day eighteen & nineteen

day eighteen: whatever tickles my fancy

so i don't know if i'm just tired (which i really really am) or what, but i'm just not feeling all that inspired today, which means i'm not really sure what tickles my fancy.. so i guess i shall just type and see what happens. i really feel like there is not all that much to report on since i generally spend my days working or relaxing in an effort to gear up for my next day of work! now that school has started the theatre has really slowed down, but so far my work load hasn't gone down since even though everyone is only starting out with three shifts a week i generally end up with five since it's really not that hard to pick up shifts.. i work with a bunch of lazies! actually, for this next week i was offered to in all work six shifts this week, but on friday i have a ton of errands i want to run, and saturday i have a wedding shower and i haven't been able to go out to a saturday dinner with the parents in forever so i just don't feel like working either of those days so five will be fine with me!
so let's see... what else! for the past week i have finally gotten to talk to rey every night, and i have gotten to talk to him at eight in the morning as well! so i get to talk to him on the computer for twenty minutes twice a day! is it weird that that makes me feel spoiled at the moment? you definitely know you are doing a long distance military relationship when you feel so lucky and privaleged to be able to talk to your husband twice a day for twenty minutes over the computer. although, i'm not going to lie, i would LOVE to hear his voice! it's now been two months since we've last talked on the phone and that thought really really depresses me! all i want is an 'i love you babe and miss you." really, at this point in time i would seriously be happy over a minute phone call.. heck a thirty second phone call just as long as i got to hear that cute little shmexy voice of his!
talking about that actually reminded me of a story i heard last thanksgiving about how we not only need to be thankful when good things happen, but when you go through tough times as well. actually there were two stories, the first about a kid that got hit by a car and the mom was so sad and depressed, but due to this happening they did a scan on his brain and found out that he had a brain tumor and had he not gotten hit they probably would have not seen or known about the tumor till it was too late.. the other story was about these women who were in.. dang i can't remember what they are called, but its kind of like a prisoner of war type thing but it's actually people from the country and not soldiers.. anyways! these women were able to sneak in a bible and in this place where they lived there were tons of fleas and it was super infested.. well one day one of the ladys freaked out about them and the other lady said that they needed to be thankful for everything, so when they said their prayers at night they even said that they were thankful for the fleas.. and it actually turns out that none of the guards would ever come into their living space due to the amount of fleas, which in turn made it so they could keep their bible and keep it hidden. there are definitely times when i curse this deployment out and hate it with pretty much every fiber of my being, but one thing this deployment has done is made me realize how much i love my husband and how the little things don't matter. before rey deployed and we got into a stupid argument over something little we soon pushed it aside and would be like it doesn't matter because we need to cherish the time we have left before he leaves.. and when he comes back i'm sure we can look back and say, 'at least we are together'.. so in some small way i guess i am thankful for this deployment, but i sure wish it'd hurry up and get over with!!

day nineteen: a talent

okay, once again i'm feeling tired and uninspired and i really can't think of a talent.. i guess back in the day i was really good at soccer, but since i quit when i was sixteen i dunno.. maybe making people laugh? hmmm.. any ideas peoples?

peace in the middle east,
kristen