Posts

Showing posts from 2009

Merry Christmas Mates!

A Pirate's Night Before Christmas by Bob Eldridge 'Twas the night 'afore Christmas and all cross the deck, only helmsman was stirring, making sure we don't wreck. Empty chests lay by each seaman's night rapture, in hopes they'd be filled by another rich capture. The crew were all groggy and snug in their bunks, dreaming of booty to fill their sea trunks. As Captain, I too wished for something to steal, just forty winks 'fore my turn at the wheel when just off my port bow I heard such a splash, straight to the porthole I flew in a flash, clutching saber and pistol and lit cannon match, I raced up the gangway, threw open the hatch. Full moon and clear sky lit up the bright sea, still I couldn't believe what I spied before me. Come aside was a skiff what had struck her red sails, she was heaving to, towed by eight tiny whales! With a little old skipper so lively and quick, I knew straight away it was Captain Nick! At some twenty knots his fishes they cam

091222 Gainesville Health & Fitness.

091222 Gainesville Health & Fitness. RecBik 20:00: Lvl3.5. AvgRpm:88. AvgHR:120 StarTrac. No Interval prog? Pffft. Did some on 4, some 3, couldn't get happy. 1.LowRow: 40lb 3/10 2.Dumbbell Hammer Curls *Biceps 5lbE 3*10 3.Don't drop it! *Tris *15lb 3*8 - Crappy workout was crappy. Doesn't help that the mirror shows off all Deb's delicious German holiday cooking. More running, less Klöße.

New to the Owlery: Shelly

Image
Welcome Shelly! A "YooHoo" by Aurora, picked up from the Shell Factory in N. Fort Myers, FL.
So Inglourious Basterds was awesome. Land of the Lost was badly funny (tho a total affront to the show I grew up on.) Lazy day was lazy!

Florida, Day 2.

Image
Slept sooo long. I must have passed out around 10pm. I only woke up once, to some odd night bird that sounded like a woman wailing. I almost woke Hubby up so he could tell me I was nuts and just go back to sleep. When I did finally get back to sleep I slept off and on til about 7am when Shane was on his way home. (Sexy man let me sleep while he went to work his big and strong muscles.) He ALSO then made me breakfast. Hmm, maybe I should soak up this bein sick :P We picked up Granma Irma and ran an errand or two. I love runnin her around: she's sweet and so funny! Very quick on the draw. We stopped off to see Hubby's old boss on Sanibel Island (which costs 6bucks just to cross the bridge.) (P) The Ding Darling Refuge was wonderful. We didn't get to see any alligators, but there were so many birds! Got pictures of fish, a turtle, spiders, and lizards. Was beautiful! Irma says she has Mexican Ducks. When asked to explain she says "First day one duck comes, and I feed him.

Florida: Day 01

Image
091213 Supercute Apple Owl Faygo got me for Christmas! He's a "Grown Friend" by Eneco(sp). <3 <3 More when compiled. (p) Rook tugs with Bandit! (p) My first Publix (Hubby's so proud). Their subs: mm HUGE Faygo's mom is awesome sweet! Don Quixote, Amadeus. (p) No kiddin, the 7-11 has a purple can called "Drank". Mmm... Purple Drank. The Great Nerf War of 2009 (at Mike's house.) PS. He's got Mom's table! Nothing like putting a lovely 75 year old lady in your dirty car to motivate you to Sanitize it, in spite of Hubby & Pets! Zomg... So nauseous. BUT my Strep exudate (sp) is smaller/less! Dinner with Granma Irma & Larry. Rib place, very good. Side salad was HUGE for a change. Goin to bed early. So tired. Gonna sleep in while Hubby goes to the YMCA gym :P

Apple Owl from Faygo

Image
Check out the supercute Apple Owl That Faygo got me for Christmas! He's a "Grown Friend" by Eneco(sp). <3 <3

Road Trip: Pro-Life Billboards

So 3 times since the FL state-line I've seen this billboard w/a fetus quoting "My heart's beating 18 days after conception." Raising a skeptical eyebrow I had to look it up. According to SCIENCE those cells aren't a fetus til the 9th week after fertilization (13th week if you count the 4weeks prior; which I assume is ovulation etc.) 9weeks. Waaaay longer than 18 days. The heart is present at the 11th week, but only minimally functional (it beats for Practice more than survival.) SO. Be ProLife all you like, but for criminitely get your facts straight so you don't look so stupid. And less billboards plex. They distract from my scenery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_circulation

Fat Chick Wonted

Image
Seen on 95 to FL in SC. PS: 239 is where we're going! That guy's from Hubby's hometown! ~Blurbs from the Road

091208- Wee10! *NoReuse

091208- Wee10! *NoReuse W/U RecBik 5mIntervals 2/4 avgHR-135 rpm-90 Superset 1. Dumbbell Hammer Curls *Biceps 5lbE 3*10 2. Don't drop it! *Tris *10lb 3*10 - 3. Leg Extns Quads 4b+7.5(11.5)lb 3*10-8-8 ow. Ok. No more 10s. 4. Incline Dumbbell Flyes *cable 35lb 3*6 (chest) No way that was 35 last time. 5. Wide-Grip Pulldowns (Back) 3*10 40lb 6. Seated Calf Raises *Gastroc &Soleus *60b+10(70)lb 3*8 just hate this machine.. 9. Crunches 3*20 4. Prone Leg Curl *Hams NADA 6. Dumbbell Lat Raise *LatDelt (flap) NADA 10. Cardio RecBik 10mIntervals Nope.. Wow I pussed out today. My legs are passed shakin &into quaking tho. Feel like my calves are havin a seizure!
90 on Micro Unknown (remember only a B here.) A&P exam4 was 85 (C) but people did bad enough he curved 15pts.. My 85 is 100! :D

091202- Wee10!

091202- Wee10! W/U RecBik 5mIntervals 1/4 avgHR-140 rpm-85 1. Leg Extns Quads 4b+7.5(11.5)lb 3*8 P 2. Wide-Grip Pulldowns (Back) 3*10 40lb 3. Incline Dumbbell Flyes *cable 35lb 3*8 (chest) 4. Prone Leg Curl *Hams *3/8-5-4 I'm apparently doing this wrong.. Screw it. 5. Dumbbell Hammer Curls *Biceps 5lbE 3*10 6. Dumbbell Lat Raise *LatDelt (flap) 5lb 3*8 7. Don't drop it! *Tris *15lb 3*8 - 8. Seated Calf Raises *Gastroc &Soleus *60b+10(70)lb 3*8 just hate this machine.. 9. Crunches 3*20 10. Cardio RecBik 10mIntervals 2/4 avgHR-152 max164 rpm-87. 2.24mi.

