I'm home early from work again, and I have tomorrow off. This sounds like a great start to the week. Ordinarily it would be, but of course this is the week that I have a lot to take care of at work and not a lot of time to do it. I did bring some work home, and will do what I can from here. But that's not the point.
Monday, January 31, 2011
The Difference
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
The Rest of the Story
This was posted to the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team Facebook page:
2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division On Saturday, we lost one of our heroes. SPC Jose A. Torre, Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, California, died in Baghdad of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to C Company, STB. We are collectively mourning the loss of our fallen comrade and our hearts and deepest sympathies are with his Family, Friends, and fellow Soldiers during this difficult time.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sad Day
A little over 15 weeks into this deployment, I have come up with some routines and systems and am settling into the "regularness" of it. If I haven't seen Stephen online in a few days or gotten any of those Skype post it notes we exchange, I generally see his company executive officer (XO) on skype just about all the time. So I look to that as a secondary means of comfort. If I've seen neither, I tend to get a little nervous because when something happens downrange, a serious injury or fatality, they blackout all communications so that the appropriate family members are notified in an appropriate manner, not by rumors and hard truths spreading all through the interwebs.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Photos...
So, I'm not really keeping up with the photos. I'm trying. But I'm sick of sunsets, sunrises, ice on the windshield and endless photos of the cat. I might try to play catch up, I might not. I said about 6 months ago that I wasn't going to force myself to do something that I didn't love. I don't love stressing about making sure I have a photo each day or finding filler ones. I'm torn though. I do love getting to the end of a task I've set out to do. We'll see, but it's not looking good.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Overheard
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy 2011
wow. 2011. 1.1.11. I resolve to get through this year! :)
1. Lose the Wedded Bliss/Living in Germany/Moving Back to America weight and be healthier.
2. Be flexible, but also firm with things that matter to me.
3. Tell people what I want instead of expecting them to read my mind and act accordingly.
4. Change my Facebook profile pic weekly, and always have someone beside me in it that I love.
**I think I did this for a while. And mostly put pictures of me and Stephen, but then I got all sidetracked putting Jem of Jem and the Holograms and a bunch of just me and one of a painting. The more I think about it, this isn't a good resolution. Who cares? I'll just put whatever I put whenever I put it. This doesn't even make sense! I must have been just trying to come up with resolutions!
6. Scrapbook
7. Work with husband on money matters.
8. Only buy, keep and do things that are beautiful, useful or bring me joy.
9. Accessorize
10. Laugh, Live, Love
**Yes, as often and as passionately as I can!
That's all I've got for now, but I reserve the right to change, modify, add, delete, steal from lists of others. :)
Happy 2010!
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