I never remember this much clarification needed around Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, and Armed Forces Day.  I was talking with my dad about it and it is interesting how times change where in WWII it seemed like men could not wait to join up for the service, so many lied about their ages to get in and get over to the fighting before it was over.  Then we have other wars where soldiers were not warmly welcomed home and treated very poorly.  Now we seem to be back on the side of supporting troops and being a fairly proud military country (maybe).  I live in a military town so my view is probably most definitely skewed.  Anyway, not to be too political or whatever, but I do appreciate what people have done for this country and continue to do.  I have been reading a lot about war and it is hard no matter how you look at it.  It isn’t good, that’s a no brainer.

Just got back not that long ago from the store.  Mom went with me, the first time she has really been out in a week.  She did pretty good, but I think she got tuckered out.  I got a couple pounds of shrimp and peeled them.  Not sure how much is left, they were very good  I ruined it by eating a piece of chocolate

I also got a couple backs of beer brats so that is what we are going to eat when Paul and Carlos get here.  I am going to take a break from this now though so I can get the house swept and hopefully mopped.  All swept and now waiting for the mop, but the boys just got here so maybe Carlos will mop

I am supposed to head out tomorrow afternoon for my next trip.  It is about 5 hours away and I am not supposed to leave until after 15:00.  I am sure that everything will be fine, just long – but it was such short notice I didn’t want to pay a huge price for a ticket.

I just got done with dinner, it turned out really great.  Beer Bratwurst with onions, mac and cheese, and baked beans  Yummy!!!

I am gonna go ahead and wrap it up.  Gotta play with those puppies and do some work stuff.

It’s not exactly the unexpected working day, but more work than expected  I am trying to get my dad’s laundry done, mine done, a meal plan for this week, and a plan for people coming to check on the folks.  Luckily I am not packing until Tuesday since I am leaving that night to go to Fairburn, Georgia.

Yesterday my bother and dad got the exit opener installed for our gate at the house.  We have a sliding gate and it has been such a pain since we put it in.  Not all of it is the opener’s fault.  It sat for a long time before we installed it and then it got struck by lightning.  I know – HUGE LIFE PROBLEMS ha ha ha.

I still have a couple small, maybe not small – minor, changes to be made to my room / bathroom before I am done.  I want to tighten my pictures that are hanging over my bed, less space on the vertical lines.  Then I got, what I think will work, as a towel holder.  Would like to put that up today, I don’t see why I wouldn’t be able to so I will add a pic.

The dogs were let in this morning wet and full of sand so my bed is just FULL of sand.  I have slept in it twice and will have to deal with that today too.  Oh yeah, that’s another thing on the list, sweep the house and mop the common area.

The movie theatre by the house has opened and Carlos was planning on coming out tomorrow and maybe going out there.  I am not sure what we are having for food, something on the grill probably – shrimp and hot dogs – ha ha ha, what a combo.

We are gonna have beanie weenies for dinner so now I have to go to the grocery store to get them.  I hope they aren’t sold out for the holiday – that’s not possible, right?!  I have seen where they were out of buns, but not hot dogs  I will keep everyone posted on the developments of this very important story!  Oh man, I just realized baked beans are big cookoout items too – OH NO!

Important Update: We decided to have sandwiches instead of beanie weenies. That is all.

I just got done with all of my dad’s laundry and now I am working on mine. I also just played with the puppies – they were exhausted because it is so hot outside. Goodness, they wouldn’t stop if I didn’t make them.

I think I am getting a little bit sick. I feel like my throat is going to be very sore tomorrow. I hope it goes quickly. I woke up last night about 3am and had to take some Aleve I had such a bad headache. I think it was from having a stuffed up nose and also coughing a little bit. In fact I just took some as a preemptive strike

By the way, basically finished the puzzle today – I need two words that I just cannot figure out.  Have to ask dad for help tomorrow.  He gave me some hints, but I did pretty good

Alright, I am going to clean the body, finish up my clothes, and go to bed – I don’t feel great  Oh well!

