I forgot to thank Megan Henderson and her family in my previous posting for the care package she had sent! I’m so sorry! Megan was my roommate in college my last two years and she’s a pretty awesome lady! She sent a box of books and magazines…thanks! And for fun, here’s a picture of the … Read more
Good question. Right now, I’m enjoying Dancing With the Stars, although my enthusiasm is somewhat limited because I was away for the first 3-4 weeks. I couldn’t believe that Steve-O wasn’t eliminated the first week…I guess he was a better dancer than I gave him credit for… I’m also back to a CD-burning spree. Not … Read more
I’ve been mulling this one for a while… I’ve been home about 11 days now. For the most part, things have been fine. I’ve gotten back into the routine…somewhat. I have to admit, having the new Macbook has been more of a distractor than anything else in terms of keeping to the housework, the kids … Read more
So I’m having a grand old time working on organizing my photos on my Macbook. There’s software called “iPhoto” that seems quite intelligent. I’ve already imported all my pictures from our desktop (32,000+ photos, about 30GB). So one of the features I’m having fun with is iPhoto’s Face Recognition program. Called “Faces”, based on a … Read more
The kitchen laptop has officially been REPLACED! Finally! I haven’t been this excited about computer stuff in a really long time — I’ve been looking forward to getting a new laptop for many months, and for once I was going to save up and get something I REALLY wanted. After those months in the desert, … Read more
Now that I’m home, I’m slowly getting back to normal. One of the things that was on my mind while I was away was setting up one of our webcams (that we used to keep in touch during my deployment) as a weather webcam, that connects to our home weather station. So here you go. … Read more
Greetings from Detroit! I’ve two legs down on this journey, three to go. The flights from Doha to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to Detroit were more or less without incident (save a broken shoe heel from an overambitious beverage cart that I didn’t notice till I had disembarked).I’m now getting ready to board my flight … Read more
Books Read on this Deployment1.) The Marching Season, Daniel Silva: 16 Jan 092.) Angels and Demons, Dan Brown: 20 Jan 093.) Deception Point, Dan Brown: 25 Jan 094.) The Other Boleyn Girl, Phillipa Gregory: 3 Feb 095.) Marley & Me, John Grogan: 5 Feb 096.) Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell: 11 Feb 097.) Point of … Read more
Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather be here than Bagram or Balad. The trips off base were great and I’m glad I took the risk to venture out there. But this is still a deployed location and I had to do without quite a bit. Here’s a list of things I won’t miss about being … Read more
“Taken off the line?” Yeah, I guess it’s a reference to putting a fighting unit in reserve after serving on the front lines for a while. That’s how I feel now. I’m no longer on the work schedule. My mission is to get home safely. Paul is here, he’s fully trained and now has the … Read more