tuesday. the 27th. its the official 4 year anniversary of my blog. lets party!

underway on thursday for three weeks. then leave right after that. cant wait.

visited the NMCRS. they were able to help me with my cell phone bill, and gave me a check for my truck payment, which instead is just going to be deposited into my account to get me out of the negs. my next paycheck will cover the truck.
i still owe $80 for storage; im trying to sell my truck bed tonneau cover to get some money, but its not looking promising.

we got frocked yesterday though! im now a second class, though i dont get payed for a few months. we got our test scores the other day, i got an 83%...so i should be in the first group that gets payed quicker...probably March/April. which is gooood.

otherwise i am spending Thanksgiving at Brandon's place. its not as great as home, but its something better than sittin' on the ship all day. better food too. much better.

i called the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society today. scheduled an appointment for 2:15 in the PM. all was set up, then i get a call from Jeff saying the frocking ceremony is tomorrow at 3:00 pm.
well that just screwed everything up!

so i had to call back, cancel my meeting, only for them to tell me they are booked until after the holiday.

i cant support that.

so now im a walk-in at 8:15 am tomorrow. this is bullshnit.

good news.
the test results came out and i made second class. got to wait to see my score and i can figure out when i get payed.

grave news.
i am down in the money lines. like negatives. this sucks because i have bills to pay and with no money its like 900 dollars in overdraft charges for EVERY overdraft. i have two bills i need to pay be the end of next week. and one of them is pertinent.
i dont know what to do. im so lost and confused and angry.

so it looks like Operation: Turkey Blast is not going through as planned.

i will say, Operation: Celebration! was a complete success!!

joanne had a party at their place, and me and steve met up there and had dinner and cake with some of his relatives. it was nice.
then we went to my place and hung out outside. like the good old days.

very enjoyable.

sunday i met with Catherine and us two and a friend of her's went to a a couple bars and drank up.
i think i drank a little too fast. the next morning i felt like garbage!! and for most of the trip back i was hurting and sucking down bottled water ha. but i had fun. i think next time i wont drink as much a few hours before i have a 15 hour drive back to VA...

Operation: Celebration! is at a start.
the drive up was...well it sucked to say the least.

first, it rained almost the entire way here. from the Maryland boarder line all through to the Indiana boarder. plus there was plenty of sleet and snow in the mountains. which made traffic slow to a creep, which wasted time. at one point there was fog and high winds and snow with almost a semi trucks length of visibility! crazy.

as if that wasnt frustrating, there was an accident just after the mountain range which had us detour almost an hour out of the way.

and as if THAT wasnt bad, after all the rain and slick and slow traffic, i hit all the road construction two staes could ever have. good old IN and IL. so from a 7:30am (central) friday departure, i arrive at home dang near 1:00 am, saturday.

yes, it sucked.

i have duty today. and i wanted to head out for home around dinner time.

but my section leader decided he would hook me up with a 4-8am watch instead.
so now i cant leave until friday morning. which sucks because thats one less day to be a part of Operation: Celebration!.

dang it.

but we ran the PFA today. it wasnt too bad. i can tell my physical fitness has diminished. thanks to the navy. also, i had a dental appointment. they look and probed, and said i have "de-mineralization of the molars and the start of a cavity on one molar and a canine tooth."

freakin' great. just what i needed before deployment. so i have to go back whenever they can schedule me in for a cleaning and filling. fun fun.

BUT, thats not stopping me from going home!!! all plans are still a GO.

some news to tell the world.

a new operation is underway. Operation: Celebration!. this weekend is a four day weekend off, and what better way then to spend it in IL??
there isnt!!! so im going home and celebrating Steve's 22nd birthday. by drinking my sorrows away ha.

uh lets see, i changed my oil and rotated the two front tires on the truck. and realized i need new tires, DESPERATLY.

anyway, i broke 100 bills entered on WheresGeorge.com!!! go me.

aaand thats all i have to share.

its saturday. had duty yesterday. it was long and boring. we ran our anti-terrorist drills and finished them up yesterday evening. i think we did a hell of a job! 14 out of 15 i believe. but we wont know for sure until monday. anyway because we did so well, the captain is giving us friday off! that means a 4-day weekend! the only thing i have planned for that is the Bruce Springsteen concert in DC on the 11th. im going up there with Tim. itll be fun im sure. we'll probably party that whole weekend in New Jersey anyway.
good times.

Operation: Turkey Blast is still looking good. as is Operation: Winter Drunkenland in december.

even though it just passsed:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

missing the old days....