So I just had to make this quick post...

 

Q. How do you know that the Fleet is home?

A. You can't find a single can of pineapple chuncks in the entire commissary ;)

So the countdown is on people!!! Wooohoooo! Can ya tell, I'm pretty excited. Doug is on the move and running into our neighbors as he\they make their way home. It's kind of funny as the wives left back here all chat with each other and keep each other updated on whose husband has run into whose husband and where and how far they are from coming home to good old Camp Pendleton. Banners are starting to go up in the neighborhood and I'm scoping out the ATG building trying to figure out where to hang stuff... It's not looking to good right now to hang anything outside the ATG (Advisor Training Group) building... Seeing as how in the past I haven't been real big on the decorations, I don't think Doug or the team will mind much. As long as I bring the cooler with cold beers for the team after they check their weapons in at the armory, I should be good to go.

 

I'm still on the prowl for finding the last three bottles of Grant's Scotch. I've found the family reserve but am still searching for the 12 year old, sherry cask aged and ale cask aged. For those that don't know, Grant's is the favored brand of Scotch of one of the sheiks Doug worked with. So, I thought it would be nice to have a bottle when Doug gets back. The only problem is I don't know which type the sheik preferred so I'm altering on the safe side and getting all known kinds.

 

I'm set to take the humidor in this week for servicing and restocking and tomorrow the Bike Tow (888.bike.tow) guy is coming to tow Hvy Mtl to the Harley doctor up in San Juan Capistrano for some seriously needed loving.

 

The house is still a disaster from when my sister left but I'm helping out a friend and watching her two boxers so I think the house will stay messy until Friday when she gets home. Her dogs are Blue and Moon. Blue is a boy and Moon is a girl. The house they were supposed to stay at has two huskys (or is that huskies? - not sure about the spelling) and the boy husky wasn't liking Blue too much so they couldn't stay. It was a little nerve racking at our house as Shackleton and Blue vocalized to each other at first but now they seem to be getting along. It's actually kind of funny because Shackleton seems to dominate Blue but allows Moon to sit on him. Every once in awhile Moon will pin Shackleton and Blue will slyly move over and try to drap himself over Shackleton. It reminds me of the old watchamacalit where the guy yawns and tries to casually put his arm around the girl... similiar move. Except Shackleton is like, "dude, get the eff off of me." Right now, Blue is laying down in the living room next to me and Shackleton and Moon are outside laying down. It's interesting to see two pure bred boxers next to Shackleton. He looks little next to them. While I've always though Shackleton had more boxer traits than labrador, I now see the lab in him a lot more...

 

It's almost dinner time now so I'm off to feed and do the walk thing ;)

 

almost T minus 5 :)