25-28 April

So these past few days haven't really been out of the ordinary. Well except for the fact that I have been overusing coffee lately! Monday morning I was really tired coz I only had about 5 hours of interrupted sleep :P.

Tuesday night I ate about 2 boxes of pizza by myself. My roommate took a few. Wow.... that was probably the most pizza i've had for myself

Yesterday I bought some melatonin to help me sleep. It was a great remedy for sleeping. It's all natural and I had a good night's sleep.

Okay... so I gathered all my naturalization paperwork yesterday. I printed all my stuff at the library.

We've been getting word about cleaning our rooms for inspections the past 2 days. Now it's Thursday and The big boss wants our floors waxed. Fact: There are about 72 rooms in this building and only about 40 people occupy it. Problems??? Everyone has to pitch in! There's 200 people in the company and over half don't live here. Also... there's not that much cleaning material for everyone.

Charleston weekend.

So, after work on Friday, I slept for about 5 hours. I went to get ready for my trip to Charleston afterwards, which was actually spur of the moment. I got to the bus station at about 4 in the morning, my bus left at 5. I had a layover in Columbia and from then it was straight to Charleston.

When I arrived at Charleston, I was in the middle of downtown. I ended up riding the bus for about an hour and a half. First one took me to the airport and the second one took me to Folly Road. Folly Road is a mile off the beach. I took a 20 minute walk to the actual beach. It was really hot out there. I bought a disposable camera on the way to the beach.

It was really nice out there, the waves were crashing, the water was a bit cold, but it was sunny outside. I spetnt about 3 hours at the beach. Then i ate at a pizzeria. Then I headed for the last bus going downtown. I spent a night at a hotel next to the bus station so I wouldn't have any trouble going back home tomorrow. 

4/21/2011

So this morning I got up from a good night's sleep. Today as usual Thursday is insanely slow because there's hardly anyone around.. I ate lunch at DFAC # 1 this afternoon. It was really delicious! I had bbq ribs. Since it was next to an AIT, there were students around. and this one kid who was 18 <<<(ohh my... brings back memories) he kept talking to me coz he was all new to the army and stuff like that.

This day was boring, I drew tattoos on my hands. both left and right. I drew a unicorn with my left hand lol. I went to the PX to get a light bulb for my closet. They didn't have the one I was looking for.

I got 3 cups of coke while I was browsing through the whole store. That's all I ever do when I'm there! Browse, browse, browse! I buy what I need and then do that. Every time I look at the electronics someone always goes "Need help sir?" _______Well, if I did need help I'd come to you. I mean how hard is it to look at a mac?

Booyah!

So the first order of business today is the PT test scheduled in the morning. I haven't had any good sleep for the past few days. During the event, I scored 66 pushups, 62 situps and 15:40 runtime<<< I suck at running.

The day seemed very long and boring. No one came in for anything to do with the regular in processing procedures. I watched a few long videos. I was really sleepy and I couldn't concentrate.

I had a java hut for lunch. It was really good, I took a stroll to the java hut trailer. It was really nice. I ended up wanting another mocha javacino.

Palm Sunday weekend.

• So apparently this weekend is Palm Sunday weekend. Which is quite interesting because I haven't been to Palm Sunday for a while. 
• Saturday afternoon was quite busy. I had to review the N400 documents... which I should've mailed out a few weeks ago. 
• I gathered all the requirements it required and I thought I was gonna be done by 4pm.
• I ended up going to Target to make some 2x2 photos as part of the packet. The Target store over here is still slightly overpriced despite the fact that people usually go here to be thrifty.
• The rest of the weekend I spent a lot of napping. I become awakened at around 3 in the morning and not able to get back to sleep.
• I took a lot of random pictures on my camera phone.... lol
• I recently read about a tornado up in Raleigh, NC. I had plans to go there next week. I'll keep an eye out though. 
• A few minutes ago I was just hanging out and sitting down with 3 other people. The place gets somewhat dead on the weekends.
• Oh and I made some arroz caldo. Not exactly what I expected. It's still good I bet.... Well I'll see in a few minutes

3rd week of April

So this week hasn't really been out of the ordinary. Been showing up to work from 7:30-4:30.

• This morning, no one was here on our floor. I called Sgt McCall and went "There's no one on our floor!" Apparently he was in there and forgot to open the door.
• PT test is coming up on Wednesday. We got our height and weight early in the morning. Ugh I've been the same weight for the longest time. 133lbs! The only time I gain is when I've eaten.
• I went to the gym once this week. 
• I've been taking so many naps. 
• I'm falling asleep at around 3 in the afternoon.

I hate Monday!

• Once again I was awoken by a toothache. It was about 3 in the morning when it started kicking in. I wanted to sleep in until my alarm went off at quarter past 4. But I just cleaned my teeth and flossed it which seemed to give it some relief.
• This morning my NCO, SGT McCall led PT. He had us running across the field which was actually more fun than usual PT. Then we went to run the track. I was glad it was our own pace this time. I love sprints.
• I was really tired for work today. I was going to town on the coffee I made. At lunch I took a nap. I only meant to take about 20 minutes. I actually overslept. I normally take 1 hour for lunch, but today was considered longer. It was about an hour and a half.
• There were a lot of people in processing today. 
• I worked till about 5. There were these books that did not contain page numbers. I worked on correcting that. It took about an hour and a half.
• I took a nap 

ATL Sunday.

