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Losing track of time

John — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:59:36 +0000

I don’t know when to sleep. I don’t sleep at night. I don’t sleep during the day. I sleep when I can and it’s never at the same time each day. What day is it? I can only tell by the calendar. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have a clue. It feels like I’ve been gone a long time. I guess I have… I think. What day is it?

(just some random rambling thoughts)

By the numbers

John — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:12:23 +0000

1 month until I my check ride (flight evaluation)
18 training events remaining
3 days until I get to see Jessica
3 days until my next flight
28 subscriptions on my RSS feed
7,728 items read over the last 30 days
2 days and 6 months until a year of marriage
1.5 months until Jessica’s birthday
1 homework assignment to complete today

ahh boredom….

Quick update

John — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:23:09 +0000

With the holidays fast approaching I’ve got a glut of information to go through before I leave for the break. We’re going to have classes and assignments through the weekend until the early part of next week. After that, I’m going to sit around and wait to leave. We’re doing a cross-country Christmas this year and we’ll actually be heading home to Iowa. I haven’t been to my parents house since oh… 2002. (Jessica has obviously never been there either) After we leave Iowa, we’ll head to Washington for a few days before I have to head back to Oklahoma. I really wish this training was at McChord. It would make my life so much easier.

No title… really

John — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:19:25 +0000

We (Jessica and I) have known that at some point we’ll have to replace my car. It’s simply too small of a car for more than two people. I know what I like about my car – it handles extremely well (except for icy patches of the interstate in Montana), the acceleration is adequate, and it gets decent gas mileage.

I already have horsepower envy and I don’t want to give up my AWD. I’d like to get something that seats more than five but I definitely do NOT want to get a minivan. I don’t want to feel emasculated so getting something less powerful is not an option. The new vehicle, whatever it might be, will probably not be a Subaru. It has got to be something on par with Jessica’s ride. Too bad I can’t find a Jeep Wagoneer from back in the day. Drop a new engine in it… yeah… or not.

Travel

John — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:50:40 +0000

Travel has officially begun. I’ve been awake for 6 hours and I have a few more hours before my show time. I looked at the flight board and it looks like I am going to wait for 5-6 hours after my show time.

By the time I land, I will have been up for 22-24 hours. At that point I’ll sit around for a few days before I get on the next round of flights.

Ahhh military travel at its finest. Hurry up and wait and wait and wait and then wait some more. I wish I could get a direct flight – that would be awesome.

VOTE FOR US!!!!

Jessica — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:56 +0000

Vote for Havoc!

Random thoughts

John — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:37:33 +0000

When I woke up this morning I was thrilled to be walking around in 65 degree weather at 3AM until I realized that it was only going to get warmer from that point forward

Even though I live on base it still feels like a third world country – my power is so unstable the lights in my room brown out every 30 seconds

Traveling

John — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:11:56 +0000

I’ve traveled on a C130 and a C17 and numerous other civilian aircraft. All of them have had one thing in common: fixed wings. Recently I took a trip on a Black-hawk Helo and it was awesome. I had to travel to another base to inspect some stuff and we found it was far easier to arrange transport via chopper over a C130 or anything else. I took a bunch of pictures on the way over – there is no cooler way to see a country than from 1000 feet. Pictures will follow when I get back to Balad.

No problems yet

John — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:54:19 +0000

Jessica’s Christmas present, a little Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Havoc, is sitting at my feet chewing on a dog bone. All of the dogs have been outside to go to the bathroom and the little one has been outside and gone twice (luckily I was watching her like a hawk and caught her before we had another accident). The morning meal went without incident when I learned that feeding the little one first was the easiest way to keep her out of my hair. The other dogs know that eating before they are released is a bad idea. They decided to sit and wait regardless of what was happening. The other two were shuffled off to the kennel with the little one in tow there simply to watch the proceedings. He was mostly there so I could keep an eye on her.

I’ve got to keep the little guy quiet and busy until I leave. I know that if I put her in his kennel our morning of silence will be over. Did I mention that Jessica is still asleep? It also happens to be a Monday. Keeping her quiet lies within my best interests. Lets just hope that I can do it…. if I don’t my life expectancy will be drastically shortened.

The process is a little different this year

John — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:10:57 +0000

For the last two years I’ve traveled north with the Loveless clan to spend the Thanksgiving weekend in cold and occasionally snowy B.C. We ran dogs, played pool, board games, and ate as much of Paula’s food as we could cram down our gullets.

This year we’re spending Thanksgiving at our home but the Loveless clan will still be in tow. It saves us some cash and it saves me from burning through some of my leave.

The bird is in the oven and the other bird is in the smoker and we’re two hours away from dinner. Only time will tell how it all turns out – my one hope is that it’s edible.