091124- Wee10!

091124- Wee10! W/U RecBik 10mIntervals 2/4 avgHR-120 rpm-80 (do5m 1/2) 1. Incline Dumbbell Flyes *cable 20lb 3*8 (chest) 2. Wide-Grip Pulldowns (Back) 3*10 + 3. Leg Extns Quads 4b+7.5(11.5)lb 3*8 P 4. Prone Leg Curl *Hams *yea... 0*0. 5. Dumbbell Hammer Curls *Biceps 5lbE 3*10 6. Dumbbell Lat Raise *LatDelt (flap) 5lb 3*8 7. Don't drop it! *Tris *15lb 3*8 - 8. Seated Calf Raises *Gastroc &Soleus *60b+20(80)lb 3*8 -ow. 9. Crunches 3*20 10. Cardio RecBik 10mIntervals 2/4 avgHR-135 rpm-83. Not bad. We'll know tomorrow.

Humanity Today...

Me (14:22): Guy died yesterday... Of a sprained knee. Well, had a knee injury 8months ago. But @550lbs he couldn't get out his recliner. EMTs took him to Hosp, covered in Me (14:26): Decubitis & waste. Wife said he slept &defecated in the chair, & she cleaned it everyday. How do you clean waste out of a LayZBoy? CNN says a couple was arrested of child abuse for tying down and beating "with closed fists and wires etc" their daughter. They did this, because they were shamed by her. The lil tart (of 8 years old) had allowed herself to be lured to a shed and raped by four boys no older than 14, one of the nights they'd locked her out of the apartment and left her begging for food from the neighbors. •Mom & Dad... Burn in hell. There isn't enough paper in Staples for all the papercuts I'd like to administer to you before I bathe you in bleach and light you on fire. •Neighbors.. Wtf? No one takes the girl to CPS after this happens frequently? No one

Shaniya Davis: My 2Cents.

Me (16:14): More news on 5yo girl that was taken: Raped & asphyxiated the day she went missing (Nov10). Same bs from family "He couldnt!" "She's never!" blah blah. Also... Granma Davis says her daughters not into drugs and prostitution! But NC State Spokewoman says Davis has been arrested of both before! Why I hate family's proclamations of innocense: "He's always been a good uncle!" "She's never abused them before!" Accordin to your Trailer-Park-University Psych Degree a person must be a psycho from birth so you can catch them young right? Murderers torture cats, and rapists assault younger siblings first? This Davis girl's rapist/murderer's sister claims he's always been a good uncle! He went to the hospital with an armload of baby stuff for his nieces. So, just because he didn't molest YOUR children- that you know of- he couldn't POSSIBLY have done it to anyone else! The dead baby's grandmother procl

Vaccinations

http://vaccine911.com/Vaccine911.com/index.html So this link that visually assaulted me while I was feeding my cute lil Fishville fish caused me to become apathetically enraged. Enraged because this doctor (who's from Canada btw, check the awesome Maple Leaf pin) is blathering on about HIS opinion, how if all the OTHER doctors were as caring as HE, we'd ALL noticed this problem 40 years ago. What problem? The problem that some kinda get adverse reactions to Vacs? Let's say 1/100,000 kids get an adverse reaction to a vaccination, does that mean we just shouldn't vaccinate at all? Sure, if you don't mind small pox. BTW, here's a picture of smallpox and what it does to your child. Don't click if you're easily disturbed: http://wolfsden.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/smallpox_child.jpg This page actually insinuates that you, the average person, or ME! Even ME a NURSING STUDENT could possibly be smarter, more informed, more educated and properly prepared to make
Final on the BBTour 9630: Oh yea, this pretty hunkajunk is goin back. I'll wait for something in keeping with my Treo's fxnality.

I feel my samples are contaminated with Fu2- ions.

(tw) I'm apparently supposed to know "SMT" is REALLY "SIM". Tho SIM is nowhere in the book. Studied all f'ing day yesterday, 4a 78%. FU & ur Dimethyl a napthylamine. I feel my samples are contaminated with Fu2- ions. So the question was: "What does the SIM test for?" Why, I dunno! I go get my grade.. The "Sulfur Indole MotilityTest (SIM)" tests for Motility & H2S. Ok, cept the book says the Sulfur Motility Test.. Note the lack of (SIM) anywhere. I ask about it, and he says "Well its right there! Sulfur Motility!" Nu uh... Show me "Sulfur Indole Motility (SIM).. Oh you can't? Because its NOT THERE! I'm supposed to know that 3 letters not in the book anywhere mean the Sulfur Motility Test? SMT... SIM... Yea... I get that. Not.
First break of my 12hr shift is a 2hr break. I.. Can live with this. /Micro. /Web. /Coffee. (G13).

If you wouldn't say it to her face...

In the study hall, 5 boys sat around eating, joking around. Lady janitor comes by, always friendly. Jokes with them awhile. Smiling, she leaves to go 'feed her dogs'. They joke "Need someone to lift that heavy dogfood bag?" How caveman :P She declines, and is gone. Then, they become awful Barely around the corner and they give "Hey she only gave 3 noes, can we hand them out accordingly?" Rabid testosterone foaming of the mouth ensues, one jumps around doing that crappy crotch-grabbing thing. The conversation ends with "Shoot, rest of ya'll can just watch." How does an amicable convo with a woman who talks about her son telling her she can't call boys' stuff "cute" erupt into five retards orating a gang bang in the study hall? For the love of Pete* are all men so disgusting, or just a certain demographic. Ugh... I swear, if I ever heard my husband or son talk like that they'd be able to eat only applesauce for a week! Tag:

Web Hiatus:

While my Webbie seems to be up and down, Weyrcat.com will basically be just the blog for a minute ^_^ Fixes coming. Along with updates, goodness I'm lazy

090929 Gym

I actually went to the GYM? -RecBik AvgHR142 MaxHR 161cals. 5.06mi 20:00 +05:00cd. AvgRPM 90 -SitUps 21 27 21 21 x -PushUps- 12 10 5 x Owie. ~WeyrCat's Treo

