Mood:  rushed

Hello…

I hope everyone is doing alright. =) I am exhausted and the day has barely started. =S Flyboy had a briefing at 800 down at the base theater and of course today is grocery shopping day. He suggested that I drop him off at the chow hall so I can beat the shopping rush. That didn’t work as planned we ran a bit late, but it all worked out in the end. Flyboy is amazed that he was able to live on chow hall food for as long as he did, and he is ever so grateful that I can cook. =) (it was HIS idea to eat breakfast at the chow hall not mine)

I finished shopping at the Commissary then headed to Target to pick up grape juice. (Flyboy likes it in the individual bottles and the Commissary doesn’t stock them.) From there I headed in the direction of our gas station and remembered that I had stuff in the car to donate to the Goodwill. Luckily it wasn’t too far out of my way, dropped off the stuff, and then spent 20 bucks to fill my tank. =P I unloaded the groceries from the car and rushed to put away the goods that needed to be refrigerated. Flyboy then text messaged me saying that he was on his way back to the squadron and he was ready for me to drop off his lunch and P.T. bag. (*sigh*) I heated up his left over coffee (he mentioned he was really tired) grabbed his gear and headed out the door, of course after packing his lunch. =) I headed back to base gave him his stuff then headed to the next store to pick up corned beef (Flyboy wants corned beef and cabbage sometime this pay period). From there I headed to Wal-Mart and picked up a dehydrator. (I have been really wanting one and Flyboy said I could get one this paycheck. Plus I told Soldier that I would send him some beef jerky. =) He is really excited!!) So I am now home and eating left over chicken noodle soup. It came out alright, though I need to work on the spices, it is a little bland.

Now the game plan is to finish blogging, do the dishes, shower and get dressed up for a pin on ceremony. Radar is pinning on Senior Airman as well as a bunch of other guys; it is a pretty big ceremony. (Everyone who is pinning on a new rank from A1C to CMSGT, kind of big ceremony) The first time I attended one of these ceremonies, was about a year and a half ago. Flyboy had to go and so I went with him. I of course asked him what kind of attire and he was completely wrong. (I found that out when I got there. I was the only one in jeans and a pretty blouse.) Today Flyboy is going to meet me at the ceremony after Squadron P.T. which I find is really screwed up. The ceremony is at 1600 and P.T. is from 1500-1600 so many may not make it. (The whole squadron has mandatory P.T. on Tuesdays together; I think I told you all about this.) Anywho, if the guys can’t make it to his pin on, I can. =) (Actually the first Pin-On Ceremony I went to was for Ohio ((I will have to tell his story another time)) and afterwards I met CornFed for the first time. He asked my permission to take Flyboy out for driving practice in his big pick-up truck. He called me “ma’am” and assured me he would have him home before supper. Hehe

Anywho, busy, busy, busy... Oh, guess what… (Not a good guess what, more like a “figures” guess what) Come to find out, Flyboy may not be able to test for Staff this go round. Even though he was told he was promoted to Senior Airman 15 Jan 2009, on his EPR too, the actually paperwork signed by the Commander isn’t dated until 20 Feb 2009 which is AFTER the cut off date to qualify for Staff testing. He is going to investigate it some more and if he can test, he will, but it isn’t looking so good. On one hand he is bummed but on the other he is looking forward to comfortable studying rather than the cramming. I am bummed all the way around. I really believe that he can beat the odds that are stacked against him with passing the test. I want to see him do it, you know?

I think that is it for news. Great Grandma is doing better; they are just finding a way to stabilize her with medication. Her blood pressure is through the roof, but her heart rate is next to nothing. =/

Well I better start on the dishes, or take a shower; I guess I will have to flip a coin on this one. Anyway, I hope you all are doing well and are getting better! Take care!!

~NikiRose