"It said 'come hither baby' but then he's hard wood to whittle..."

Gosh these weeks fly by. I have officially been here 5 weeks and 1 day. Holla!

I am sitting out on the bra for my saturday night chillout. No beer today, though. I had some ice cream (which was TOTALLY worth it) so I am forgoing the spirits. Got my ration card for May, and it's sitting empty and ready to go for when I do decide to cash in on a libation or two. Maybe tomorrow, we'll see. Anyway, the temperature is great right now, it is about 75 degrees with a great breeze (the sun has long gone down). I had a fun workout at the gym. I have started going to the gym across base, which is about 1.25 miles one way, so I get a nice little warmup before I get there, and then have a good workout and then hustle back this way. My tennis shoes are still giving me a really hard time with the blisters, but I must endure.

I have been listening to some great music today - Killers, Kings of Leon, Patty Griffin, Old Crow Medicine Show - and am thinking much about the people who I have shared that music with over the years. Waxing nostalgic and all that. You know who you are...

I think Jason and I may switch our days off so I will be off on Saturday instead of Mondays - I just want to try something new...KICK IT UP A NOTCH, if you will. It's not set in stone but I will be excited if it happens. Several people that I know and like have Saturdays off so it would be cool to get to hang out with them more. I will miss hanging with my pal Leo, but I get to see him frequently around the squadron so it's all good.

I ran into a girl today walking to the gym that I was connected with informally by Tracy - her name is Lindsay and she lives in Charleston. I have only seen her Facebook pic, but she recognized me because I briefed her (and 400 others) at Right Start a couple of weeks ago - which is kind of like an orientation to the base. So when she saw me today she knew who I was and we talked for a while. I think she will be fun to hang out with. Super nice girl. So, rock on.

Maris 5th birthday is coming up, and I'm wigging out about it. How can she already be 5??? And starting school this year, too, whammies for real. I swear I'm going to blink my eyes and she's going to be calling me to bail her out of jail...er...I mean pick her up from the library. Big year this year - Maris starts school, baby girl Javery will meet the world, Meg & Jamie will buy their first home, I will buy my first home, Tracy and Jason will move back to Bridlewood, Todd will finally get out from under his hella-mortgage, Brett will finally get well and take NY by storm with his beautiful voice, Stephanie will have her baby...it's gonna be a wicked crazy time. Shibbity!

Damn it feels good outside. I can almost pretend that I am at the beach right now. And everyone at the beach is wearing PT gear. Why aren't they wearing their bathing suits? And where the hell is the ocean? There's sand all around me. Kelly confused.

I don't know. I'm rambling.

Love. xo