090927 WackenTwitter

16:14 Me: Put ur seatbelt on. Her: Me? You could ask, nicely. What I dont say as I AM nice: Put ur sealbelt on as its the law & u know better 1815 Why does evrything come back dowm to Chemistry... I hate chemistry!! /back to Anat&Phys 1920 (H+) + (HCO3-) <-/-> H2CO3. Hmm how to show a reversible rxn in Type... I think that works... PS: Carbonic Acid--Bicarbonate Buffer System. ~WeyrCat's Treo

090925 WackenTwitter

15:28 T-stormin. Post flooded. Street lights out. Soaked thru bproof vest. Hubby trapped in traffic. Sigh 16:15Mrs Pa.. (spousecard) came thru w/ Mr Go... (soldier) @1530. Ew. 20:13MrPh..(Spouse of E3) came thru with MsGo (Civ NCDL). Hmm back to his place.. In his (deployed?) wife's bed... /disgusted 20:20MrsMa(spousecard) came thru w MrSh(Soldier) @2015. Two in a row! 20:37Finally Lea's brother came through! Wow he seems... Normal!! Is that possible out of LasCruces? >^..^< ~WeyrCat's Treo

090922 Lil Agitated

So.. Because you don't want the Critter Sitter to see the wrecked house that you've "had no motivation to clean" this week/weekend you want me to call her off, and come home on the only three hours of solid study time I have before my Anatomy & Physiology exam tomorrow (which I have yet to get more than an hour on), to walk the dog (which is the Reason I get no decent study time @home and hole up at the school...) And the only way I can avoid YOUR mortification.. Though its an older lady who reflects the house's state on Me, the Wife, is for me to give up the hour I have before Micro (to review for our everyday quiz) to run through the house doing in an hour what you didn't do in the four days I was working 37hrs AND going to school. /deep breath/ I, am a little aggitated. ~WeyrCat's Treo

090915 Micro+

Woke up, let Rook out, screamed out of the house. Its not that I need Hubby to wake me, its that I have so little motivation when he's in the field. Did clean the house a wee bit yesterday, and will more after school. Good LORD than man leaves a mess the weekend before the field. "Full sink & an empty fridge." :P Micro Lab was.. Uneventful enough to annoy me. My first foray into Gram Staining resulted in much Pink, not much purple, and the friggin prof won't even tell me what I did incorrectly because I failed to complete the superflous step of drawing a sharpie circle on the slide before placing it on the scope. -I showed you the bacteria... So.. What's wrong with it? Do you really need the circle that bad? Then WHY didn't we have one in the previous weeks? -Doesn't matter: we'll just let me go uneducated over one damned sharpie mark. 1015 So.. Those of us who woke up @6am, had breakfast, &want lunch can't even order it til after 1030. W..
I PASSED the NC CNA Exam as a Test Out (No Course,Study Only) Applicant. I'm a Certified Nursing Assistant in NorthCackalacky!
Microbio-Exam1. 88%. 1of5 people who got a B. A3 B5 C12 D7 F17 people. Went 2 OfficeHr &raised grade from 86-88 where we showd test errors.

090809 Microbiology Lab+Exam1

Image
0653 As Hubby's AC fights the fallout of my hot shower, I curl in delightfully too-warm blankets and snooze... Just seven minutes of PreDay peace. 1030 Zomg I can take pictures through the scope's ocular! /TreoPix of stained _Bacillus sublitis_ & negatively-stained NOT:_Strep. faecalis_. It was supposed to be, but this, the most interesting thing in the darkfield-mimicing slide, was a nothing. /shrug. Still looks damn neat. 1259 /studyin Micro/ SO... Was the ship in Lost in Space (new) called /Proteus/ because when launched it shed the old ship's shell? Think about it!! O.o Long story short: I didn't get to go see Bill Nye the Science Guy. :( That would have been so cool... Rest of the day was a loss. ~WeyrCat's Treo
As Hubby's AC fights the fallout of my hot shower, I curl in delightfully too-warm blankets and snooze... Just seven minutes of PreDay peace

090829 Work

FIRST break. 1500-1530. Sgt.S waited til 1430 to start breaks cause he was too busy jawin w/Lt. I dispise that guy. He's unnecessarily mean to females on point; but drips sugary nastiness all over females he processes on point. He's civil, even jovial, to males here. What a prick. 8hrs of this guy. Sigh. And: No notecards on point. 1930 My hubby makes the BEST sausage lasagna. (Sorry Mom! Your meatloaf still beats mine :P) ~WeyrCat's Treo

090828 WSI Tweets.

Image
1656 Nothin like standin inthe rain arguin that "Yes u STILL hav 2get out&open ur doors&hood &stand out here so I can make sure ur not a bomb!" So after my bday this year we went to see Disturbed. I yook a bajillion pics. Such an awesome show. Soon sfter my com took a dive before I uploaded the pix. No problem: I have the originals on my SD card, right? Until Rook chewed on mt phone one day and ate the memory card. Well months later I've found ONE picture. Not the supercute pic of US, but A picture. YAY! 2230 No really. Im tired. Can I go home now? /10.75 down 1.25hrs to go. PS: Brain can absorb no more. Time to mindlessly copy notecards for later
Filling address&date book. Please reply with- first&last name, home#, cell#, address, email, and birthday! *To my Cell plex.
New Blog@ WeyrCat.Com! '090827 Temper (Kitty)' >^..^<

090827 Temper (New Kitty)

Image
Just a quick update; I know I haven't been in to tag/organize the posts I've put up recently.. school has been really taking up my time :) Yesterday Hubby and I went down to the PetSmart to check out the Kitties. We keep going, falling for one, saying we'll go back the next day without Rook (since usually when we go to the PetSmart we bring the obnoxious monster so she can spaz out.. a real treat for her.) The twice we did that we didn't go back *It's ok, I know both Mozart and Bridghid found good homes.* Last night we went, and surprisingly, both of the kitties we really liked were Torties. One, a regular Tortie, she was blackish with orangey marks, and the other was a weird grey with orangey marks. I've never seen a Tortie that was grey. Listed as a "Diluted Tortie" which, though I haven't looked yet, I'm pretty sure means "Mutt, with Tortie markings" :P She's a sweetie, born in March. Came spayed, with all her shots good throug

