There is nothing like watching a bunch of Marines PTing! =)

Especially when they are jogging together, holding that red flag with the gold emblem and yelling their chants. I love working in the Navy Yard! =)
HOOAH!

I was gonna...

post a rather interesting picture of something I had seen in the parking lot at work yesteday, but I forgot the USB cable to get the pictures from my camera to the computer, so it will have to wait until tomorrow... in the meantime I will post a couple of the quotes that have been on my quote board for awhile before I erase them to make room for new quotes.

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
~ Mark Twain

If you make people think that they are thinking, they will love you; if you make them really think, they will hate you.
~ Don Marquis

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid by necessity; and the brutes by instinct.
~ Cicero

Talk about not being missed!!!

Police said they were not certain as to exactly when the man had died, but that they had found only schilling notes in the apartment -- the currency used by Austria before the introduction of the euro on January 1, 2002.

All I can think is that he must have had a rather lonely existance in the years before his death, if no one noticed when he was gone. Pretty sad... =(

Feeling: Restless

Unlike many people, I thrive on change... two weeks of routine is more than I can handle!

It's coming down to nothing more than apathy

I never knew

I never knew that everything was falling through

That everyone I knew was waiting on a queue

To turn and run when all I needed was the truth

But that's how it's got to be

It's coming down to nothing more than apathy

I'd rather run the other way than stay and see

The smoke and who's still standing when it clears

~ The Fray

Life Goes On

I was so dreading the thought of re-entering reality for several weeks, and now that it has happened... well, it is not as horrible - uh...yeah it kinda is, but it has it's upsides. It has been nice to have more time to spend with my friends (friends I had pretty much neglected for 7 weeks). My enjoyment of cooking has also been renewed after eating out the whole time I was gone. I have cooked dinner every night since I've been back: a chicken dinner (complete with mashed potatoes), chicken soup, chili, tacos, chicken salad, and my newest invention (I'm sure it exists somewhere, but it is new to me), breaded pork chops, baked with apples (that was last night and it was yummy!). I have actually been VERY domestic since I've been back. I mean, I even bought a vacuum (granted, it's a shopvac, but hey, what do you want from me?!).

So, the latest project is refinishing my bed frame. I took it apart, sanded down the head and foot boards to the original wood, stained them "Olde Maple," and am in the middle of varnishing them now. One more coat should do it. I am looking forward to having this done so I can get my apartment back to some semblance of order! Right now my mattress is in the middle of the livingroom floor, where I am currently sleeping each night. This causes much difficultly when it comes to maneuvering around my livingroom (those who have seen my place understand what I am talking about).

Beyond that, there is very little going on. I miss the excitement of, well... of everything. I miss the comfy king-size bed, and having my room cleaned for me every day. But most of all, I miss the people. I miss running with G_, shopping with with the girls, watching "Project Runway" with R_... I even miss J_'s jokes, and C_'s endless teasing. So, it's back to reality, but life goes on.