I've gotten what could hardly be called a good night's sleep over the past two days. I couldn't fall asleep and I woke the instant the sun rose. This morning, getting back to sleep was literally impossible.

I had important places to be ...

Seems some HR people (as unexpected as these particular ones were) finally wiped the sleep from their eyes and noticed the fine specimen of an employee I would make.

... AND ... more...

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1 We are not worthy! Congrats!

Posted by: Ogre at June 14, 2006 06:59 AM (/k+l4)

2 Hooray!! Glad it went well for you, and glad you woke with the Sun. Now, go do something to celebrate, and don't forget the hat.

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at June 14, 2006 08:59 AM (I97LW)

3 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and hope you have every reason to celebrate soon.

Posted by: The Maximum Leader at June 15, 2006 07:50 AM (jiSuM)

4 So... employed... means I can quit my job and you can support me in the lifestyle to which I intend to grow accustomed? Sweeeeet.

Posted by: rsm at June 15, 2006 02:34 PM (Po8C+)

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I feel a little odd about my trip to NYC ...

This is the first time in I can't think of how long that I went on a trip and didn't at least buy postcards with the intention to send them. Usually I at least mean to send them even if I don't quite get around to it.

This time I bought a package of panoramic postcards as mementos of my trip, but none for my friends. I keep telling myself it is alright since I also forgot to write their addresses down on paper before I left town ...

... but still ... I miss the idea of the smile people get when they find something unexpected and personal in their mailbox at the end of the day

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Congratulations, Penn State University graduates!

Today marks the day you are finally free ...

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I'm off to see my first Nationals game...

WEEEE!!

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Happy May Day!!

Take a minute and be a kid today ...
Go leave a little basket of popcorn and jelly beans on your neighbors porch with a few little flowers you picked on the way over, just for good measure.

At least that's how I spent May Day when I was a kid...

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Several classmates and I piled into a van last Friday with the US Navy Commander currently assigned to a fellowship in our program and headed out to Norfolk. Unfortunately, it was a really small group and I was the only one who had made the trip last year as well. Disappointing, but not a surprise given the attitude around the halls ... but I digress ...

We left town at 0530 - JC that was an early day - and we arrived early because our driver did somewhere between 80 and 90 mph the whole way there.

Our day started on the USS San Jacinto with a greeting I have never received on any of my tours with the Navy ... a seated presentation in the wardroom by the XO himself and welcomes from a handful of other people. Demerits for the cookies and coffee they promised but that never actually showed up.

We continued with the PAO and got a longer, more complete tour than I could have imagined. On the USS Jacinto we were able to hear directly from the guys working in each section she took us to instead of just hearing her side of what they do. The guys were extremely proud of their ship, their individual positions within the team, and highly complimentary of one another in ways I haven't seen most any team be. My previous tours have been with somewhat insecure or lax PAOs that didn't really seem to like their job or that people were interrupting their day - this was miles above those previous experiences.

We finished up a little early and headed over to NAS Oceana for the second portion of our day, with our first stop at the Officer's Club for lunch and some much needed coffee. Truthfully though, I really could have done without the auto-dog explanation over dessert.

After lunch we killed some time poking around the different aircraft they have out on display in a little park area while we waited for our next tour guide. We shared a few callsign stories ... and shock of shocks ... no one was surprised by the one I recently received while working for an Air Force Colonel.

The greatest learning experience of the day came from the F-18 simulator. I took several rockin trips through the skies with the "aircraft" handled almost entirely by me (or sometimes the pilot helping us out), from take-off to landing crash. In fact, I don't think any of us managed to make a successful landing. One guy got close when he bounced the plane off the ground and then crashed ... but the Commander and the pilot giving us the tour were the only ones to make successful landings - and a couple carrier landings to boot! But then again, we were all a little "airsick" from standing inside the simulator and watching other people fly...sounds like a good excuse, right?

We finally got back to town in what felt like a downpour and I hustled my butt over to Fran's to join the party that had started over an hour before. I'm sure you will all now forgive my tired and unkempt appearance...

Note to the military: Ignore my excuses above - Plan to invest heavily in my flight training or keep me far, far away from the cockpit of any and all aircraft. I've already dumped three virtual F-18s in the drink and scattered a few more in tiny bits across the landscape. I think that's enough to prove I need a little more practice...

--"Spitfire"

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A big thanks to Andi for her countless hours putting together the Milblogging Conference 2006, to all those who helped her along the way, the VFW, and Military.com for their contributions. It was an honor to be in the company of so many people with the drive, determination, dedication, and spirit to serve in and support the military so lovingly and tenaciously.

