Day 135

Today was a lot of fun.  We went to the pool with a friend from down there street.  Her son rides the bus with Gabe so we used to see each other almost every morning, but we haven't seen each other much since school got out.  It was really nice to be able to hang out for a couple hours and catch up.  It also gave me the opportunity to take this lovely picture:

As we were leaving the pool, Lacy texted me and asked if we'd like to come over for dinner.  She had talked Brian into making homemade fettucine alfredo.  It was kind of dicey for a minute, as she said we should come over with bells on and I didn't have any bells handy.  Luckily, she said that was okay.  We ended up going over a little earlier, as Brian's truck needed to be picked up from the shop.  Since he was busy cooking, she and I went to pick it up.  We had a wonderful dinner, then we sat around drinking and shooting the breeze til way too late.  It was a good time, though.

I shall return on day 136...

Day 134

Here we are, at the beginning of a new month.  While I'm happy that we have yet another month behind us, I can't help but wish that time would start moving a little faster.  I've had a lot of people tell me that the deployment will start flying any time now.  I'm not so sure, considering that we're already four and a half months in and time is moving just as slow now as it was at the beginning of the deployment.  What's funny is that time seems to have moved faster in the past than it seems to move in the present...the individual days seem to crawl, but then I look back and it doesn't seem like it's been over four months already.

Not much happened today.  I went to my monthly regiment volunteer meeting.  We volunteers are mostly working on planning things for the regiment families.  We have a get together once a month, usually a potluck or a dinner.  I figure anything that helps the time go by faster is a good thing.

And on that note, onward to day 135...

Day 133

Today Gabe and I had a lot of fun spending time with good friends.  We went next door this morning so I could watch Lacy's kids while she took her mom to the airport...and we ended up not leaving til about 10:30pm.  Our cable and internet were out pretty much all day, so we decided to keep each other entertained.  They were gracious enough to let us stay for dinner, and then we all just hung out and talked. 

One thing I didn't do in all the time we were over there was take a picture. =(

Next up, day 134...

Day 132

I'm back!!  Did anyone miss me?  Nah...didn't think so.  =)

I went out and did some running around today.  First I met up with my fellow LINKS hospitality manager at the commissary so we could buy a few things to help restock the LINKS larder.  I was going to go meet up with some ladies from the message board for lunch afterwards, but they ended up eating really quick and I couldn't get there in time.

So, Gabe and I went shopping instead.  First we went to Sam's Club...a place where it's really easy for me to spend way too much money.  Luckily, I don't go there that often.  After that, we headed to Walmart to pick up some things that Ben asked me to send him.  If anyone can think of a way to ship crayons to Afghanistan without them melting, I'd love to hear it (and no, honey - I didn't buy any crayons...yet. heheh).

As is the norm here in North Carolina, the evening brought in some storms.  Here's a picture of some of our lovely storm clouds:

Even though I don't always like what the clouds drop on us, they're really very pretty.  I believe there are more sitting on us right now, as I just heard the boom of thunder...sigh.

I'm out of here til day 133...

Day 131

Woohoo...I actually left the house today. I'm a member of a message board for Marine wives, fiancees and girlfriends; it's been a great way to meet people (and meant that I already 'knew' people when we moved to NC).  I got to meet a couple more of the ladies from the message board today; unfortunately, one of them will be leaving for Okinawa a little later this year.  Such is the nature of military life...you have to enjoy the people you meet while they're still around to be enjoyed!

Today's picture is my wonderful husband.  Taryn didn't take her daddy doll with her when she went to her dad's house, so I reappropriated him for the summer.  Here he is all tucked into bed (though I have to wonder if he wouldn't be more comfortable without his cammies...lol):

See everyone on day 132...

Day 130

There's not much to write about for today, as not much happened today.  Gabe got to go out and play with some of his friends, although I think they did more fighting than playing for the most part.

Oh well...maybe day 131 will be more exciting...

Day 129

Yay...I finally got my blog caught up!!

Today was a good day.  We went and met Taryn's dad so he could take her for the summer; now it's just Gabe and I til mid-August...could prove interesting.  We're used to Taryn leaving for the summer, but this is the first time in a while that it's happened when Ben's not around.

Once we got back, Gabe and I went to "Funtastic", an event designed to celebrate military kids.  They had all kinds of different things to do...the fire department and military police were there; there were military vehicles for the kids to check out; and a lot of the different activities on base had things for the kids to do.  Here's a picture of Gabe 'driving' an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle):

He had a lot of fun, which was the point of the whole thing.

And with that, I'm off to bed.  Til day 130...