16 posts from January 2008 (page 2)

What do you do with the cards and letters you receive?  Do you keep them all, just keep the photos, throw them away? 
Inspired by jacolily.

I enjoy keeping the cards and letters I have gotten over the years.  I especially have held on to the ones I got while I was in boot camp.  Those cards and letters made a tough mental game easier to handle.  I would not want to be a person who never receives any letters or cards from the people I love.  I hope my letters and cards are held dear to my family's hearts.  I am sure they will be especially priceless here in the next few months when I deploy to Iraq.

Yes, I got the car back.  Everything seems to be working well, but I will be keeping an eye on it for the next foreseeable future.  I just wish I could get the smell of paint out of the interior.  I may have to get one of those air fresheners.

I am enjoying my weekend off for the most part.  My boyfriend and I went out to dinner at a sushi place we both like.  We wanted to invite a friend of his and the friend's wife, but I could not get a hold of them.  I never got a call back, and neither did my boyfriend.  We even went over there and looked to see if they were home, since they live in the apartment complex next door to my boyfriend's.  They were not.  Dinner was good.

I do not understand what some people have against sushi.  When people think of sushi, they automatically think of raw fish.  Well, sushi actually refers to how the rice is prepared.  Yes, some ingredients are raw, but not all of them.  The sushi I had for dinner last night was an example of the cooked variety.  Yum!

My boyfriend is going through a training course in preparation for his next rank, so he was studying when I came back to my apartment.  He is not looking forward to the next few weeks.  I cannot say I blame him.  I did not have much fun going through the course two years ago.  Things have changed a little, but I will see for certain just how much they have changed.

What do you do for fun when you're broke? 
Submitted by Kim. 

I do not usually put myself in that position, but I will generally stay home and snuggle with the kitties with either a good book, needlework, or a movie.  Usually a friend or my boyfriend will invite me to do something, too.

What was your reaction to the results of the Iowa caucuses?  

I was not surprised by the results on the Democratic side.  I have not been paying much attention to the Republican side, admittedly, so I am not sure what to think about that part.  I have been fairly busy with work and personal things, however, and I do not care much for politics, so I have not been focusing on the election progress and that will probably continue for the foreseeable future.

How far from your last home do you live? Why did you move and are you glad you did? 
Submitted by Matthew 25.

I am roughly 2,000 miles from home, and not by choice.  I am in the military, so I do not really have a choice on where I go.  I would prefer to be closer to home.  However, I am glad about the last move I did, which was a little over three years ago.  I moved out of the base dormitories and into an apartment off base.  This allows me to escape the base and go to my own sanctuary of sorts, if only for a few hours.  It works wonders when escaping the stresses of work.

I have felt like I am caught in the midst of a brewing storm for the last few weeks.  I sincerely hope it settles down before it gets worse.  I will not go into specifics, because there is more than one situation, and I have no intention of voicing one of them in such a public forum.  I will say that I am not happy about it, though.  Far from it.

I did get my car back, but ended up having to take it to the shop again.  Transmission fluid is not supposed to leak, and smoke is not supposed to come from the engine compartment.  I will be picking it up again in a few hours and hoping it is fixed completely this time.

Christmas and New Year's were both peaceful.  I was happy about that.  I had to work New Year's, too.  I have a new digital camera to play with.  I bought it with the money I got from my family.  I still have money to spend from my parents and grandmother.  I also got a Chinese snuff box from Nathan and some little cat figurines from my aunt.  Presents appear to still be coming in.  I got the present from my aunt earlier this week.

Work is difficult as always.  It does not seem to be getting any easier.  One of my troops got assaulted in a club on New Year's Eve.  Broken nose and fractured cheekbone.  Luckily, a friend of his was nearby and pulled the other guy off of him.  Another troop is delinquent on payments to his storage area.  I have gotten e-mails and talked to the flight chief about it.  Supposedly, he has made arrangements to pay the amount on the 15th.  We will see.

More to come.