CQ Duty

I am currently sitting in my unit's barracks on CQ duty. 24 long hours making sure the kids in the barracks behave themselves-- the longest babysitting shift ever. Luckily, Thursday nights aren't exciting around here and my biggest challenge has just been to stay awake.

I've watched 5 movies since I've been on shift: The Departed, Stranger Than Fiction, Resident Evil, Blades of Glory and The Sixth Sense. For someone who doesn't enjoy watching movies, that sure is a lot of movies! I also just mopped the floor out of the goodness of my heart and to get my blood moving again.

CQ has their own bathroom. It's clearly marked that it is for CQ USE ONLY. However, I've had at least 3 dudes (1 guy twice) come in here looking desperate in search for a bathroom just before PT started. I didn't have the heart to turn them away. I'd hate to be responsible for someone pooping on themselves during a run!

 

But it turns out, I should have turned those nasty jerks away because they desecrated my restroom.  I won't take a picture of that for you. Nor will I explain in great detail. However, I will say I am now forced to clean the bathroom not out of the goodness of my heart, but because of OSHA standards.

Only 3 more hours of duty before I can go home.

Lattice

I think every married woman has a Honey-Do list. I may not have been married long, but that Honey-Do list has certainly been in existence since James and I moved in together. At the top of the list for the past 2 and a half years has been to enclose our back deck with lattice.
 

 

James got to check it off the list this weekend. It looks great, all I have to do is stain it (which is a job for NEXT weekend) to match the rest of the deck. Something so small has made me so happy. Home improvements are my favorite.

Little Raspberry

I don't know why I thought this was so cool, but I did. So I'm sharing it. I found a tiny little raspberry growing in my front yard. At least I think it was a raspberry. I didn't eat it to test my theory. And I probably won't eat it because Picasso has probably peed on it. Probably.

 

 

Safety!

These are Nashville Police horses wearing PT reflective belts around their ankles. I thought this was hilarious. Non Army folks will not understand how safe these horses are now that they have these belts on.

 

SAFETY FIRST!

 

Muse In Nashville

Last night James and I saw Muse in Nashville.

 

 

We hadn't been to a concert since we left Fort Lewis in 2011. What the heck is wrong with us? I love live shows.

 

Our tickets were strange though. When James bought them, they were only offered as "paperless". When we entered the Bridgestone Arena, there was a woman with a little credit card scanner. She took the credit card you purchased the tickets with and if it was a match, your tickets printed out of her little handheld scanner. Naturally, James and I were wary of this "paperless" idea because it's way too easy to not really have something when you don't have anything tangible. But it worked out, so I'm ok with this ticketing process now.

 

Muse was awesome. I love it when you see a band who sounds like the record when you hear them live. When they don't, it makes you wonder how the heck they got a music deal in the first place. Must isn't one of those bands-- they sounded amazing. The played a few of my favorite tunes. And they sounded absolutely silly talking with their British accents in Nashville-- the home of country music.

 

We had a ton of fun! Well, at least I did. I think James was mostly along for the ride.