I was very impressed with the dialog between panelists and the attendees. A lot of really important issues came out and we were all able to feel the common ground, despite all our social, geographic, and economic divides. I personally really took away the feeling that when bloggers band together, they can achieve amazing things.

I was also pleasantly surprised by my conversation with the representative from CENTCOM I was able to speak with over lunch. His outlook on blogging and the projects he is planning to get underway were exactly in line with what I think bloggers around the world have been looking for. Good news for all, I say.

But we were there to have a little fun too... more...

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A Scots boy came home from school and told his mother he had been given a part in the school play.
"Wonderful," says the mother, "What part is it?"
The boy says "I play the part of the Scottish husband!"
The mother scowls and says: "Go back and tell your teacher you want a speaking part."

Go see what some other Scots have to say today ...

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FINALLY, something good in my life to write about....

I spent my night drinking wine, telling jokes, and giving dating advice to foreign dignitaries...

What did you do?

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On the upside of things, someone finally decided to pop the big question!!!! more...

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True to their word, the higher ups served soda bread and irish coffee to celebrate this fine spring holiday.

Whiskey brunch...?

Maybe workin for the feds ain't so bad after all...

Now to continue the morning's festivities ...

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I've been thinking a lot about St. Patty's Day ... I think it just might be my favorite holiday ...

- The whole point is to have fun & get drunk

- Whole bars of people become quick friends for no other reason than what day it is

- Drinking at the work place is more likely to be accepted (good news for me this week)

- You get to pinch people without getting hit

- And, you get to say all kinds of toasts in a crazy fake accent, and people will laugh along with you instead of calling you a dorky poser

I say we all take the day off and do this holiday like it deserves to be done. Who's with me?

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Oh, I mean, Pi...

HAPPY PI DAY!!

...Just in case you can't wait until Friday and need something to celebrate today...

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... I want some more ...

Well at least that's what it felt like last night. I attended an Embassy event with very kick ass food.

Apparently some of the representatives thought that the other intern and I might starve though. They kept wanting us to eat more food and then they sent us home with doggie bags full of it!

So of course everyone on the metro had to smell my leftovers the whole way home ... I thought the homeless people were going to start trailing me home! These events just keep getting more and more interesting ...

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Last night was another very sucessful blogmeet ... but I must admit being the guilty party to mess part of it up. While the restaurant messed up the reservation all on their own, it is my fault that Jen & company were not in attendance. Looking back at the mailing, her email address is not in the list ... dammit. Sorry all!! Guess it really is all in the details, isn't it? I can't take the blame for the Cranky Neocon though ... he was just MIA.

Our full list of guests that DID arrive included: Blogeline & her husband (Blogeline's Journal), Buckethead (Ministry of Minor Perfidy), Goddess Dawn (Caterwauling), Lysander (Lysander of Alexandria), Robert (Llama Butchers), Victor (Publius & Co), Nic (Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax), Ted & his wife & daughter (Rocket Jones), and the Wonder Formerly Known As Blogless.

Personally, I got a huge kick out of playing tetris with the tables. But then again, I was stuck in a corner where I couldn't move any of the tables. I think those that were doing the moving and being moved stopped seeing the humor after the second time ... maybe the third ... but certainly by the fourth.

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1 "Stuck in a corner"? I rather think it was "artfully displayed, out of the traffic flow".

Posted by: Ted at February 06, 2006 05:56 AM (blNMI)

2 Semantics, my friend ... mere semantics ...

Posted by: Princess Cat at February 06, 2006 07:04 AM (leeb2)

3 Table Tetris! Ingenious! Loved hanging with everyone and our collective superiority because we blog and thus, we rock. Even if we can't arrange tables wortha a sh*t.

Posted by: dawn at February 06, 2006 08:41 AM (i086L)

4 Table Tetris! Ingenious! Loved hanging with everyone and our collective superiority because we blog and thus, we rock. Even if we can't arrange tables worth a sh*t.

Posted by: dawn at February 06, 2006 08:42 AM (i086L)

5 We weren't stuck in a corner; we were strategically positioned to oversee the morphing of the tables into new and interesting shapes. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)

Posted by: Lysander at February 06, 2006 10:06 AM (ShW/G)

6 Hey, no worries! We'll be there next time...

Posted by: jen at February 06, 2006 11:28 AM (UMVKj)

7 Thanks for taking care of the organizing! It was great fun, especially for those of us who never had to do the heavy lifting.

