Tomorrow is a range day...last friday the entire battalion went out to cheer on our four man teams doing the 9mil and M16 ( M4s for LRSC) engagement range (i don't know what to call it--you move through obsticles and shoot at targets instead of just sitting or standing stationary...)  Well tomorrow HHS goes as an entire company to run through it...loads of fun I guess...Friday was incredibly boring as you couldn't see too much w/o binos and tomorrow well probably be the same...

Leland and Whitney forgot to drop off my movie at Blockbuster so I had to get it from Whitney and take it down myself (they'd said they'd drop it for me)...I needed to get cigarettes for tomorrow anyway...  (I'll explain about the movie more in a bit)
It was odd though, I was not in any way upset.  I didn't even have to write it off as "do your own work--lesson learned" or anything of the sort...

Since 2300 I've just felt RIGHT.  I'm happy, content, all seems well.  It's just a strange feeling of bliss, and I don't get that often.  I hadn't planned on getting online and making an entry tonight...but I did...and Christa was online...

I had a feeling something wonderful was going to happy...something life altering.  While talking with Christa is indeed wonderful, it isn't what I felt coming...

eh, no matter.  i'm still in a very good mood...

SO, on to the weekend...Saturday was just kind of blah...Dan spent the night again Friday and we got him into his room saturday afternnon (his roomate was home, turns out he was just asleep).  I haven't heard from Dan since--he said he was thinking of going to Philly seeing as how he was on leave through today  still. I'm broke (as usual) so I didn't want to go with him...  Spent the rest of the day hanging out in my room, playing Starcraft on the computer... 

Sunday I ran into Tracy and we went out to dinner (she offered to pay AAMOF, since I was...broke).  Then we rented Girl, Interrupted and I got drunk on her Tequila to match her wits (she had a couple Bahama Mamas at Applebee's and she was through...quite a light weight drinker...).   I made a point of sitting on the floor in her room and not on her bed with her...She'd just broken up with her most recent boyfriend.  We had fun together though...

Today was productive...

I straightened out my car registration renewall--had to get a copy of my 99 W2 (yeah, I'd lost them for shame) which in and of itself was a task...then down to the courthouse to square away my non NC residency with the Tax Assesor, and then back up to Spring Lake to buy my sticker...

Then I washed my car, which was sorely needed, even though thunderstorms are forecasted for tommorrow...I don't think I got all the soap off the top though, so it's probably best if it DOES rain...or I'm back to the carwash after I get off the range...

I'm finishing a lovely cup of Earl Gray tea right now...i had one right before I slipped into bed earlier.  I have a feeling it's at least partly contributed to my euphoria...

It's gotten quite late now, and I have a likely long day ahead of me...I'll leave off with these:
 

Dad just sent me this one (NOT their cat) Now you can't say you've never been flipped off by a cat before!

And Christa sent me this (her new puppy!) OooOOAaaaAAAaaaaAAhhHHH

Orlando Pix coming with the next entry...

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