090825 School.

tags: edumacation Don't you hate when you sit down at an empty table to quietly study.. and someone comes and sits down next to you. Quiet at first, but then a /friend/ of theirs shows up. Soon they're gabbing and laughing, comPLETELY oblivious that YOU, and your 2 textbooks, highlights, notebook, and notecards are trying to study. Nah.. can't be bothering you at all. Neat: Microbiology, p11. "When the inhabitants of an entire village became ill, people often blamed the disease on demons appearing as foul odors from sewage or on poisonous vaops from swamps. Most people - found it !!inconceivable that 'invisible' microbes could travel through the air to infect plants and animals or remain on clothing and bedding to be transmitted from one to another." --These SAME people never questioned the God or Demon caused illnesses though? Tiny germs, impossible. Demons or God punishing you by killing your whole family? TOTALLY possible. O_o Caduceus http://en.wikiped

090823 WsI & Hubby Bbday

//There's something rather post-apocalyptic about the Honeycutt gate. The empty train tracks outside the gate sit unused, with rotting wood planks red with rust from the rails.The road into post is lined with quiet motor pools; the paint on the old generators and canvas-covered humvees slowly fading in the midday sun. Crows caw from the sagging powerlines attached to bleached and leaning wooden telephone poles still standing from the 1970s. The shredding black tarpaline blows quietly, in a breeze seen but not felt, as it clings to the red-rusted barbed-wire fencing. The old water tower, taller even than the stacks of empty sheet-metal boxcars, shows deep cuts of iron-oxide through its orangey-red checked paint job. If it weren't for the occasional car coming through the gate, you would think the only sounds left in the entire world were the slow scraping of a chain on a red-bricked building's tall, thin, smokestack; and the cawing of that crow. As the sun sets and the shado

090822 12hrs @Yadkin.

Tags: Work, 1433 Soaked. Fan is soaked: cant use it as Im adverse to electrocution. If the storm STOPS its 12hrs of muggy-nasty now that I'm soaked. If not: I'm still soaked. 1500 Tryin to copy some notes onto a notecard to use in the booth, and lightning is sparking off the electronics and power strips in the building. YAY. Did I mention I HATE being wet? 2230 Finished _Partnerships_: Anne McCaffrey. Loved it, LOVED it! :D ~WeyrCat's Treo

090818

1030a Ah, Tuesday: Nothing like 12hours on campus. >_< Actually.. /guilty/ I can study here as Rook's not here to JumpScratchBite me! :( Poor Dog. 1155a One hour studing Basic Chem Review in: Time for a 10min Brain Break. Then quick review, then back in! Good thing too: some class just let out & the StudyHall/Sittin area for the SnackBar just got visciously loud due to the constant clank of vending machines. Turn up earphones (Classical 95.3) to cover it, but then can't force the Chem in my brain! Oi. The Anatomy & Physiology class has an Recommended-but-not-Required pre-req of Chemistry. We were given a handout on the first day with a Basic Chem review, of which the last page gives a type of mini-quiz. This quiz is prefaced by 'Using only your knowledge and a periodic table answer the following questions. If you are unable to complete this task you may lack the necessary prerequisite knowledge for this course." So far I'm about half to two-thirds thr

090811 Third Day... Crazy.

Today I met with the Critter Sitter, a woman living on Bragg who does exactly what I need her to do: Pop in and be social with my anxious monster of a lab puppy for 20-30mins. I'd like slightly longer to exercise her, but she says she has a large dog at home that would love company; I've given her permission to take Rook to her place for an hour or two to wear her out. I felt so wrong leaving her in her kennel for 9hours, and knowing she diarreah'd and had to stay in it for any period of time... Never Again if I can help it!! Also.. It begins again... SS Office for replacement Card. A81. @1248: A72. @1302- A73/81 Not bad I think. @1345 done w/Social Security. Why did dealing w/Fed Gov take so much LESS time than State Gov? 1600 Neighbors' Pekenese is apparently small enough to fit through the fence. Delivered her home b4 Rook could use her as a "Tug". 1630 Rook, not liking the cinder block barring the Pekenese's way to our yard, decided to apparently dig

DMV: Now calling A...177... To window number... 3.

1310 Bout to wait 2.5hrs just to get an NC ID. Don't think I'm making any of my other stops today :( >^..^< (1340) "Ticket 149 Please come to window #3." I'm 177. >^..^< 1420 Think I have time to drive across the street & grab some BK? :P 1439- A159 out of my 177 1459 Ooh People must have left! 1459-A168/177 1538: I have an NC ID! Time for Iced Cream & to set the Puppy Free! 2100 Spending the night moving code & blogs from weyrcat.com/blog to weyrcat.blogspot because its more secure! Less spam! WEEE 2200 Is it too much to ask for a blog I can run under WC.com, post via email, isnt a TOTALLY-pervious spam magnet, & backs up ALL entry code?

090808 WackenBloggin: 12 hours of omg-why...

It seemed like it would be a generally quiet day. I'm so tired as I type this, on my last break, so pardon. First there was the SSgt who made his first appearance on the other side of the concrete barrier (having been turned around) while I was in the Pit with Masse. He stopped, acted like he wanted to turn around at the House *main guardshack* but we always direct them to keep going because usually they need to be processed. He hits the gas and burns down the freeway. completely missing the proper entrance and assumingly went all the way down to the dirt road turn around before finally coming back up to us. He waits in Masse's lane, then, impatient, crawls over to my (center) lane. He has to wait til I'm done with the car I'm currently processing. Then, geared for an angry person, direct his SUV to pull forward he does, jumping out of his vehicle almost immediately with two IDs in his hand. He starts ranting in a loud voice about the guy in the back seat having no ID,

090730 Ill, gym

So yesterday I spent from about 1600 feeling nauseous. Tried popping Claritin for the stuffed sinus, a 325mg Tylonol & 200mg Caffeine for the headache, but was motion sick on the way to the gym. Got through • 1/20 5lb-e Dumbbell Squat Shoulderpresses and • 1/10 5lb-e Dumbbell Rear Lunge &Bicep Curls before my quads felt like bricks. I spent the rest of our time there on the stairs: dizzy & trying not to feel vomitous. Got home, tried to play some XBox w/Hubby, til he put me to bed for an hour. I didn't really sleep, just drifted. I think I was under for about 10-15m. We watched a movie & slept. Today I feel so much better. Still under the weather, but its a drizzle instead of a downpour. Took the gym easy, but wanted to do SOMETHING to make up for yesterday. • 30m intervals on the RecBik. AvgRpm-83. AvgHR-140. • 21:00 1mi (walk) on Tread. *2.7mph. Inc-1.0. I DID find out what the 26yoFemale Army PFT is: -46pu 80su 15:36,2mRun (max pts 300). -13pu 43su 20:36,2mRun (m