Posted by: nic at February 06, 2006 07:29 PM (l+W8Z)

8 I hope no one accidentally fell asleep "anywhere"...only to recieve monies for looking homeless....

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I thought that was schmutz on my glasses blurring my vision, but it's not. This weekend sped past so quickly that it really feels just like a giant blur. All the laughing and the bonding moments are strung together in my head as one big good time.

You see, my itty bitty postage stamp of a condo has been bustling with company since Thursday but now, suddenly, it is empty again. I'm so tempted to sleep the day away now, but I shouldn't ... (but I might ... )

Also during this great weekend, I had the opportunity to meet the lovely Miss Andi and be amazed by her in person, instead of just online. And because of her terrific heart and uncanny organization, I was able to visit Walter Reed this weekend as well. It was an amazing experience that deserves a post all its own - when I'm not deliriously sleep deprived.

Perhaps a nap will clean the blur out of this head of mine... I'll let you know on Tuesday when I finally wake up.

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1 I'm so glad y'all had such a great time. Jealous as hell, but THRILLED!!!! And isn't it amazing how many people you can fit into a postage stamp place when ya want to?!? ;-)

Posted by: Tammi at January 15, 2006 10:23 AM (lfQya)

2 .. thanks for the call last night... I hope y'all didn't get Fred Thompson too hammered...

Posted by: Eric at January 15, 2006 05:43 PM (r5XsL)

3 Its so cool when you finally meet someone you have "chatted" with online. To put a face with a name, to see if they really are as you imagined them to be. What an honor to go to walter reed, I cant wait to read about your experience there. Katie

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4 There was a weekend? Dammit, missed another one.

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In my book, all cheese is good cheese... Well, let me rephrase that a little ... all cheese sold in your grocer's dairy case is good cheese.

A good brie, an extra sharp cheddar, a soft mozzerella... MMMMMmmmm!! I love cheese.

And I just recently stumbled across a habanero cheddar that is to die for! I grated it across some hint-o-lime tortilla chips and it was late night snack spicy nacho heaven.

Do yourself a favor and go try some on nachos, on crackers, on warm bread... just go try it!!

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My New Years Eve entertainment recently sent me some pics of our night at the bar... According to the pictures, we never left our position at the bar ... right outside the bathrooms. wtf?

Two very important lessons were reiterated by these pictures, as well:

1. The pose you think is so super cute whilst drunk is, in fact, much less cute in the photos than you had originally thought it to be. Stop trying to be cute in photos and just be you.

2. The photo in which your arm candy is looking his most foxy will inevitably be the exact same photo in which you look like a coked out crack whore on a three day binge. Just accept it and learn to laugh about it ... because you know everyone else is already doing it.

But they are cute pics ... good reminders of a fun night on the town with a kind gentleman stranger and his friend.

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1 .. you have to show us them now... you know you want to...

Posted by: Eric at January 11, 2006 09:35 AM (r5XsL)

2 No choice at all girl. We demand to see them.....Please.........

Posted by: dick at January 11, 2006 11:07 AM (XlQVK)

3 Yep... you've got to show them now. And the pictures, too.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 11, 2006 11:23 AM (lfQya)

4 mmmm... coked out crack whores... :-)

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Since Army Wife is still unable to blog for herself, I thought I'd share a little insight into her life this week...

I was enjoying a lovely telephone conversation with Army Wife yesterday when crying broke out on the other end of the phone. No, not her... it was little Dash. In his words, he was "having a really bad day."

Something happened to the town he was building and the poor little guy didn't know what to do. He just kept saying over and over again, "What do I do? What do I do?" And then, I heard the greatest line ever...

"What do you do? You go take care of the problem and stop acting like a Democrat..." Greatest.Line.Ever.

But there's more...

Dash did in fact rebuild his town and all was well again. The crying stopped and he was a cheerful little boy again. So what did Army Wife say?

"See, don't you feel all better now that you took care of the problem? Doesn't it feel good to be independent and self-reliant instead of depending on big government?"

BWAHAHAHA... I love the way this woman thinks...

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I've had some people asking, "Just what does it take to get the lovely Miss Princess Cat 'tore up'?" Well, that depends on the day. But I think they were asking what exactly I had to drink on New Years Eve. So here goes...

6 Jack & Cokes
1 Shot of Jack (I hate shots of Jack)
2 Shots of Tequila
1 Scooby Snack (it may be green, but it's yummy!)
1 Lemon Drop
3 Washington Apples (maybe 4...?)
1 Jaeger Bomb

There you have it ... my 5 hours of New Years celebration. I've been promised pics but I'm not sure the boy is going to follow through on that... we'll see ...

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