Ahhhh

I'm pretty sure this is a woman thing BUT something that always makes me feel better is being productive. I was bummed missing the bestie and I decided to get my mind off of it by packing and laundry. I leave for mission early Monday morning and don't get tomorrow off so while everyone did the Halloween party thing I packed and listened to some country music =) It was helpful. I got most of my packing done, all my laundry done and my bed smells great and I'm snuggled up in it writing this. Today I spent wayyyy too much time on Pinterest but I am so okay with that. I can't wait to get home and just be human again. But, I have enjoyed getting so organized with my military stuff. I am going to make a list of the patches that I need tomorrow...my goal is to get them sewn on everything I have before I leave. I wish they would let us sew it on all our stuff, pcs and jackets. Still sooo excited for 68W school, that will for real be a dream come true. Anyways, going to read just thought I'd talk about what keeps me sane sometimes =) Goodnight you guys.

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Saturday Blues

Well. Dropped Mr.Frame off on Thursday, as well as Eddie. They are both in Memphis for 2 days until they get to go and demobilize. Glad they're home. It was very sad to see them go though. I really don't know what to do with myself...I want to run but it's sooo ugly outside and I hate running inside...I can't do it, it's awful. Going to figure out something though, I'm bummed and missing them =( I'm going on mission next week so that will keep me busy. Got lots of preparing to do! I'll post more later, promise promise!


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Busy Days

Today is Friday, which means tomorrow is Saturday and then I will be off! Haha, I'm really looking to sleeping in =( I didn't sleep a wink last night, I think I was anxious about a lot of things, Frame, PT Test, our class we have to teach today, getting enough sleep. It was just all jumbled up. Passed my PT Test, it was pitiful, well I guess not pitiful, but definitely just okay. My run went really well, I was shocked! I timed myself the other night and was like 10 seconds over what I needed. Today, I had more than a minute to spare. I'm still trying to get into the habit of getting up and running in the am, then running at night also. Maybe getting up early 3 days a week would be a good start...I really HATE waking up early, I could be sleeping! Even though I am soooo much of a morning person, I just hate making myself get up, I like just waking up feeling good. In other news, I lost 6 pounds. Which, is after like 1 week of running. I'm sure if I keep it up it will just drop right off, almost anyways. Haha. Work got CRAZY busy randomly. Cannon and I broke up our week into how we were going to build our continuity book/powerpoint class and then yesterday we were supposed to put the finishing touches on it and we got 6 packets! ALL of which were wrong. It required a lot of work to straighten it out. And its still pretty messy. Anyways, class was rescheduled until tomorrow since our NCOIC has to be somewhere this afternoon. So, PT test was done, felt better, class was rescheduled, can definitely get more and better sleep tonight and Frame, well he finally got back from mission last night so I feel better just seeing him, to see him less stressed out really. He will be going home and he's dreading that, because of everything back there, but I know its so much better for him, and that's good to know. I have GOT to upload some pictures. And take more. We had our first softball game of the season last night! And we WON! Yes, we actually won! And not by forfeit! Hahaha. It was really fun, we laughed the whole time and we won. And, personally, I think that team was better than us. Skill-wise. We had them laughing though, we laughed and we won. And we were missing at LEAST 4 starters. Yea, it was nice. I'm eating dinner with one of the softball umpires tonight...actually, the Navy guy that put on the league. He sent me an e-mail last week, asking if I was going to take him out to pizza and I told him Frame and I and him and Ben (another softball umpire) could do a double-date. Hahahaha. Well, I don't think he ever invited Ben and Urtula (Navy guy that ran the last softball league) e-mailed me to make sure we were still on...he never e-mailed or mentioned Frame. But uh, Frame will definitely be coming, not going to dinner just Urtula and me...idk why, just don't want to, weirds me out maybe? Not really Urtula, just eating dinner with him alone. So, I get off at work at 6pm, will go run with Frame, we'll head to go and order the pizza and eat with Urtula. Then him and I might go to the MWR or something. So, everything should be downhill for the weekend, thank goodness. That is all for now!

Productive Evening

Things picked up tonight...got a lot accomplished. Cannon and I have to be the first to present our class...SHOCKING. I got us smoked because when our NCOIC said, "well spc cannon, since you and spc smith want to be so enthusiastic and sarcastic, you two get to teach your class first." To which I loudly and clearly sarcastically said, " gee cannon, didn't see THAT one coming!" andddd then we got dropped, he wasn't happy but it was worth it =) got two loads of laundry done, ran two miles, had dinner, cleaned out my wall locker and recovered some ACUs and name tapes to get sewn on them. Still pumped for 68W school!!! And I have FRACUs I can take and not get dirty ACUs from training. So cool =) Frame should be back soon, I miss him, ready for my friend again. Night all!