090720/21 Plasma + Gym

Long week is beginning to drag. This morning I rocked the plasmapheresis for the first time since March25. Will have to get my blood drawn the next time I come in. Forgot my headphones, which always makes the time go faster. I bleed out pretty quick anyway. Goals for today: • Get / Send money order for CNA exam. • Learn 2-4 Skills (yesterday got down Apply One Knee-High Elastic Stocking, which is more specifically done than you'd think.) -> Accomplished the Money Order, slacked on the skills :P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 090722 Gym+ I actually had yesterday off.. And didn't know it til I got to work. I check the schedule when it comes out, but apparently missed that change. Time to check twice a week (Hubby says every day, but that's obnoxious.) So cleaned house instead. It needed it, and I've been spoiled to laziness by letting Hubby do it. Gym: WH Dumbbells 1: (1set each) Dumbbells Squat Press 5lb-e 20 Dumbbells PushUp Row 5lb-e 10 (2 knees) Dumbbells Lung Bicep Curl 5lb

090718 WackenBloggin- Randolph

Me (14:59): Need moleskin on these collars I think. Chafing :( Me (16:42): 1640-1710 between the Summer Jam and the Airman's Wedding, today sucks. -The best was a chick with long brown hair, very tan skin, wearing a Hot Pink with white polka dots, Tutu-bell strapless dress coming to above mid-thigh, and 5" Hot Pink stiletto, open-toe, patent pumps. To a WEDDING? She looked like the Hooker PromDate from Hell! 1745: When kids come in looking barely old enough to drive I ask them for their driver's license. Sometimes, this happens: Kid comes in with his dependent card and a friend with a DL. I ask the kid for his DL and he says he doesn't have one. "With you?" "That's all I got." "You don't have a driver's license at all?" "No, cuz I have that." "This is NOT a driver's license. This does not allow you to drive anywhere in the United States, or on Post. Why didn't you have the guy with the driver's licens

090714 WackenBloggin Elantras & Stalker.

This point is so boring. We stand here on opposite corners making sure vehicles don't come off the Blvd (we're not a checkpoint, and only allow EMS and In Service Bragg MPs through). People have various ways to pass the time. During the winter months I do light PT. You'll see me standing there doing calf raises, inclined pushups against the bollards, stretches. It's WAY too hot to do that in the summer! So to keep from singing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" over and over as I've been doing, and off-handedly counting the Elantras that go by, I've instituted a Scavanger Hunt. Today's Hunt: Elantras with the body style of Mine (2007). I have no way of knowing which are repeat cars mind you. Currently: 7blue. 7charcoal, 6silver. 3black. 2tan. 1purple. 1red. Plus one uncounted silver driven by Hubby. Other crap: I tend to have guys ask for my number, ring or not. Its just a female thing, it happens to all of us. Captive audience you might say. Why,

090713 WSI

This one we get all the time when people recognize us: "Weren't you at the other point yesterday?" There are 13 entry point to Fort Bragg. Complimentary Insult: "Aren't you too cute to work here? You don't look tough at all!" O_o This happens a lot actually: Short, fat, Army wife drives through the gate with her three rugrats in the backseat; hands me her spouse ID card. I also get the driver's license for the guy in the passenger seat: a NC DL. After checking the name of her sponsor on her Spouse card, and the name on his ID, he is decidedly NOT her husband. What makes this one so special, is that as she drives away, there's one of those yellow ribbon magnets on the butt of her car stating "Proud Army Wife." Dear lord. I also tend to go window shopping while I work. Things I saw today that I wanted to check out: Purple plaid tank top from Charlotte Russe. Purple feather-print wallet from Forever21 A sunken ship in Florida called the At

WSI 090609 12hrs on Randolph...

So last night, on my Wednesday off, LT calls me to ask if I want more hours. I've already got 44 (4 automatic OT hours), and the thought of adding 8 more onto that sounds pretty nice. I throw a cursory "What do you think Husband?" at Hubby and agree. Banter back and forth, and it works out that I could also snag the 4 hours AFTER that if I want them. I say sure, and LT calls (as I'm TRYIN to be in bed at 11pm) to tell me I've got the whole 12hr shift. Hooray!!!....wait... why do I do that? So this morning I woke up, had slept like crud (I hate that), and dragged myself off to school (almost late!) to give my final presentation in Computer Information Systems 113 (last day of class). Technical difficulties: I left the thumb drive with the presentation still plugged into my computer at home! No worries... I emailed it to my partner so she could review her lines. So I inform the sit-in-prof that I have to DL the file first. Uh-oh... GMail won't let us DL.. some s

090606 NonSmoker's Perspective

I grew up with it. When I was seven I accidently dumped a bag of puffed cheetos on the floorboard of the car. I scooped them all back into the back and continued munching. I got a very chewy one and pulled it out, waiting for a street light. It was a cigarette butt. I threw up all over myself, the back of the car, the cheetos. I've never smoked. Never tried it. Never wanted to. Was never tempted. People'd ask me in High School if I had a lighter, if I smoked. My clothes reeked of it. I went to Boot Camp and people were dying for one, dreaming of when they could have their first one again. I was told I ran like a smoker. People drive up to my gate and blow it in my face. The smoke rolls out of their car. They tap their ashes on my boots. They throw their butts out the window in the street, in my lane. I take a break back at the guard shack, which inside and out smells like the cigarette break the last guard took. I smell it on my coworkers when load up, and download. I get in th

July 3 ownzors July 4

So we knew I wasn't going to get time at home on July 4... it's the WORST holiday on Fort Bragg because everyone and their brother comes out for the 25minute fireworks show. Hubby and I decided to spend our mutual day off July 3 celebrating instead! I bought him a little grill, just a little camp grill really, and we threw the camp chairs outside and ate the most delicious babyback ribs ever! I almost cried when I found out I'd left out my last three and wouldn't get them for leftovers. We had a few delicious beers, and Rook went nuts with the little sticks in the backyard. We set up the tent in the living room (camping with AC!!) and had us a lil camping StayCation! This morning we cleaned up the mess we made last night (ok, Hubby cleaned up and let me sleep in! What a hunk!) I came to work at the Randolph gate and all hell broke loose. First I had a guy roll up to the ID lane and joke that he was gonna 'just blow on by'. I laughed at him and told him he wouldn

WSI New Whale Award, & "No Smoking, we have our Own!"

