we had a "fast cruise" at work today.

basically we are still tied to the pier, but onboard we simulate that we are underway. complete with fire drills, low visibility, and GQ's.
it was a thrill. then i got to stay two hours after we finished to paint an outside wall. that was a blast.

tomarrow is friday, so hopefully my chief wont have his panties in a bunch...

YARD UPDATE: it looks like we wont be leaving until Tuesday now. some engineering things arent finished yet. oh darn! we all moved from the barracks barge back to the ship. the barge was nicer i think...

played some more NFS last night. unlocked some new things, got some upgrades.
top speed: 165...
...and counting...

weather has been keeping up in the warm area. looking like summer is close! which is excellent.

not sure when ill be able to take leave next. hoping for July.
but who knows.

well well. another work day.

boring.

did some 'lagging'; insulating the inside of the outside walls of the ship. it was messing but fun and educational.

anyway duty tomarrow. boo. then maybe underway friday. if that happens, ill be back on the 1st or 2nd. kindda sucks, but from the looks of the condistion of the ship right now, it might be postponed. buuut who knows.

its really nice today; upper 70's.

finally.

NEED FOR SPEED!!

made a car on Lee's game. Toyota Corolla. top speed right now: 159

its pretty tight.

i get easily frustrated though. ha but its cool.

back to the game...

weeell its sunday. my boys wife's 21st birthday. we went too s bar and grill and all got drinks and toasted to 21. it was fun.

drank again last night. took a bunch of shots of...rumple..something. its 180 proof. minty taste. but gets you drunk fast! good times.

tomarrow: work. not going to be fun...

weeeell im drunk haha. played some beer pong. with hard alcohol. it went well. except i suck at. it even while sober ha. but its still fun.

now im relaxing while the rest of the guys play poker. good times!

back to drinking....

friday. it was suppossed to be a deglam day, but we had to come in for training. it sucked.

then our cheif wanted to make us come in tomarrow too! but our division officer scratched that and told him no. he was pissed off. haha it was funny. none of us like our cheif anyway.
cant wait till he leaves...

sooo tonight im gettin' blitzed at Lee's place. and old friend of his is driving down for the weekend so we gunna party all night long. ill be very intoxicated ha.


sunday theres a car buying show outside the base. think ill stop by and see whats there for the hell of it. i looked around last year they had it. seen some bad ass looking trucks. should be cool. something to do at least!

monday i got my taxes done. got an invoice today saying the IRS got my shizza. so i should be getting some mad money back in the next couple days!

anyway. thats all.

ahhh yes.

HAPPY EASTER!

colored eggs, candy, chocolate bunnies, gifts and other stuff.

and im here in Norfolk. yipee!

its been a couple days, but Sunday kindda sucked.

first i had TWO, five hour watches in the parking lot. the last one was 4-8 am. anyway, as i am doing my rounds, i notice my truck had a mad gangster lean going...upon ispection, i find i have a rear driver side flat tire!!

that sucked. anyway, after watch i went out to change it. well the factory jack (if you can call it that...) was smaller than all hell! it didnt even lift the truck at all! so i was pissed, and ask a friend to drive me to and auto store so i could buy a newe, bigger jack. we drove to an Advanced Auto, and they dot open till 9am. its freakin 730. we wait, go in, and i buy this 1400 lbs max weight tested, 23" max height, heavy duty hydrolic lift with industrial strength rolling jack. it was 48 bucks. we drive back, i lift the truck to amazing heights, get the lug nuts off, and tug on the flat tire.

nothing. i pull harder.......nothing.

i tug and pull and kick.....its not coming off! after 30 minutes i give up, go back to the ship and shower, and a buddy calls. i give him my story, and he drives out to the lot to help. he tugs and pulls and kicks and curses. its still not coming off like it should. and i dont know why.

we decide to get some WD-40. i spray it on generously. wait a couple minutes, and pull. still nothing.

some dude was walking by to his truck and asked to help. i said go for it. he sprays on more WD-40, kicks the whell a little bit, and with some mighty brute strength and 5 minutes later the tire finally comes off!

i thank him, slide my spare tire on, tighten the lugs, and drop the truck down.

all in all i was happier. i inspect the tire and find two small screws poking out...now i got to go Sears to get the tire fixed and im all good to go.



so, moral of the story is: dont just stop, turn around and skip that gravel lot.