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Tuesday Slump

Its Tuesday. 2:20 in the afternoon and I feel like I'm going to dieeeee. Okay, not really, but I am incredibly sleepy. I have got to go to bed earlier. I even took a nap at lunch for an hour and I'm still just dragging my behind. I have guard duty alllllll night tomorrow night and I am dreading it. Its so difficult to try to have a habit of going to by by 10pm, getting up at 5am and then all of a sudden in the middle of the week you have to stay up all night until 5am, when you're used to waking up at that time! Then I have to be at work at 11:30am the next day. I swear my NCOIC is the only one in this Brigade who gives us the policy that we get 1 day off. All the other sections give their soldiers a half day, so they can take a nap and be more apt to stay up all night, then give them the next day off so they can recover and get some sleep! Hell, I know a few sections that give them that day before and the day after off. I would have to work till 6pm, then be at guard duty at 6:45pm, then stay awake till 5am, sleep for 5 hours, get up and be at work by 11:30am. It is the most God-awful thing. Haha. There's just 2 things that make life unmanagable for me, 1) lack of sleep and 2) lack of shower. 2 things that the Army love to deprive you of. It happens...but I feel like if I have the OPPORTUNITY to get both, why should it be hard to get it? Ughhh! Anyways. Trying to figure out how to work this so I'm not dragging through the work day tomorrow, I'd like to jump right back onto my 10pm, 5am schedule. Oh wait, I have to, I have a PT Test Friday morning. Dangit! I gotta run tonight. I didn't this morning, totally slacking. I think I'll time myself tonight, time myself in the am then rest the remainder of Thursday. Well, probably sleep in tomorrow and give myself a full 24 hours off before the test. Yeaaaa. Good idea Jamie. Yuck. Alright, not much to say just complaining! Sorry guys =)

Monday Madness

Hokay so like my Monday started way too early but I needed to get up at 5:30am (yes, I know I'm in the Army and I refuse to use military time as a habit) and run. Not just because I have a PT test Friday, because I'm totally not promotable till next year, but because I'm going to 68W school when I return!!! For all you non-army peeps, that's combat medic school!!! It has the highest failure rate of ANY Army job...what a challenge! Andddd it's just something that I've always wanted to do. Anywho, been hyper all day, I blame my run! Miss my Framer, I'm worried about him =( Ran 1.7 miles this morning, planned to run tonight but just had too much going on. That'sssss it. Night y'all!


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Endorphins =)

Okay first off, I am INCREDIBLY excited to be doing this on my iPad =)))))) secondly, today has been quite the day. My best friend may be going home early because of an unfortunate situation back at home. It makes me incredibly sad...I would have to process his packet because that's my job and it would just suck. I think the worst part is 2 nights before he got news of all this stuff, I had a dream I had to send him home...he laughed it off as did I, and told me that I was a "tard". Haha. But now we're both freaked out =( however, I know this definitely isn't the end of our friendship, I want him to be home so his heart and mind is at ease. That's what's important. I just enjoy his company so much, he makes this place bearable everyday for me and is my ray of sunshine...he always says that about me, but it's really the other way around. I am incredibly fortunate to have him as a friend. Seriously. Anyways thats the sad stuff from today...we'll see how it plays out. Now for the good stuff! I ran twice today, for a total of 6.2 miles in the last 2 days! Impressive, considering I seriously have NOT been running, but likely R&R a couple of times. This morning I wasn't hydrated so I was hurting some and got dizzy as soon as I stopped. I have a bad habit of running feeling fine and then stopping, feeling as though I'm about to pass out. I don't prepare my body, number one, and two, I don't pay attention and know when to stop. So, I dragged my behind back to the barracks and just relaxed, had lunch, took a top to get my name tape and rank sewn on, then relaxed till about 5:40pm and went to run again. This time with like 15 people on the track, blah! It wasn't too bad, at my 1 mile mark I passed this girl, she didn't seem happy about it, the next mile she was actively trying to catch me, I was thinking, "ha! I dare you girl!" lol! Normally, I just don't care, but tonight I was all about it. I felt a lot better from hydrating and stretching and I was feeling competitive when she was busting here butt to pass. It's good for me, right? So I felt good, going to run in the am with the lt and at night with someone I never thought I'd want anywhere with me. I won't say names, but I really, STRONGLY disliked this girl. I had little respect for her. But, a couple of missions on the road made for some forced bonding, so to speak, and she really does have some areas of her life together, a lot more than I originally thought. Pt being one of them, so, I'm excited, I feel I can learn lots from her. Probably just some big misunderstanding of her from the beginning. I mean, who am I to judge? I could care less, she inspires me in some ways and I'm game to learn from her =) So, the running helped me so much on a difficult day for me. I feel fine and I know I will be fine =) yay for friends and endorphins =) I still didn't edit my pics, but I will soon. Goodnight all! Oh, did I mention I LOVE my iPad?! =)))))))

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