• So, it's midnight right now and I'm having the worst toothache in my life. It kept me up for 3 hours until I decided to get some Tylenol PM.
• I woke up at 9 am
• I ate at the Waffle House across the motel parking lot. The lady at the diner was looking at my shirt and was jokingly like "I think Lady Gaga is a freak! Gaga, googooo whatever her name is." Then she started talkin about this one time Gaga was wearing horse mane shoes.
• I took the shuttle bus to the airport and basically wasted time at the airport. I clearly missed the greyhound that I originally wanted to take since it left the same time I left the waffle house. 
• I waited till 2 in the afternoon for the shuttle to Augusta. E-Z ride which was the only shuttle to Augusta. I rode that all the way back home. 

More fam bam

So after the 2 nights at the hotel at Aiken, my parents found a place a mile off post. It was called the Executives in which was really nice because they had like a kitchen and a homey set up in side. I went there the first time and touched kittens. There were about 6 of them.

Today Saturday we left for Atlanta in our rental car. After that we took a few pictures at the park. I went to the Atlanta aquarium with my two sisters. We had a lot of fun. We touched manta rays.

They flew out at 9pm eastern while I stayed at a motel. 

Fam bam

So my family came over here to the base. They flew from LAX up to Atlanta and caught a bus and a cab to the hospital where i worked at. It's been kinda hard just to find time in between work hours and time in the afternoon.

First night we were here, my dad and I went to the airport to rent a car. My roommate took us there. We went to the mall after work. We just ate at the food court and went shopping.

On the way back it was a bit of a headache since I don't have a driver's license (I know, such bs right I'm 20 already and I SHOULD have one like a normal person).

Actually it's been like that for the past 2 nights. I mean my dad keeps making all these unnecessary right turns for some reason after which we end up being lost, rerouted by the GPS and then taking longer to arrive. We've been rerouted to gate 5 which is really far from gate 1.

On a good note, I did go to the riverwalk with all of them and spent some time together out there all relax and stuff. Plus my parents ended up relaxing in the hospital.

4/4/2011

So this morning, I slept through my alarm. So did my roommate. We were both late for formation. This is the first time I've been late since he got that ticket which incidentally he's going to a mini court for today.

I got ready for work and at about 8:30 my roommate called me asking me to come and be his witness at the case hearing. It wasn't till 4:30 this afternoon, so I waited for him for nothin.

I had a lot of coffee today! It kept me focused on working on my APEQS which is a program online. After 2pm, I started feeling sleepy. I got some food from downstairs.

I went to "court" with my roommate. It was not what I expected. I was just there sitting down thinking that there was a purpose in me being a witness. My roommate's citation said "speeding 37/25." He couldn't get prove it false since the speedometers can verify a vehicle's speed. So that was done and I didn't really have to do anything.

4/3/2011

What I did today:

• Bought my sister a present,
• went to church
• My roommate came back from Atlanta.
• Slept early

4/2/2011

This morning, my roommate left the room at around 5:30. I was puzzled as to where on earth he could possibly be going. I tried to go back to sleep but I just laid half awake until 7:30. I decided to get breakfast and take a shower.

At around 2pm, I walked to the shopette and waited for a cab to go to the mall. This is my 3rd weekend at the mall. I started out browsing around the Apple store and Barnes and Noble. I had a small question to ask regarding my ipod at the store. I didn't get a fix for it but it was no big deal. I contined to browse through all the products. I was fascinated at this one IPad application called "Flightboard" which shows the itinerary for over 3,000 airports worldwide. Afterwards, I listened to a few songs, browsed at products like the new nano, the macbooks etc. etc. I went to Barnes and Noble and used the free wifi and started reading books about Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. I only book one book. That was "Macbeth." I haven't been able to find it in the library, so I figured I'd buy it. It is my favorite Shakespearean play.

I went home around 7:30 p.m.. I actually forgot my key in my room. I texted my roommate and he told me to climb into the window. So I did. I did that, and then I locked myself out again by accident. I had to go through the same window again. I saw my sister online, so I talked to her for a little bit. Then she started getting frantic about having a phone for six-flags tomorrow. I gave her 2 options and then my dad got annoyed and started getting mad. 

11th floor

This morning, I received great news. I was gonna work up in the 11th floor building for Hospital education and training (HET). I got up there and got introduced to SPC Rogers, SFC Ledet and SGT McCall. They were glad to have me of assistance to them now that the days are getting busier. I've been working there for the past 3 days.

It's been a great experience. Thursday and Friday were really slow for some reason. The work starts at 7:30am-4:30 pm. It seems long I know but it's alright. I have been eating 3 square meals due to the fact that the DFAC is on the 3rd floor below

This week I've been trying to find a room for my family to stay in. Since it's masters week in Augusta, all the hotels are full now.

Last night(Friday night) I bough a scrapbook and did some scrapbooking.