Woooo Hooo! It's been a pretty cool week I must say. Work was a little bit slow but I got all my arrangements made for Doug and I to go to Hawaii this fall!!! Yeah us! Neither of us have ever been but when we go, Doug will be able to say he has been to all fifty states. So, I'm pretty excited about this. We were able to use frequent flyer miles which was awesome because even flying to Hawaii from the west coast can be expensive. It will be the first time since 1995 that I have used my frequent flyer miles, not given them to someone else to use.

 

Let's see - what else? I went to an awesome work convention this weekend up in Irvine. What a blast. So much to learn and people to meet. It was truly awesome!!!

 

Lilli and Shackleton are doing well. I've been weaning Shackleton off of his prescription dog food and I think he is gaining weight. Not sure how I feel about that but he is scheduled to be neutered this Friday so I'll have to ask Dr. Massey when I take him in. Lilli is good. She loves her new furminator. I continue to be amazed at how much hair I brush off of her. Now I REALLY want to get the new Dyson Animal DC14 vacumn cleaner!!!

 

I heard from Doug and he is doing well. I'm so excited - two more months and he will be home!! Yeah!

 

No news on the housing front. I'm kind of annoyed on that one because you would hope that we would have at least 30 days notice before moving but I'm still being told we will move in August but no paperwork or arrangements have been made. That's really annoying especially since I know from past experience that it takes the packers two days to pack and the movers one day to move which means I need to take three days off of work but right now I don't know when - hard for my boss to do any planning... In the back of my mind, I'm kind of wondering if they aren't going to move us until September which would be a pain in the butt (because who wants to deal with a move when their husband is coming home after seven months and what husband wants to deal with a move when he's just been in the blazing hot desert for the last seven months) but I would appreciate having the time to plan at least... Oh man, don't ya just love Lincoln Military Housing?

 

That's it folks. I've been gone most of this weekend and need to catch up on chores around the house. See ya next week.

Okay – where to start. So much to catch up on so I’ll just start with the most recent stuff.

 

As most of you know Doug is currently deployed (see photos above). As usual, I’m keeping busy while he is out. My sister and I just did a 5k on the 4^th of July. It was her first ever and my first since the marathon in 2002. It was a nice flat course through Coronado Island. While we were there, we found out about the surf monkey 5k that is scheduled for August 2^nd here in Oceanside. Sounds like a fun course – all packed sand.

 

I started a new contract recently and it’s pretty fun – it’s a very pet friendly environment so it’s hard to get too stressed when there are happy dog faces and wagging tails everywhere you look J It’s a pretty cool place considering how much I love animals. I get to do what I’m good at, hang out with animals and get paid. Not a bad life huh?

 

Let’s see – what else is going on… I started kendo classes which are a blast. Through the classes, I’m also learning a little bit of Japanese. I can count to three J Of course there is sailing as well. I tried sailing the 4^th of July weekend but got fogged out.

 

Brittany took surf lessons this past weekend and can’t wait for the next opportunity to hang ten.

 

In housing news, we received notice that we have been assigned a new house! The house we are currently living in is scheduled for demolition (I’m not kidding) and the new houses have been built. Right now, the grass is growing and everyone is excited about moving into brand new homes. We gain another bedroom in this house so lots of room for those that want to visit. No firm move date but it is looking like sometime in August which will be perfect since it will enable me to move before Doug gets home. Yet again, he deploys & I move. We will have to find each other at the loading zone when he gets back or he won’t know where his new house is!!! This will be the second time that I have moved while Doug has been deployed… do we see a trend?

 

Shackleton & Lilliputian are well. Lilli had some fur balls the other week but the vet recommended a tool known as the furminator. It’s awesome!!! I couldn’t believe how much hair I brushed off of her. She’s good now and romping around. She’s gotten very attached lately and I can’t wait to be able to bring her to work with me J Shackleton is good as well. He’s gotten a clean bill of health regarding his demodectic mange so he is now scheduled to get neutered the end of this month!!! Yeah!!! The holistic vet has been really awesome. I’ve also started weaning him off his prescription dog food and on to regular food – we’ll see how that goes.

 

That’s it for now…