You know when you're walking down the street and you walk over a grate. And looking down, you can see your feet, the grate, and then some twenty-odd feet below.

Now, for my job, I look down as I'm sitting at my "desk" and I see my feet. And pedals. And the ground approximately 700-1000 feet below.

Awesome.

One of the things I dislike most about Virginia is the sameness. Each of these little towns along I-95 is the same, the same stores, the same layouts (for the most part) and very little individual culture. They're cookie cutter and corporate. While that means there is some consistency and you know you're going to get a decent meal when you step ( Read more... )

There are few times in life when you can eat 2000 calories each meal, snack in between, and still lose weight.

Last week was one of those times...

I just got a care package with a mini marshmallow gun, a bow-n-mallow (bow and arrow mini marshmallow style) and 4 mini NERF dart guns.

This room is SO wreaking havoc on the BOQ!!!

In no particular order, the top ten things I think about as I "snuggle down" in my sleep system at night in sub zero temperatures out in the field ( Read more... )

Association Meme:
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given. ( Tall, Hugs, Animaniacs, Burning Man and the Marines )

So Christmas came and went. This was a whole new dynamic as my time is far more structured and my schedule rigid. Toss in new family members and mix with a healthy dose of poverty and you have two weeks of ridiculous. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it wasn't exactly the best Christmas ever. Cookies failed to go out this ( Read more... )

2008 was quite a year. My world is upside down and backwards ( Read more... )

We've been out at the range all week shooting pistols and rifles (finally!). We started before Thanksgiving for our intro and then this week we had practice Mon/Tues/Wed, pre-qualifications on Thurs and quals on Fri. They gave us a little log book to remind us of the fundamentals and keep track of scores and how we're shooting. Good times ( Read more... )

The culmination of this program is a two hour flight to another airport. One hour one out and one hour back, approximately. I can't wait, I love flying by myself, it's simply awesome. Unfortunately, the weather conditions have to be pretty damn near perfect. The day I was originally scheduled the fog mist and rain moved in. The next day the ( Read more... )