about me if he posts anything at all. So, ha.

Anna

So, I've been at work a total of eight hours this week so far...I took two hours on Sunday, all of Monday, and two hours yesterday. I put in for leave today to "take my kid to the doc", when actually I had to take my Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB). Well, somewhere the paperwork didn't get to the proper folks, so as I was leaving the ( Read more... )