counting down the days!

Kyle and I are so very excited to come home!!! In three weeks we will be basking in the presence of family and friends on leave. Kyle has plans to:
1. Drink
2. Sleep
3. Not shave
4. Not cut his hair
5. And drink

I plan on:
1. Sleeping
2. Getting mani/pedi/hair cut
3. Sleeping
4. Laughing with family and friends
5. not working

We have talked about budgeting for the trip, getting books on CD for the road trip, stopping at different land marks, laughing, and excited to be away from the plain dessert and go to grass and mountains!

Everyday I tell myself only so many more weekdays! Today it was "two more days this week + four days next week + and one full work week... unless Kyle gets lasik, one less day because I would take a day off to take him.

Mom, I can't wait to see you, lets go shop & get a mani/pedi! Dad... lets do lunch! Jayne... Drinks at the Stampede or something for your birthday! Margaret... I always love sitting on the porch. Scott... um... horseshoes???? Kim/Ty... lets go shooting!

Hope to see a lot of friendly faces.

Rachel... I wanna meet this POG (pronounced pouge) Bahahha.

cracking knuckles

Good day. Pretty good weekend. I got a tan/burn from sitting and soaking up the sun and playing with the puppy.

Things are good here. Weather is nice and hot :) I am getting excited to go home for leave. I miss my family. I hope June comes and stays for a long time and then it suddenly would be January. Then Kyle doesn't have to go anywhere. <3

So today after work I wanted to take Diesel somewhere he could run and play. The park was over crowded by people and baseball games so we parked and walked on base until we found a good size area with grass. Diesel rolled, ran and rolled again. He layed on his back and loved it! It was great to watch him be happy and play. It makes me more excited to go home. There is lots of grass for him to play on.

Anyways, he saw a jogger. Mind you the entire car ride this dog followed every person, car, animal, etc from the front seat to back seat as we passed them. This was cute too... but he saw a jogger and I had to stop him from running after the jogger, so I dive (diving into a pool, sliding into home kind of dive) for his leash. In the mean time, one arm must not have gotten the brain signal to go outward and I heard a crunch. A slight series of pops, if you will, (like knuckle cracking) happens immediately. I cringe and the jogger sees us.

Visualize a man minding his own business and looks over to see a chick and her dog on the grass. The dog looks happy and anxious and is slightly losing oxygen because his leash is pulled tight and the chick has a constipated/painful/sad/frustrated look on her face.
BAHAHAH.

We went straight home. I have been icing since and the knuckles are pretty bruised. I hope we aren't broken, here.

Like I told my mom... With my track record, I am due for an injury. God must be looking down and saying, "I forgot about you. You are due, madam, for an broken bone. Here are two... " haha. I pray not!

It is hard to say if they are broken. Here is why:
#1. haven't broken a bone in awhile, can't remember the pain
#2. the swelling is minimal
#3. i can sorta bend them but mobility decreases as time goes on
#4. i didn't cry
#5. it would be my luck that as health care is free, i wouldn't need to utilize it much.
#6. my senior year in high school, I broke the metacarpals in that hand to those exact fingers but this time it is phalanges injury.. not in the palm.

We will see.

It has been too long!

I am sorry I have been away. Busy life has made for no time to even remember to write. Since we have "talked," my life has been filled. Kyle was at training, came home, had the Brown's visit, back to training, working, playing with the puppy, walking the puppy, cooking, cleaning, etc. etc. etc.

I would ask if anyone is even listening but I have heard from so many people whether or not I am going to write again. It makes me feel good to know I entertain people... even if it is from sheer boredom that they wander to my page, still, in fact, I bring some entertainment.

The latest realizations in life:

#1. My job really isn't so bad. I think I am most frustrated with the scheduling. I get along with people, I get work done (if I remember to keep it one thing at a time), and my boss isn't so hateful. It is all in prioritizing, organizing, and a good mind set. Work is OK.

#2. I really really love my husband. He is good to me. He is always concerned about me when I am frustrated, he buys me nice things, rubs my feet, supports me, cleans and cooks for me... ahh! Good man.

#3. Our dog Diesel has personality. First, he has a "pit face" and a "lab face." The lab face is the face he wears when he is happy and wants to play. He wants to love on you/you love on him and snuggle. His pit face is his fake intimidation, pout-feel-sorry-for-me face.
He sighs, he pounces, runs, and is getting more vocal. He paws at you, he steals your spot on the bed or couch when you move a millimeter and he is ever so patient and gentle. He is just such a good dog. We have a great family! :)

#4. I am selfish. I am almost mad when Kyle goes away. I feel so selfish when I am lonely and pissed off. It's not Kyle's fault and it is something I need to work on.

