Normal resumes
The house is almost back to normal. Daughter is back in school and Mom and Dad are both back to regular schedules for work. After the twelve days off I was ready to come back to the office. However, the 4 dogs at home are a bit miffed that they now have to be kenneled and cornered into safe places for hours each day. Tough, I say. I do feel a bit bad for the baby - she cries and cries when she is in the crate, but I am sure she stops as soon as I lock the front door and pull out of the drive way.
I finished the spare bedroom make over. I have to say it looks pretty good for the amateur decorator in me. The curtains actually look as if someone spent more than 15 minutes and a 1/2 roll of iron-on tape. I may move on to the bathroom in the coming weeks...
A fresh coat of paint and bright curtains is just what it needs. I have most of the Christmas decorations down - but the tree and nativity are still up. They look so nice; I really do not want to take them down. I have drill this weekend, so that will be my excuse to leave them up another week. I have not been to drill in two months. With all of the Hurricane Katrina activity and escorting the Slovenian delegation, I have not had to go to monthly drill. It has been nice, but it will be nice to catch up with everyone after the holidays. We have a retirement ceremony this weekend for MSG W - so we are headed to Helga's for good German food and chocolate.
I decided to make the commitment to the daughter going to Peru for the Mission Trip over the summer. I will have more details on that soon. You can check out the Brio mission trip. It will be an opportunity of a lifetime.
I am getting ready for my next class IR 6685 - Terrorism & Political Violence. It is going to be a great class. It is being taught by the same instructor I had for Military Strategy and International Relations. He is currently a LTC teaching at the AirForce Academy. Very knowledgeable and insightful, perhaps I can grab some of that in the coming weeks.
I just finished reading In Case We're Separated. Pretty good read and the characters are very amusing. I am reading Between Two Worlds next.
I finished the spare bedroom make over. I have to say it looks pretty good for the amateur decorator in me. The curtains actually look as if someone spent more than 15 minutes and a 1/2 roll of iron-on tape. I may move on to the bathroom in the coming weeks...
A fresh coat of paint and bright curtains is just what it needs. I have most of the Christmas decorations down - but the tree and nativity are still up. They look so nice; I really do not want to take them down. I have drill this weekend, so that will be my excuse to leave them up another week. I have not been to drill in two months. With all of the Hurricane Katrina activity and escorting the Slovenian delegation, I have not had to go to monthly drill. It has been nice, but it will be nice to catch up with everyone after the holidays. We have a retirement ceremony this weekend for MSG W - so we are headed to Helga's for good German food and chocolate.
I decided to make the commitment to the daughter going to Peru for the Mission Trip over the summer. I will have more details on that soon. You can check out the Brio mission trip. It will be an opportunity of a lifetime.
I am getting ready for my next class IR 6685 - Terrorism & Political Violence. It is going to be a great class. It is being taught by the same instructor I had for Military Strategy and International Relations. He is currently a LTC teaching at the AirForce Academy. Very knowledgeable and insightful, perhaps I can grab some of that in the coming weeks.
I just finished reading In Case We're Separated. Pretty good read and the characters are very amusing. I am reading Between Two Worlds next.
posted by soldierdeb at 1:44 PM
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It's so hard to get into the swing of things after the December rush!
Congrats on adopting a couple soldiers.
We requested & received a new one too. :)
Thanks again for sending me some deserving hero addresses...hoping they will enjoy the surprise.
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