Got this from Lisa's site.
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Every once in a while my brain runs on numerous tangents and I'm left pondering everything I think. So, when this occurs I just make up my own explanations. This is my first installment of such thoughts and what may become numerous. Without further ado:
JEN'S THEORIES ON WILD THOUGHTS
TOOTHPICK: I believe the toothpick was invented by some redneck that every time he ate his lunch while hunting would cut off a piece of bark and get food from his cavity filled teeth out. Then, one day he had his buddy with him and showed him this and then word of mouth caught on and thus, many of trees now die for our teeth.
CAMERA: Someone said to another person that they wish they had a way to capture the moments of their life, but couldn't draw. So, this idea caught on until a really smart person discovered a way to put people's images on paper.
SILVERWARE: People got tired with eating with their hands and sipping out of bowls. So, they all got together at an assembly and discussed what could be done about it. One of them spoke up and said how it was too bad that they couldn't make a tiny pitchfork and another said the same about a blade, and finally a woman spoke up and said the same about a small bowl with a handle attached. Then they made silverware.
ALARM CLOCK: A man who didn't own roosters was upset that he overslept in the morning. So, he went to a clock maker and asked the clock maker if he could construct a clock that made a chime when it was set to a certain hour. The clock maker did it, but by then the man had gotten roosters, because he was fed up that it took so long and the clock maker then went to the city and showed some rich people and they liked it and gave him money to make some more.
Well that's all for now. Stay tuned for some more of my wild tangent episodes.
God bless and take care,
Jen
MY FIRST DATE SINCE FRANK
His name is Sven, he's a German national and very sweet and funny. We first walked around the Christmas markets and then later went bowling. It was a great day the whole way around. And, there will be an encore perfomance this week!!!
I am so happy I'm finally out of my "hopeless" shell. I actually thought I would never date again. I was wrong!!! It is a fanastic feeling getting out again and mingling with the oposite sex. Being around Sven, is too hard to put into words. He's like this enormous flow of happiness and it's contagious. You cannot be in a bad mood while around him.
It was a great day.
God bless and take care,
Jen
THE WEDDING PICTURES
Here are the pics I said I was going to post. The wedding was a lot of fun and no one got too drunk. These are pics from the reception and during the ceremony we did look our best, but where I'm from when the ceremony's over the good clothes come off.
Mike and Laura (the reason for the wedding)
Myself, Aunt Penny, and Tracey (BACHLORETTES)
In news today I found out that I being sent to the March promotion board instead of February's. Since I did so well on our first field exercise, I'm being sent out again.
I got a date Saturday, he's my first since Frank. He keeps telling Tamara how he feels about me. We haven't had one face to face conversation yet. We're too shy to. Saturday, we're going to be forced to talk since it's just us together. More to follow, stay tuned.
God bless and take care,
Jen
A CHRISTMAS TIME MEMORY
This memory takes place in Iraq. We were able to set up Christmas decorations to celebrate thanks to the FRG and our families. My father sent me Christmas movies so the holiday wouldn't be so hard on me. I was rooming with Lisa and Elisa at this point in time. I have to say that I do feel sorry for these two, they have put up with a lot from me. From my hyperactivty to my disturbing their sleep.
Lisa and I were the room alone and I decided to watch my movies. I must have been a site with my santa hat on sitting in my chair with Vangough (teddy bear) in his santa outfit and all covered up in my blanket. I was singing and talking to Vangough as each movie commenced.
I have many more Christmas memories that I'll share as December moves on.
God bless and take care,
Jen
On Friday I fell down three stairs on way to take the trash out. I had some how missed hitting the banisters, stairs, and wall, going face first into the guardrail in front of me, and being knocked down a flight of stairs. Bad news is now I have a grade ll inversion ankle sprain, which means I partially torn the ligaments. My sentence is a month long profile with no pt test, run, march, jump and I have to wear soft shoes. Here's an ankle pic.
God bless and take care,
Jen
FIELD MISHAPS 2000-2004
2000
Ah, Basic Combat Training. The chaos of screaming drill sergeants, fighting soldiers, and chow(may have been good had I enough time to taste). My battle buddy and I were on our final field exercise "Victory Forge", and had to break up three fights amongst our friends the first night and then I was rained on during the night when I tossed and turned myself out of shelter half. We did stick lanes the next morning in wet weather gear and I damned near killed myself by falling from my oversized wet weather trousers falling and wrapping themselves around my ankles. Disgusted I tore them off and tied them around my waist underneath my top. The lane NCO asked me why I didn't have my wet weather trousers on and I told him I didn't want to be a wet weather casualty. He laughed so hard he had to excuse himself.
2002
Pinyon Canyon in Colorado. This two week exercise has an onslaught of funny memories. We were setting up the commander's and first sergeant's tent. A., J., and myself were trying to sturdy the pole and A. let loose the stankiest fart ever. The weather was hot and inside the tent extremely hot. We almost puked and of course A. was laughing like a hyena. He almost died that day. Sleeping in the field with me is very difficult, I talk and laugh in my sleep, but SGT M., she would scream everynight thinking the tent was going to fall on her. When she first screamed we were all alarmed and all of us asked her if she was okay, but by the third night we all practically told her to shut up.
December field problem was funny. This is when I got to know Lisa. HQ was playing OP4 and were waiting to ambush the MPs, and boy was it cold. I was at my SAW minding my own business and thinking warm thoughts and Lisa came down the hill where I was. She told me she had discovered a way to keep her feet warm. This girl took off her boots and placed her feet under her armpits!!! I looked at her and secretly thought "I thought I was the only crazy one in the company." This was also the field problem that I broke my right pinky finger on while setting up a cot.
2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom: EZ MAC TRAGEDY, males doing gay things, mortar rounds blasting, fire fight between the good, and me and Celine Dion keeping Lisa and Elisa awake. NOTE: Lisa's writing Iraq memoirs. She's grisaleen in my subs.
2004
Scenario training one week field exercise. C. was low crawling and forgot about the banana she put in her pocket and it all smooshed on the side of her pants. SFC B. was doing land nav and ran smack dab into a tree and the next day she tripped over a mound of dirt and dropped me in the litter. Our team was the best team and C. and SFC B. got BN coins and the LT and I got AAMs.
DST TEAM 2004
God bless and take care,
Jen
EZ MAC TRAGEDY
Many times Lisa makes fun of herself on her site about how klutzy she is. So, I will relay an Iraq memory dealing with Lisa's most glorious klutzy moment.
It was close to Christmas and the "supply" quarters has been demolished by 1st CAV. I was thrust into living with Lisa and Elisa. They were good roommates and we each respected one another but I had a little problem with Celion Dion playing on my portable cd player at hours of darkness, but this is a different story.
Anyway, almost every night Lisa ate her EZ MAC. She's addicted to this stuff!!! She went to go make her supper in the HQ building. Keep in mind Lisa has done this several times and never failed to follow the directions. Well, this time Lisa forgot the most important ingredient to add. Water. She came back over to our room and looked dumbstruck and relayed the story to Elisa and me and of course I was falling all over the place. Not to mention she stunk the kitchen up with her burnt noodles and ruined a bowl.
Although traumatic, Lisa being the super trooper she is still ate her EZ MAC throughout the rest of the deployment.
Moral of the story: Don't forget to add water.
God bless and take care,
Jen
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