#5. I am counting the days until June 19th. We are coming home!!! :)

I will write more. I promise.

Later Gator.

Chirping in the kitchen

Today after a busy day of work I was making a smoothie. It had yummy strawberries and green melon (what's it called?) and ice cream and milk. :) when I went to grab the milk, the refridgerator door pushed a bird out of the way! A real life bird! I called my friend Tiffani and she was able to come... but didn't know when so I tried to get it out myself. By the time I got the courage to try, my friends Joe and Richelle and their roommate Miles came over.

Crazy ass Joe cut the bird. I say it was by accident to feel better. Then buried it. Which was very civil.... Then when I asked Miles to move the nest away from the door, he only put it on the ground. So when I went to go to put the nest in the trash so the dog wouldn't eat it, baby birds fell out!!!

They were so helpless and died too!

Now I feast upon my delicious smoothie with the puppy chewing on his bone. Welp, off to wind down for the day.

Perspective

I had a rough afternoon becasue once again my boss made me feel dumb and belitttled. Anyways, a good day turned sour in 2 hours and then I come home to this:
It is all in perspective. Before I worked, something like this would make me mad. It would be a hasstle to clean. Now that I work, I see this, and it made it all ok. I was laughing and cleaning it up made me giggle even more; despite the fact I came home 12 hours after leaving the house with 30 minutes for lunch.

Bang!

Kyle and I had crappy weeks. He got little sleep and has frustrations at work. I had a bad week at work and family troubles so it was a no brainer when I say we missed each other. This weekend has been awesome! We slept in, we cuddled, watch tv, played "look for the Easter basket" (early) and shot our new gun!

I actually liked shooting. It was a good release for all the anger I have about my job, it was empowering, and we got to spend time together. :) I am comfortable having the gun in the house with some knowledge of how to use it if I ever have to. (I pray I don't).

I made cupcakes and a cake. There was a ton of batter. Funfetti cupcakes/cake. Yummy. I just don't need to eat them. I put it in for the allotted time and it wasn't long enough because when I poked the cake, it collapsed and uncooked batter oozed out. Once the cake was finally done, I cooled and put icing on a bunt cake. Haha. There was a doughnut looking cake golden brown due to the crater that appeared when I initially poked the cake. Still just as yummy... I hope.

We made fajitas at home for dinner. Good stuff! Bought a crock pot. This week I will try to look up yummy recipes for next weekend...

It was an overall great day.

Tomorrow is Easter. We will start the day with yummy Cinnabon-Cinnamon rolls Kyle requested. When I say requested, he put them in the cart at the store and when I am putting away groceries and see the roll of dough, he smiles with the big grin. You know the grin- the one where even his ears poke out a little more.

After breakfast, we will attend the house of worship with the Holler's. It should be interesting... We are going to do laundry and laugh and maybe walk the dog. Maybe we will try again with the haircut thing. It should be ok to learn on a bald head. That way if I mess up... shave it all off again.

Goodnight.

Bald

Today was Kyle's 24th birthday. It was an ok day. The entire day we were kind of grumpy and sad.. we knew what was coming. Another week at training.
Good news: it has been so long that we qualify for separation pay.
Bad news: he is away and it is taking a toll on everyone. Diesel sits on the couch right now pouting (loud sighs, looking out the window as if he is coming right back).

So we washed the truck, did laundry, snuggled, watched TV, went out to dinner, ate birthday brownies and got ready for his departure. It is always the saddest day...

Kyle needed a hair cut and $11-15 bucks a month are starting to add up... so Kyle bought a clipper set. He asked me try this experiment. I failed. I hurt his feelings when I messed up and laughed out loud. He was already mad that I wasn't positive but I was trying hard. It looked good until we tried to blend it better....
He got so mad I laughed at it that he took the clippers and stormed outside and shaved his head. I was so upset I cried about it. "This is the second birthday I am bald," said Kyle. I asked him if his friends will give him a hard time for being bald, he said no- they will give you a hard time. I cried again.

I need to get ready for another hectic week at work. (sigh).

For all you readers in CO, Kyle and I will take about 10 days leave in June/July for pre-deployment leave. See you then!