Today was hair day  I stopped and grabbed some food for dinner and already had a compliment on the color.  I ALWAYS get compliments the day or day after I get it done.  I love it

So, yesterday I had something happen that really upset me.  A good friend of mine, a person I have relied on for their kindness and really lean on hurt my feelings.  It was a text where they were a bit short with me.  I really try hard not to put attitude on people’s written words, emails and texts, but that one really got to me.  I think it is because they are always so nice to me.  They did apologize and that made me feel a bit better, but still it hurt.  The reason why I am explaining this situation is because it is very important to be careful about how you word written things.

Anyway, enough of that  So my dad has always done crossword puzzles and he had some that were a bit easier so I was doing those in the morning when I was eating breakfast and now he has found me one from the paper that he things I should be able to do.  I am not good with them, especially like he is and it was funny because he basically did this whole puzzle in his head and decided it was for me  Funny stuff!!

I had to return my ring today because it had lost two diamonds already – I have had it a week…

I need to do a ton before I go out of town again.  I need to make sure that there is a plan for dinners for the folks and make sure someone can come on out and check on them.  Although I think that mom is feeling better than she has.  She may feel pretty much back to normal by Monday – who knows  Oh yeah, mom came home last night.  I can’t remember if I mentioned that in the blog yesterday.

OK, I am going to wrap this up because I am getting tired and want to grab me some ice cream

This morning is the last day on the road for a little bit and we are ending it with the first group of people I worked with on my project!  It is so nice to see them all, except 1 is not here, but I will see him at another training I believe.

They are trying to get done quickly so that we can all get home, this is day 6 for us so we are all a little bit tired!  I am sitting in an office right now just trying to stay out of the way from all this craziness

Gonna have to get some pictures today to add, but I have 1 from yesterday evening.

So, made it to the airport a whole 6 hours early  Not a huge deal this isn’t the first time that has happened.  The other guys have like a 16:00 flight or close to it anyway so they have a little less wait – but not much.  We ate at PF Changs, which was my first time eating there.  It was pretty good.  I got some dumplings and some Lo Mein.  The dumplings were amazing!!

I am letting my phone charge and sitting on the floor rather than use the ones in the seats.  So I am using one outlet and a guy came up to use the other one and I scared the crap out of him by shouting that it was MY OUTLET!!!  He was a good sport and laughed

I am so very tired.  I think that I figured out a little secret about when I start to field strange, I need some food.  Have not figured out if it is like a sugar thing or just food in general.  I fear it is sugar, but hope I am just plain hungry.

The guys just left to go get some ice cream, I think they went down to a Ben and Jerry’s.  Now I may be headed down there later, but not right now  Still a bit full from lunch / dinner.

No not golf, real driving in a car!!!  We started the day at the REDI, that’s where I am right now.  We will leave here around lunch and head to Social Circle, a little over an hour away.  Once we are done there it’s a much longer drive to LaGrange.  Whew!   I will check back in later.

OK, I am all settled into my room in LaGrange thinking about how I am going to get some food in my belly  We had two pretty good sessions today.  I felt that I helped a couple people in each and that is good when you can fix a couple specific issues, I think

Long drives today.  Man, it took so long, but we made it and that is good.  I will be happy to be home next week for sure.

Mom Update: Talked to the nurse, didn’t get to talk to her, but she said she had a bit of a fever today and that overall it was a better day.  She is very weak at the moment and sleeping a good bit.  She was supposed to come home, but I don’t think so with that fever.  Paul and Carlos, at least, are going to see her and play with the puppies

I am going to have a really long day tomorrow, not getting home until like 21:00.  But a lot of it will be just sitting around which is unfortunate.  Oh well, get something done

There is not much near this hotel, I am not even sure where a Pizza Hut is because I could do some pizza I think.  Maybe.  Actually maybe not.  I want Subway – too bad no car.  Gonna have to try to get one of the guys to just take me, or let me borrow their car.

I took some pictures today, not  very many, but what can you do!  I think I am gonna go ahead and close this, if something interesting happens I will just add it to tomorrow