Jamie

Jamie just called me for a nice half hour talk before she went to bed. She really is sounding much much better after her second week. It seems she can not check her civilian email or check out my blog so I'll have to send stuff to her military address. I can understand in a way about that policy but it makes it a little harder to keep in touch.

She has been very busy with all the OTS stuff. From what I gather she has the physical training in the morning then lunch and a quick shower. From there she goes to her classes which are leadership related - Team Building, Giving a Briefing, Dealing With Harassment, etc. At night she has a quick dinner and "free" time. That basically equates to laundry, cleaning, chores (cleaning the class rooms), studying, maybe a quick phone call, then sleep. I asked if she got any "me time" or down time or something, the answer... I listen to music while folding cloths. At least its something :-)

I am tremendously proud of Jamie. She is taking a hard situation that many people won't or can't deal with and is making it through. She is taking things week by week and working it out. The first week she was depressed - you could tell it in her voice - this week she is back to her normal self. Its amazing the difference in her voice...

I can't wait to see her again though and it won't be nearly soon enough :-(

New Pcitures

Well I got around to putting some new pictures online. The link on the right Cell Phone Pictures has been updated. There are over 100 photos. They are from my cell phone camera or from friend's cell phones so they may not be the best pictures in the world, sorry. I'm working on getting the rest of the Hawaii 2007 photos together and online, my family just took way to many :-)

Dinner Time.

I'm having dinner with Anastasia. Its really nice, I haven't seen her in a good while. We got to catch up on things. I'm gonna miss her when she leaves...

30 Years Old

Well, I'm 30. Not a big deal I guess, but its a new decade of existence. I got phone calls from a bunch of friends and family and got to catch up with them all. I went and saw Shrek the Third too. I would recommend it, very enjoyable. The longest talk I had was with Jamie. It has been a week sense she has been in the Air Force OTS program. It was really good to hear her voice and know she is doing OK. Miss her a lot. Melissa gave me my gift before she left for the week, two very nice new shirts. I miss her too, but she'll be back next weekend so its not to bad. I'm going to see Anastasia tomorrow for dinner. We haven't had a chance to hand out for awhile so I'm looking forward to it. She will be leaving the island in a couple of weeks. Other than that it has been a relaxing weekend.

Coffee

I'm out having coffee with Melissa and Kari. We were going to do a movie but it got a little late. Don't she look cute? She just won't admit it.