Valentine's Day

First off, Happy Valentine'sDay! I know its a really hot and cold holiday, but whatever, its just another day peeps. I hope yours was good.

We had a REALLY fun day today! We went out to the range and fired our weapons...like 80 live rounds a piece! No dry fire, no blank fire, just live rounds. It was fantastic. I got 3 packages today too, so even better =) One was from the cousins, they got Becky and I some awesomestuff. Another was a box of chocolates from the ever-so-sweet Mr. Bill Lockhart and the last was my favorite flip flops...IN PINK! It was awesome.

Tomorrow we have commander's time, which, is basically a day off. Beck and I are going to the PX probably and getting pedicures, just sleeping in and relaxing. We leave very soon so we're all just getting ready to pack all of our junk and get settled over there! I have been e-mailing Chief and it just sounds like a sweet setup. I am sooo excited. OH! And I heard back from my missions group today! Nothing big, the lady just said to look on the website and to ask questions once I figured them out. So. I'm way excited. Just can't wait to be a doc and hopefully have the opportunity to do this a lot. I'll have to do some active duty years first though.

Funny thing I want to say. So yesterday I was super irritated! And I wrote too soon, because I DEFINITELY got hounded more. I am such an easy target. I know, I just...I'm not really sure, I'm really defensive because I'm very thought out in everything I do and I'm very open. So, I don't like to explain myself and I HATE when someone misconstrues my words. Its a game for many of my friends. I love them though. Good stuff. Crazies. Anyways. Not much else to report, I was able to take some pictures out today so I will post them with this. Oh! And I still really want a pup when I get back. But, don't think I can take good care of him with school and travel =( we'll see! Love you guys! Happy Valentine's Day again!

DISCLAIMER: Okay, pictures will go up later. Connection is too slow right now.

Medical Missions!!!!

So I had a very hard time keeping my composure this morning and have spent a great deal of the day very angry! But, I'm not going to talk about dang it! If y'all can't tell, this has been killing me! I just know its not worth it! Still! It doesn't excuse some things. Whatever. These people who make me mad eventually figure it out. I hate talking when I'm mad, its not made to punish anyone, it just naturally does. I am relieved to be angry so I have a perfectly good excuse not to talk to who I don't like. Well. To be nice to them. I even talk to people I hate because I can't imagine just being mean for no reason. Now I just have a great excuse not to be in the same vicinity as them now. Shoo. No more!

I am actually very excited! I e-mailed a medical missions team that goes year round to the Dominican Republic! Well, several teams that go with one organization. Its still really cool. I am sooo excited! I don't think I will be able to go on my R&R for a few reasons: 1)Its REALLY hard to just jump in with a team without them planning for you. And we won't know our dates for a while. So a July or August trip, like I want to do, just isn't ample timing. 2) Someone brought up that the military might deem it unsafe because its a lot of times with indigenous communities and its kind of dangerous, for like disease's sake, etc. Boo on being a soldier. I think I could make it happen if I play my cards right. Just thinking about it makes me ECSTATIC!!!! My goodness I have tunnel vision right now. Other options are visiting my friend's brother in Italy or going to Spain. Apparently I have a millionaire uncle there! Like I really feel comfortable going to just chill in Spain with my uncle I never met. Anyways. Veryyyy excited!!! Ah! Okay. That is all. And Army life. Boo.

Charming

The past few days have been retarded, as usual. But in honor of not being a loser with a bad attitude lets talk about the good. First off, I have gotten a TON of mail! I ordered some things for myself but I have had some really awesome friends and family send me some things. So. Thanks guys, you're the best =) Today I am off, thank GOD. I was planning on going and blowing money at the PX but I really need to be here and get some things done so I'm going to. Can't wait to get over there and get my room all set up and get into a routine. Because this CTE is getting soooo old. 15 hours days just suck, simply put. Lets see, I've gotten like 4 awards certificates in the last week, no kidding. 1 real, 3 joke. But hey, just means I'm loved, right? The plane ride will be very long, our ADVON already arrived there. But, thats plenty of time to be lazy and watch movies and Grey's Anatomy. Thank God I don't have to eat out of a tent today, I get real DFAC food. And, most people are at work. So peaceful. So glad. I also want to start planning my vacation. I really think I want to jump in with some church doing medical missions work and just enjoy that. Thats what I want to do one day so this would be a good time to test it. Anyways. Nothing new really just all that silly stuff. More sometime, eventually, I'm sure.

Things To Look Forward To

i was reading my latest posts and decided that they are really grumpy! I have some things I could gripe about now but I will be more cheerful to offset all thakt other yuck from the last few posts. My apologies!

Today was a long day and boring. It did allow me time to think about plans and get excited. Aside from my packages I should be getting soon, I am uber excited for when I get to move to the beach! haha. Which, granted, may be a ways away but I would just be so happy. Good weather, laid back and just nature. So beautiful! Good ole' Lt.King likes to tell me I would never be accomplished but he is wrong, i believe it would only encourage great things =) Lets see, also heard a very cute proposal story today. Like! Carolina is playing Duke and I hopeeee they dont ruin my evening, I am dragging Cothron with me to watch. He will get over it. Anyways. Its so late. I'm vewry sleepy and this is a bad waste of time! =) Goodnight loves!

