Such an eventful day here onboard the USS George Washington…I don’t even know where to start!
Lets start with the most recent and backtrack. I arrived up in the tower a couple of minutes ago and I was notified that I was going to receive a counseling chit for being laste for a watch that I never knew I had. I didn’t sign it. However I wrote an extensive note in the “comments” section. Smead was like Aker can you come in the hall I have to talk to you. I was like Yeah, your going to give me a counseling chit. Lol. He was like well as you know you were late to your watch. IHe said that he had tried multiple times to try to inform me of the time but however in the end he admitted to failing. I wrote a cute little note. I put on my thinking cap and got a little creative for this one.
Whoa. Scratch that. Between the last paragraph and this one I saw the CO of my ship, Captain Haley fly a prowler. Oh my, I have never seen anyone fly like that. I mean with no regard for NAVTOPS or anything. It was fun to watch. He looked like he was having fun scaring the bah-Jesus out of his crew. He came into the break at about three hundred knots and broke right over the bow and it looked like he wings were bending. Then he does a fly by breaks hard into the pattern again and in going up and down up and down in the pattern. Then lands. I was like well…
So back to what I was saying, before I got the chit, I was in the berthing all morning. I used my pisher for the first time. I was so excited because I have wanted on for the longest time and I just couldn’t find the kind that my mom had. Apparently no one knows what a pisher, and now seeing it be spell checked I don’t think anyone in the world knows what it is becides the girls in my family. It’s a water bottle that pishes water onto your hair. A much more effective way to wet your hair than getting the brush wet. Then it drips on to your freshly pressed uniform.
Before that I decided to start a journal. I was in the laundry room in San Diego doing my laundry and I was watching a movie on my macbook and this kid just starts talking my ear off about macbooks and how great they are. Out of politeness I nod a few times and stuff but mind you I’m in the middle of watching Emperors New Groove so I have my headphones in and he is still talking to me. He was talking about all the stuff he installed on his mac and comparing and contrasting it to windows pc. I’m like Is he serious right now? Then he is like do you have word on your computer. I was like NO but I have wanted it so I can write stuff then put it on the computer at work. He gets this CD and pops it in and next thing I know I have the newest version of Microsoft Everything on my macbook. Long story short I found a cool journal thing. I customized it. It really looks like a journal. Its on a “desk” and you get to pick the kind of desk background and stuff. It looks like a binder too, it has ring holes and stuff. So that was fun for a while.
I finished my second book in three days! I don’t know what has gotten into me. I think my attention span just doubled. But I went to the library today and picked up TWO book this time, seeing how fast I go thought them these days. LOL Anyways one is about this chickie buying a beach house in Redondo Beach and the other one I picked because it had a picture of a goat on it. Like the kind you feed at the petting zoo or fair. He looks so cute with his little goat ears and goat mouth, I just wanted to feed him some grass or whatever it is that goats eat! I am looking forward to starting them tomorrow morning after I eat with Randy.
BEST PART OF MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I checked my emails and was doing the regular deleting with out reading from all the people at work who email me stuff that goes on at work like spot check and inseve inspections…(Its so cute, they think I care, ummmmmmmmm) So I almost deleted an MWR on, but I didn’t and I opened it and YES! It was the email I have been waiting for FOREVER! SNOWBOARDING TRIPS CAME OUT!! LALALA I just feel like singing! They had some one day ones for $55-$60 and some two day over night ones for $250-$300 and the one I have been dying to go on for SO long Hokkaido!! It’s a four day all paid trip to the top of Japan. Hokkaido is the like the top island part. Its $650 per person for a two bedroom hotel and it gets cheaper if you want to share a hotel room with more people. But it covers transportation (air fair, and busses) dinner and brekkie, three day lift ticket and lodging! Who is excited?!?! (I am *raising BOTH hands)
*oh and also they have some day trips that are like $40-$45 where you can go SLEEDING and ICE SKATING! Fun new winter activities. I thought I hated the cold. Well I still do. I mean snow looks all fun from afar, but then you get in it and you’re like…ahhhhhh get me OUTTA HERE! Unless your on a snowboard, or sled, or on top of Randy who is on a sled. Ah I’m so excited! California is great but my dad is still saying its hotter than hell and summer never seems to end and Turkey Day is around the corner. That’s not right. UM I just want to add this and ask anyone, anyone at all if this is normal behavior!?!?
“Yesterday we had a meeting of the minds in the garage to talk about what we need to do to get ready for El Cap.Mostly about the pig that we are planning to cook up.Seventy five pounds of it in all.Eight to nine hours on this special bbq we bought.The cahja china box.It should be exciting.All the guys love the idea and all the women think that it's gross!!!Whatever.”_My Dad
Dad are you out of your mind!?! A pig, do you even know how to cook a piggy. Is suz going to be able to handle that? Since it has a face and all? That’s just sad. I’m glad I do not have to see that. But I have to admit it is a boy thing and I can see you and jim getting down to the dynamics of it all. You’ll have fun with it. I know you will.- ME
IDK, but to me…PIG (complete with Face) seems like a bad idea!
Best Part of it all….Now I have tons of things in my calendar. Its so colorful. I love my I cal! It pops up everyday and tells me whats going on!! So EXCITED! I love calendars!
ps I received the picture of the house daddy. It looks better than ever. So warm. I would post it if i had the capabilities.
AND KRISTEN! My friend Kaitlyn was reading my blog and saw that i mentioned Twilight and freaked out and said she concurs its good!