Mood:  not sure

Morning!

Okay, it is a little less stressful this morning. Yesterday there was a recall, so we were up at 500. (Fun times… I thought Flyboy was talking to his alarm on his phone until he started saying “Yes sir”. Yeah, it was that kind of tired yesterday.) I dropped him off and came back home to face 51 flash cards that needed to be colored. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but if you combine, the hot desk lamp, smell of old crayons, markers and a 6 inch stack of already colored flashcards, it is a little over whelming, not to mention the exhaustion you have from coloring all day the day before. So I cracked down and set a goal, and I had them finished by 1400. (I had been coloring from 600 and only had and hour and a half break. They are very detailed cards, ya know.) Around 1600 Flyboy wanted me to pick him up, I head down there and he tells me that it will be 1630 instead because he is the highest ranking guy in the flight and has to keep and eye on things, plush he was the only scheduler that day and well, he was needed, just in case anyone had questions. Cool, but then again, it got me started on the next set of questions. I highlighted the answers and I have done 7 cards so far. The first volume of this next set, has 96 questions and guess what… 75% of the answers are NUMBERS!!!!!! For example, 10001110001. Yeeeeaaaaah. What in the world am I to draw for that to make it easily memorized, when the next ten questions after it are the same type of answer? Anyway, his test on the set I just finished is this Friday, and he can’t schedule the next test until after he takes this one. So, pretty much, all of this month is waiting on him passing this CDC test on Friday. I mean, he has to fly like 3 times this month (it is what he is scheduled for) and he has to study, schedule and take the last CDC test, after all that is scheduled and dates are known, I need to schedule my doctor’s appointment (I want him with me and he wants to be there too) and on top of that he is due for more “on-the-field” training all due by the end of the month, not to mention he has to get his CDC completion paperwork sent off so he can take the SSgt test. Very busy month, you could say.

Friday went alright, with the apple crisp. They had a meeting while I was there and got a pretty nasty beating, so morale was pretty down. I think the Apple Crisp helped some. I did however get one of those “slow-claps” from BE RIGHT BACK! FLYBOY HAS CHANGE OF PLANS, NEED TO PACK NEW STUFF!

Ok I am kind of back… alright back to the story; I got those “slow-claps” from our country boy buddy. He’s a real sweetheart. Everyone really liked it and like I said I think it boosted some morale, just a little bit.

Yeah, Flyboy just messaged me with change of plans. (I hate change of plans) Anywho, he was suppose to be studying today but he got thrown on an “on-the field” training event, that he needs by the end of this month, at the last minute. It is 815 now and the classroom part starts at 900, then he tells me he needs his BDU’s and a survival kit. (He is in his flight suit today, as always. Thank goodness I think ahead and got his new rank put on his BDU’s) So, I kind of started to panic because I know where everything for his survival kit is, except for one item. I know we have it, and it was used recently, but I have no idea where it is, which means, “To Clothing Sales!” she says half heartedly. Luckily he texted me again a little while after saying that he gets a lunch break and after that he needs all that stuff. So I will be heading down to base around 1100. (Lunch starts at noon-ish, but I have other things besides Clothing Sales that I need to attend to.) Flyboy was saying that he had asked about it and there just happened to be an opening today, which is great because there aren’t any for the next 2 months!!! Grrrreeeeaaaat! I only say that because one, he does need this by the end of the month and two he just messaged me again saying that now he ay not get to go because the class size may be too big. (Do you see the roller coaster I live on? So if I seem edgy or stressed, or not very nice at times, it is because this roller coaster hasn’t stopped to let me have a bathroom break yet! Haha) so that is what is going on now…

Since Thursday Flyboy has been a Dispatcher for A2D2. I think I had mentioned something about it last week, saving lives, bullets, etc. Well He didn’t do a very good job explaining it to me via text… he never does. Anywho, first off A2D2 stands for Airman Against Drunk Driving (2 A’s and 2 D’s therefore A2D2). A2D2 is a pretty cool program, airmen who have had one too many can call the number and a ride will be arranged for them and take them to their destination. (No bar hopping.) It is all volunteer based and they are in need of drivers and dispatchers. Well Flyboy volunteered to be a dispatcher, and so from 2100 to 500 the phone we were issued was turned on and when it rang Flyboy would write down information and call up the driver that was on standby and forward the info. Now once Friday came the phone had to be on until Monday at 500. So sleep was pretty hard, they don’t all call at once. We got a call at 600 Sunday morning! Who in the world is toasted at 600? I can’t judge, I am glad that they called, but still. We were supposed to be done with it on Monday and it was to go to the next volunteer, but the guy in charge was running around like crazy yesterday and told flyboy to go ahead and hold on to it until he got back from leave… so much for sleep this week. So far, knock on wood, we haven’t had a call this week yet, but I am getting a hunch. Generally during the week if the guys decide to throw back a few cold ones, they do it in their dorm rooms but when the weekend comes the go to their buddy’s places off post.