Image
So today our previous Whale Award Winner (aka Fat Army Spouse) of BF-326 was crushes by a newcomer: WF-330 on All American!! I think the scariest thing is that everyone lies on their ID, so they MUST weigh more than that in actuality... HOW is that POSSIBLE? As per No Smoking, We Have our Own, feast your eyes upon the masks handed out by the LT tonight (and my lil makeshift sign). On Post they Control burn the underbrush in order to lessen the likelyhood of actual forest fires. This doesn't seem to stop the general public (or soldiers) from warning us to call the fire deptartment... because there seems to be a FIRE on Post!! Tonight after my regular shift ended they starter a burn somewhere near All American freeway entrance. It started out ok, like they do, until people driving by were telling us they felt sorry for us. The LT swung by to hand out masks (boy I wish I'd had one that day on Yadkin when I thought I was going to throw up from smoke inhalation!) They itch fiercely

090624 Angry Gym

Feeling very angry today, so I worked it out at the gym. 090624 Angry Gym WH Dumbbells 1: (1set each) Dumbbells Squat Press 5lb-e 20 Dumbbells PushUp Row 5lb-e 10 (2 knees) Dumbbells Lung Bicep Curl 5lb-e 20 Dumbbells Frog Squat Upright Row 5lb-e (pressed to 1-10lb) 15 Run 1mi: Intervals. 4:30@5, then every other 1:00 5/6mph.

Dog Obedience Training to Solve Dog Behavior Problems

Dog Obedience Training to Solve Dog Behavior Problems : "Never: • chase after a dog that won't come, unless safety is an issue. • call your dog to you to reprimand them. • call your dog over for something they clearly do not enjoy (getting their nails clipped, taking a bath, etc.)." I have SUCH a problem with Rook listening to me, partly because I think she doesn't see me as a Pack Leader (Hubby is, I'm just IN the pack.) The other part is this: I'm the Bad Guy, when she's coming to me it's to be put away more often (school and work and getting Hubby, etc), and to be punished (omg, tell me you did NOT just eat THAT!!) Hmmmm

New Whale Award

We have a new Whale Award (Fat Army Wife Award)! Previous record BF-285 was SQUASHED today by WF-325! "Does BAH cover your food bill?" Spouse declined comment. As with our last Whale Award contestants where BF-185 beat WF-180, our new record holder WF-325 was swallowed up by BF-326 hours later!

WSI Gate Runner

WSI 1430 Someone ran my gate as I turned a car around! Wth! Truck w/Huge Crates too. Hope it wasn't bombs. So much paperwork! >.< Later that day: An MP came by for another issue later & let me know they caught him @a construction site on post. He said he was 'tired of waiting' so he ran the gate. Guess they only gave him a ticket!!

Lifehacker - Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space - Food

Image
Lifehacker - Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space - Food : "* Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space By Adam Pash, 2:00 PM on Mon Apr 27 2009, 30,907 views If you'd love to do a little at-home gardening but don't have much space to do your planting, a simple gutter garden might be the perfect option. Alaskan news site Juneau Empire features a smart, simple idea for planting a small vegetable garden with very little space: A windowbox garden built from gutters. In Alaska, this idea solves a few problems for the author: We live near the glacier, so the soil is cold and has very little organic matter, there are lots of big trees shading it, and we have all the slugs and root maggots anyone could want, with porcupines, cats, bears and ravens meandering to boot. There is only one side of our house that gets much sunshine, and, of course, that side of the house has the smallest yard. Even if your garden doesn

090612 Gym

Why do you blog/track everything? Ok, so I don't think I've ever been asked that, but I HAVE been accused of being OCD, in need of a hobby, and weird /grin/. I ask MYSELF why I track stuff. I blame it on bad memory, some odd form of OCD/ADD. Today I decided it was because I didn't get to stay in the Girl Scouts and earn Merit Badges ^_^... 090612 Gym • UprBike 30m Res2. AvgHR122 Ow.. My girl parts! • Pullups 3 • LatPullDown 10/30lb * 2-10/45lb, 10/55lb. *Had to switch to HighWgt/LowRep as I was cycling with Hubby & Marsh. Tryin to keep up w/the guys is harsh. 3/4th rep wth a smaller handle, like making two fists, knuckles together (as opposed to wide grip bar). Aaaand Hubby decided to up me from 45-55, w/o tellin me, and I had no time to argue. Not sure he realizes I'm not bulking, but toning... Thought- Eh, fakin the funk is still here with him while he enjoys his hobby. Feel like bleh; just really don't wanna do anything. specially not a crap ton of Back. Sigh

090606 MWR+ Audubon and Buccaneer Restaurant

After classes on June06 Shane and I took off to see the Audobon. This hot, mosquito-rich swamp was actually beautiful! I waited too long to write about it, but got a TON of pictures. We think we saw the mud kicked up from the underbelly of an alligator (since they don't really just pop up so you can see them, and we didn't really have time to stalk him thoroughly.) I did get photos of a swimming turtle, tons of awesome looking tree "knees", and various growing things (It's not a TUMAH)! We didn't see any snakes, but we DID come out a heck of a lot more bit up than we thought. Most of the bites didn't even show up til the next day, and we were iiiiitchy! Totally worth it. I added a new Owl to my collection in the gift shop: Beidler, named after the swamp we were in (Francis Beidler). Will get a picture up at some point. We cruised back to town, and not having time for the aircraft carrier (sneef) we lazed around a bit until we decided to hit up the Market b

090608/11 Gyms

090608 Pope Gym • 1m ellip avgHR177 10m Res3. • Hip Adductor 3/20 40lb. • Hip Adductor 3/20 40lb 1Rec 2Upright. • Leg Ext 1/10 40lb. 2/10 35lb. ~ I felt like I overdid that last one, where my quad inserted into my knee felt waaay too tight, so I lazed out in my Women's Health til Hubby was done :) 090611 Gym Cardio • UprBike 30m Res2 RPM~80 HR132 • RecBike 30m Interval2/4 RPM~83 HR130 ~ Wanted to gym with him all day, then had tummy issues (switched BC this month: adjusting). Popped a Pepto and went anyway, but kept to the bike to stay in a relaxed-tummy position. Was tempted to do some abs after the bike felt good, but didn't wanna push it. • 5hours light combatatives in a 90°F attic, with six sweaty males. Yep, we sweated like pigs, throwing each other, combat rolling, and getting huge blood bruises on my forefinger-knuckle from the fake asp baton. Weeee!