Super Bowl

Well we didn't get to have a beer tonight but I'm relieved. People are ridiculous and its nice to see people who actually want to see the game as opposed to drinking. I drink but dang. I don't see the big obsession. Maybe I'll be whining later in the year about it. Most of the fun in drinking though is being out with your friends and making memorable nights out of it. Not so much the taste or alcohol....or the feeling afterwards. Anyways.

My best friend here has had a really terrible day. Her significant other is being a douche...again. And she's sick =( Normally I can sort of cheer her up but its really not happening today. I wish him and her could go their separate ways and heal. Gosh. Its just not worth the heartache. Which brings me to my next point. When people are away from significant others, significant others become quite the talk. And I have to say. I'm not sure what's gotten into me, but, I am so not feeling lonely or missing out or wishing I had someone to call my other half. I understand how nice it is, but, something this just makes it so much more difficult. And to be honest I seriously doubt many are keeping their loyalties to their other half. It seems impossible now days. So sad. I want it all or nothing. And, I won't compromise who I am or where I'm going. Hello, isn't that the reason you fall in love? For who they are? I understand the compromise, but compromise is me making dinner because you've had a bad night or going to watch that dumb movie I really don't want to see but you do. Not, oh, I'll quit what I want to do to do something more suitable for you. I'm sure I have a lot to learn. But right now. I just don't care. Boys are silly. And I am content with my focus on them. Or, lack thereof.

We were supposed to have today and tomorrow off but as fate would have it, some douche that runs this exercise decided to screw my shift and bring us in at 8 am tomorrow. For no reason. It is so pointless being in there! I am logging staff journals with things like, "Called 77th TRANS." and "Checked SIGACTs and SIRs". So not worth my time. Oh yea, and I've already done this. Fort Campbell was so much more fast-paced.

I'm ready to get to our destination and get settled in. I'm really hating living in a huge open bay of other girls. Granted, I hate sharing my bedroom anyways but with 31 others its really obnoxious. On the downside of that, we will have to be on everyday I'm assuming and really focused to learn our jobs and do them. My section is definitely the busiest. Can't wait to see how things pan out.

I'm really looking forward to my vacation already. I really want to go backpacking in Europe or maybe go to South America. BFF really wants to go to Italy though. We will see. Thats all, not much to report. Just bored and working. Can't wait to run in a couple of days though!

Embrace The Suck

Wasn't really looking forward to a post titled this, but, ya know! I suppose being in the Army its bound to happen. Lets see, where should I begin? Not sure if I mentioned I got sick, I think I did. But let me emphasize...I went to sick call 4 times in the last 11 days. And, while I wasn't totally looking forward to work, I definitely wasn't trying to avoid it. I love my section, I enjoy being in there and being caught up to speed and being productive. Anyways. After doc gave me my 3 different kind of medicine and it didn't work, I knew it was a bigger deal than a bug or whatever. But I'm apparently just a dumb girl. No one took me seriously. Needless to say, I am pretty sure I pissed off my section NCOIC and went to sick call anyways. But. I win. I have freaking pneumonia. Hello. Thanks doc for listening to me. Preciate it! Anyways, I'm on quarters right now and I'm hoping these bajillion antibiotics knock it out of me.

OH! Another thing! So, we got a few inches of snow, no biggie, right? UM WRONG! The world fell apart down here!!!! There were buses sliding off the road, 12 hour shifts turned into 19 hour shifts and they were STILL DRIVING US TO BLISS!!! The post was shut down, the mail wasn't running, the freaking hospital was only open for emergencies and we STILL had to do the damn exercise at Bliss! Not to mention the rolling power outages we're still having. Its insane. Oh and the temperature. Try -38 with the windchill yesterday morning. Absolute craziness. And yet, there's still no where else I'd rather be. I'm considering deploying with another unit to Afghanistan...maybe not. But I figure a real deployment would be kind of um...acceptable. Anyways. I have to finish some online training. It sucks but might as well make the most of being sick and stuck on my ass.

Time Slows Down Whenever You're Around

I got REALLY sick yesterday and was pretty miserable and stuck inside and no medicine was helping. Couldn't help with training, couldn't even go to the chow hall to get dinner. It was awful. I was confined to SERE training and my bunk...that I hate. It was miserable. BUT! Today was a total turnaround. I pretty much had to get up at 0440 and battle buddy someone to an appointment that they didn't have. BUT. It ended up being worth it. I ran into SPC Fortier from the 310th! And he is freaking awesome. Not to mention I ran into a battle from 42A school...WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER IN BOSTON! It was insane! Back to Fortier, he is amazing! So glad I finally got to meet him. Its just been a crazy day. We had all the battles stop by and sit and hang out and it was just really nice. I'm pleased with the outcome, even though my ears are hurting really bad again =( And I'm still coughing. But its amazing how when you're around the right people all of that takes a back seat. So anywho. Going to get off this thing, I'm at the PX. But. Mood = very happy!