(Oh man I am so tired) I haven’t gotten a text from Flyboy regarding if he can attend this Survival Training course. PHONE. Brb. (be right back)

Alright, I have returned once more. It was Mississippi Mom; I had some Soldier stuff to discuss with her.

Speaking of Soldier, that reminds me of the Cali trip. There is a 50/50 chance that we can come out for the dates we have scheduled in June. Apparently the time we have scheduled is a No-Leave time for Flyboy’s Squadron. It has to do with a big training event, and the chances of him getting out of it are soooo slim. He talk to the Captain (he is the flight’s new Captain, I actually like this guy. He has a LOT of good ideas for the flight and he is great with morale, like Sgt Awesome.) And the Captain said that if Flyboy keeps up his hard work, and if Flyboy can’t manage to get the leave permitted, he would fight for him. (He keeps his word) Flyboy is going to push it up through the chain of command, even if he has to take it to the tip top. He has it in his schedule, has had it in there for a while, but we didn’t know about this training event until like last week. I won’t know for sure if June is a positive until a week or two prior. If it turns out that it isn’t, and we have to stay here, then we will reschedule for July. I would like to just move the date to exactly after the Training Event, but right after is a long TDY that Flyboy has been put on… so yeah… see, roller coaster!!!!! (Let… me… off…)

Well, it is 901, so, I am going to message Flyboy and if I get a response then he isn’t doing the Survival training today, if not, then I need to shower and get ready to head to the base. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Well I just texted him, now for the waiting game… blah.

So, as I wait, how are you all doing? I got MomaMouse’s email about her new art class, that is really AWESOME! It sounds really fun. =) I have put a link to her blog so the boys can check it out, though they pretty much know what is going on, because, they live there. Haha. Sleeveman, just got done with his knee surgery, so far so good?

The Josh… how have you been? Long time no IM…  (IM means Instant message, for those that didn’t know=)) Mom said you liked the kimono, =D hehe yeah, kinda screamed you. I wish it would have showed up with everyone else’s stuff. USPS, I tell ya… So you are going to dress up as Hawkeye? (If you have already, how did it go?) That would be really cool; Flyboy thinks you can pull it off really well! (I do too) M*A*S*H is AWESOME!!!!

Oh! PowerPresto, Flyboy wants to know if you have anymore ideas for another Dungeons and Dragons adventure or if you want to continue the one we were doing when Flyboy came out for Christmas. I ma glad you really liked the sheets! I saw them and was like, “PowerPresto would LOVE these.” Hehe. I am going to get the Box Tops that we have for you, organized and send them to you. After I find out what is going on with Flyboy, I will start on that. =)

Well, so far, no text, and it has been 20 minutes. Flyboy is pretty good about responding in a timely manner, so I guess that means that he is doing the Survival thing.

Oh! Saturday, we got to go to a free premier of Watchmen! It was held at the Base Theater. It was AWESOME!!! I think it should have been rated NC17, instead of R, there was A LOT of “things” that are not for young eyes. I was pretty shocked that some of the people brought their kids that were under 10! I mean, I read some of the comic (thanks to Sleeveman) and this isn’t a kid movie. These aren’t your normal superheroes. You would also think with a rating of R, you wouldn’t bring your young one. Just my opinion. Besides gore, there were some “scenes” very visual ones. Anywho overall, it was a great movie, and the director did an awesome job! I can’t wait to see the Dark Night. I haven’t seen it yet, but I am ready now. So I think we may pick that up this weekend. =) I am excited.

Well, I better get going. I need to get things done, and get Flyboy his stuff. Hope everyone is doing well! Take care!

(Wait, I just did Spell Check, over this entry, and Word tried to change NC17 to UNCLE. How in the world do you get uncle out of NC17? Okay, whatever, I just thought I would share. Take care!)

~NikiRose