090604 MWR & Folly Beach

After doing my bi-yearly 9mm qual on the range for WSI, scoring a 257 *about ten points more than I've ever scored*, we made the drive from home to Mt Pleasant, SC. It took us about three hours, maybe a little more after getting stuck on the highway after what we BELIEVE was an accident after a ridiculous downpour lasting 10 minutes. We made it in time for the last class *same classes as the last one we went to* and had a great dinner, provided. We were trying to decide what to do this weekend (if we were going to do something at all, yes) and ended up stowing a bunch of fliers for later, and headed out to find the beach at 8 pm). We crawled down an unlighted road FAR from our hotel home and found Folly Beach. The beach access was very hidden, but being seasoned and working-on-it beach crawlers, we found one we could park at and hop on. The No Lights issue that terrified me when driving now was wonderful!! We crossed the wooden bridge over the sand berm and down onto the hard pack

090601 Gym. & Not killing the Dog.

Lat Pulldowns 4/20 30lb Bicep curls 4/10 10lb Dips 4/10 80assist Shoulder Press Machine 4/10 10+10lbs Lower Back Ext 4/10 I wanted to do cardio on the bikes today, but the fat PT rejects had already swarmed the machines. I had a picture of a hippo on the elliptical, but no longer do, which brings me to my next thing. When I got Home I took Rook out and let her bring a pine cone in the house to play with. I jumped in the shower, and for half of it she had her head and shoulders in the tub lapping at the water drops. When I got out I went to get some clothes out of the bedroom and my phone was on the floor.. where it had previously been on the computer desk. I yelled NO at her, snatched up the phone and saw the memory card had been popped out. Fearing the worst I ran to the living room to find my memory card shredded. I wanted to kill her. I didn't, but I did grab her by the scruff and shove her in her cage. I called Hubby, not knowing what else to do, do scream because otherwise I w

09May30 WSI etc.

Today, even though yesterday had been so good (minus the 6 hours of ridiculous heat that kinda fries your brain), I woke up today just feeling blarg. Didn't have an appetite, just had that little black raincloud following me around. It culminated of course in me exploding at Hubby when he wasn't sympathetic to my whining, and I actually chucked my sunglasses at the sink, knocking over an empty plastic cup (which makes a satisfyingly (to me) loud sound on the floor) WHICH of course angered Hubby (naturally.) This, sets the tone for the whole, hot, day at Randolph gate. With several weddings going on at once, it felt like the traffic never stopped. Believe it or not this is JUST what I need. How did MrBishop put it? "You need to burn off some of that negative energy I see pent up in there. I know you!" We had 192 cars in the processing lane alone, due to several weddings. I've never been so dead tired working at Randolph, and that says something.

09May29 WSI 12 Hours at Yadkin.

The Wonderful Thought for the Day: Last night it stormed, so this morning as I'm walking the dog I take a deep breath and revel in how even two hours from the ocean, the air can smell so much like the beach. <3 So this car comes through my gate today, young man and woman. I get the soldier's ID card only. I automatically ask the young girl how old she is (I ask everyone who doesn't have one.) She looks slightly worried, and says 17. I tell her that everyone 17 and over is required to have an ID to enter Post. She tells me she has one, but its in her car at his Barracks. I do my thing and they turn off post to dump her out so he can go retrieve her ID. It hit me about 3 minutes later... She's 17. What the FUDGE is her ID card doing in her car, at his barracks As my Cabbie said when he came through "Well they ain't watching Spongebob." I wanted them to come back through my lane, as if by her ID card I could know who her sponsor was, and tell him where sh

090519 Gym+ Summer Semester.

10m RecBik 88rpm Res2 4/10 BicepCurl Close 15lb 3/10,8,9 BicepCurl Wide 15lb 4/10 Sulk on the Stairs Just feel like garbage today. Mental Gym: First visit to the couneslor today; I thought they'd be hour visit but I went in at 1320 and was on the road by 1405. I'm going back Fri@8a. I was initially going to summarize the 2yrTale but ended up spilling, in disorganized chunks, more than I've ever given a single person. I look forward to going back, as she seemed to nod toward my "Method over Medicine" desire and knows about the ANTS! (Change Your Brain, Change Your Life). I know, nothing substantial for a month and then I bombard you. Eh, blame it on finals! End Grades: Developemental Psych: B Chem 01: C. I'm desirous of taking DevPsy again INCLASS instead of online to redeem myself. If Grades are Currency when getting into LPN/RN then I will be. As far as Chem, I was told it was an AnatPhys pre-req by the Guidance, but as I was able to get to the online registr

090429 Gym & School

Qz7: 75pts(%). I didn't read one snippet & missed 14pts. 75+14=89% omg. Gym: Upper1 LatPullDown 4/20 30lb BicepCurls 4/10 10lb Dips 4/10 80 Low Back Ext 4/10 x Shoulderpress 4/10 10+10lb +4/10 incSitUp. ~From WeyrCat's Treo

090426 Todays Twitters/FB Status

Might as well compile them into a daily blog as that's basically what they are. Wee mini blogs! 1330 Each day I find something to remind me how much I love my Husband: April26: Remembering to Hug & Kiss me first thing in the morning! 1805 Mmm Hot stew on a Hot day... /blech. Remind me to bring Iced Cream for lunch! 1853 It is too hot, muggy, still, bleh, to think, eat, remain conscious. May I go home now? ~From WeyrCat's Treo >^..^<

my Birthday!

Image
Granma sent me a wonderful card! You can always count on Granmas for a smile!

