well today is duty day. also another work day for everyone else. so was yesterday. good old work on the weekends...
and tomarrow starts INSURV until the 3rd. theres still a ton of discrepencies, but the ship is 37 years old...maybe the inspectors will let some things slide...

still looking at BMX bikes; ive been looking at the Fit BMX's. they look real nice. plus they are sponsered by Vans, and vice versa. and i wear Vans' stuff. so it all works out.

maybe as an Xmas present to myself from myself.

INSURV is in a few days (Monday). so that means chief is busting our chops about the spaces and, well, EVERYTHING!

we clean clean clean clean for hours, then clean some more! sometimes even the same space gets cleaned 5 or 6 times in one day! its sooo much fun.
i look forward to it
every.
single.
day.

anyway, ive been pretty much bored ever since returning off of leave. it sucks. i always end up spending money of bullshit, and then i wonder where all my money has gone.
im trying to save up enough for a BMX bike. im gunna start riding and tricking like i used to do back in the day. it always kept me entertained for HOURS, plus its great exercise and a nice stress reliever.
and i love doing it.

ride hard!

back again!

our little underway period went well. we passed and now have our aphibious operations qualification. oh boy!
actually the week went by real rough. we are a couple weeks away from INSURV, so everyone is running around trying to get things clean, or up and running, or make equipment work for once. so i lost a lot of sleep to this.

but were back in port. and its gooood.

did two things that needed to be done today:

1. renewed my drivers license. its sweet.

2. got my emissions test done. the truck passed.


i can die in peace now!

yesterday: a blast.
slept in. went and visited Warren in the hospital. Liz and Amanda drove up and were there. today John flies in.

anyway, went out to eat with Jess who i havent seen in almost a year. it was awesome. we drove aroud after we ate and stopped at a park and caught up on years. it was fun.

today Steve went to Wisconson to visit his brother. he'll be back sometime tomarrow. also today im suppossed to meet Becca at her place. then maybe later pick up John from the airport with Liz. then after that? who knows. tomarrow is a 69 Customs day. the crew and i are planning to go to the battig cages and NasCar track for some fun. maybe catch a few beers later that night.


woo!

disturbing news: Warren, John's dad had a heart attack last night. he had chest pains a few days ago, but was able to carry on. then last night he was breaking out in a sweat, and Mary called 911.
the ambulance took him to the hospital, they did their tests,and put him in ICU.

apparently two of his arteries were clogged; one was 100% stopped, and another was 90% clogged.
the doctor said if he hadnt acted and called 911 as soon as he did, he may not have survived.

its scary to think that things like this can happen to you at a moments notice...

well the BBQ Bash wasnt much of a success. most everyone i invited didnt show up. it was fun for me though, though it could have been better. i cooked up chicken, made a fruit salad, and later that night i made a fire in the pit. it was all right. not a complete failure.

So far so good!

got in at 3am on the 4th. got up, built a flagpole thing for the back of my truck heh. went to steve's parents house for a party, went to Joe's later on to watch the fireworks. it was pretty cool. Laura stopped by and we all went back to my place for drinking fun.
which was fun!

got to bed about 6am, woke up, went back to steve's for grilled cheese sandwitches. then pretty much did nothing all day. watched a couple movies, did some laundry.

today is the BBQ, so in an hour here ima head out and get the things i need. hopefully there will be someone showing up! some of the guys wont be able to make it...sure. whatever.

tomarrow is cleaning day. then later ill probably hang out with Lisa and Dave if theyre not busy. or cotinue drinking...

the weekend went well.

friday i had duty. fun.

saturday i went to Lee's place. i drank a little Crown 'n Coke and watched a few movies and some TV. good times.

sunday i went to Brandon's place and we worked on his mustang. he bought a new battery cable so we took the old one out and ran the new one in. he also bought a new dual exhaust bumper so we installed that too. looks pretty tight!!

today was an early day...got let off after lunch. screwed around on the computer, now im getting everything ready for Operation: Homecoming Of Best Friends!
...which will be an extravaganza of course.