09Apr22 Gym

Image
+1mile 8:19 windy as shit! blacktop track +WackenPT 12pushups 27ArmySitups latpulldown a 4/20 25p bcurls b 4/10 10p dips c 80assist 4/10 low back ext d 4/10 shoulderpress 4/10 10b+10p(20p) ~From WeyrCat's Treo Happy Earth Day!

Flowers for my Garden

Image
Granma always manages to sends HUGE smiles in her cards :) /love ~From WeyrCat's Treo /CC Granma (Proper reply coming seperate)

Natalie Dormer- Blurbs from FB.

Image
Yar, I end up spitting some thoughts into Facebook that are bigger than the Status bar wants to chew :D Watching Tudors, and wondering at what point in History Anne Boleyn would have dressed as a Maid of Dionysus, with SO much skin showing, and danced such a risque dance! Course, I only just discovered Natalie Dormer (who plays Anne on The Tudors) as Victoria in Casanova. It was apparently her Debut, and I didn't recognize her in Tudors with the DARK hair. Though now after watching it, I'm not sure how I could have missed that crooked grin. Lovely garb... Thsi still I stole, but its definitely her "Do it or I'll bite your face" look.
WinXP says my profile is corrupted, so 3days of burning 14 backup disks later we wait to see if HD crashes. >^..^<

Obama, Con and Pro

Ok, so it's not a Con to me, and it's not really about HIM, but this article I found here (through the NoMee app) was about Arizona State University not giving Pres Obama an honorary Degree (as I guess most colleges are apt to do when the President of the US speaks there) instead, naming a scholarship after him. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iML-NzMK-CVENQUfaeLZITyyvZcA Apparently, people are angry! They feel this is some slight against the "first black president". How about, they sited an 'insufficient body of work' and maybe they believed it. I'm FROM Arizona, and we have no shortage of Black People, as they are so wont to point out that the Pres is such. I'm not sure what a whole lot of racism would get a facility where White is not the Majority (it's actually probably Hispanic!) "The scholarship program, which aids students with deep financial needs, will be renamed the President Barack Obama Scholars, the university s

Someday...

Lady just ran up to the gate and Kicked my ASS*! She's runnin 8.5 today O.O Skinny-as-a-reed Black lady. Accent. Awesome. *Metaphorically. >^..^< ~From WeyrCat's Treo

Mead tasting Ren Faire

it went so fast! Pear- light kinda drt but sparkine Touch of zen- w/meat! Apricot vanilla- kinda dry. Strong bacl tongue bite muscadine- ooh ick. Does taste of musc flesh though. Touchmenot nonsparkling- god the cardemom is good. Pineapple 16%!vs 12%- mmm almost apertif. No bite. Toned down pineapple. recipe to home mead which is demurely delicious: I have recipe! And wayyyy teipsy. Bottom lip/teeth jaw bottleshock john clese: wine vid all thos in 30m... Feelin good! Julianna Wylkyns of Sundragon, Atenveldt, in Canton of Attilium, Barony of Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia.

YouTube - Abridged Classics: The Tudors

Image
YouTube - Abridged Classics: The Tudors I am so addicted to this video right now. I haven't seen the show yet (gonna finish reading "Lady Elizabeth" by Weir first) but the song is awesome, and the flashing STRAIGHT is just farking hilarious! I'm actually playing it AGAIN, while I type this!! yes, Ima double post this into the bulletin too. EVERYONE HAS TO WATCH THIS. The neighbors must hate me right now :D I know Hubby would if he were here! Eric Bana appears as Henry VIII in the film with Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. Ms. Powell says she was concerned with historical detail, but only up to a point. “You always have to use artistic license,” she says. “ You can never be strictly authentic, and besides, no one knows what authentic is, anyway. ” Photo: Alex Bailey/Columbia Pictures Ok, I saw this and had to add a little to my bitching. "No one knows what authentic is, anyway." Are you kidding? If I can point out a TON of sweaty, hockeypad-clad, beer-making,

Comments

WORK CURSE YOU! If only for David :P OK, so you can comment with Blogger, AIM, Livejournal, and anything else using OpenID: Here's all the sites that use OpenID : If you have one of these services, you have an OpenID! AOL openid.aol.com/screenname Blogger blogname.blogspot.com Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/username LiveDoor profile.livedoor.com/username LiveJournal username.livejournal.com Orange (France Telecom) http://openid.orange.fr/ SmugMug username.smugmug.com Technorati technorati.com/people/technorati/username Vox member.vox.com Yahoo http://openid.yahoo.com WordPress.com username.wordpress.com

090401 Spring Cleaning.. of Teeth!

Twitter: Fresh From Dentist: @25yo I'm to schedule my top Wisdoms out. Owie. Also: Saving up for Sonic Toothbrush! Mmmm Smooth Teeth! >^..^< Yes I managed to avoid the teeth-pulling almost 8 years after my mother & my peers, but alas, I couldn't escape forever! I also apparently have a dense area in my jawbone between the roots of teeth 19-20 (which means my lower right jaw). Its pushing on the root of a tooth (19), and possibly is what's causing the tooth (20)to turn in its lil socket. Will be scheduling a Silver filling to replace the white one that fell out (the tooth that always feels broken). Will look ugly, but shouldn't get jacked up like the old one. I love the way my teeth feel after the dentist, even though my gums and jaw hurt. :P PS: Ran 1.5m Sun + 1.5m Mon! My shin muscles are so sore! ~From WeyrCat's Treo

Sleepy wife is...

Image
My Hubby's in WLC for two weeks, so I think I'm gonna shack up with this guy. He's totally Stacked!! Oops! MT! >^..^< OLD!!! Gym: Biceps- -Curls (5lb, 2/10), 10lb 4/10. -Reverse curls, 10lb 4/10. These hurt like they shouldn't. Especially when first two sets are with barbell weights instead of dumbbells -Cable Bicep Curl, 20lb (=5lb resist) 3/10. -One-arm preacher curl, 10lb 4/10 39:18 4m 39:18 ow. Still need to buy: Girly Lifting Gloves. I want tone, not callouses. >>>>>>This was the last RUN I did before I broke my hand and was told I couldn't run for a while. It's also how I usually send my posts to my Blog (the one at Blogger, used to be a seperate blog called RunnerKitty. Now, i'm not sure how I'll work it. I like the All-Encompassingness that is the RW (omg I can't find another site that will let me be as specific as I wants with the Strength Training like I can here. I'm not Swarzenegger or anything, but hey, I'