Nothing too exciting going on in Alaska. Today, the temperature is 28. It is expected to snow 2-3 inches tonight. Evan is sitting alert and I am hanging out at home. Yesterday, our china cabinet and buffet table from Evan's grandmother arrived. I am excited! I love them! I cant wait to put all of our china in there. It will look sooo pretty! I'm excited! When Evan came home last night, he brought me some really pretty flowers....just because I was having a grumpy day. :) He is so sweet to me!
Evan leaves on Sunday for Cool School which is basically survival training in the cold. He will be gone from Sunday until Friday. So, that means another week for me to be by myself. Oh well....
Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!
~Jess
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Evan's home!!
The title about sums it up! Evan is home!! I am happy!! He got back this afternoon and I took the afternoon off of work and went and got him from the airport. Now I am cooking dinner for the two of us. I think he might be tired of spicy food. He requested macaroni and cheese and corn for dinner. He brought me some chinese candy in chocolate and what he thought was blueberry flavored but it actually turned out to be grape. :) He also brought me a black star sapphire necklace which is beautiful!! (That came from Thailand.) Anyway, I am thrilled to have my husband back and I think he is glad to be home. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
~jess
~jess
Monday, February 16, 2009
Evan has enjoyed his time in Thailand. He said that it is a nice country. He has enjoyed going to malls and getting massages. I think he even got to ride on an elephant! I am ready for him to come home. I am tired of being home alone. I miss my husband. He says that he is supposedly coming home Saturday. We will see. I will believe that when he walks in the door. But as I said, I am ready for my husband to come home.
My car was towed to the jeep dealership when it had its little problems last week. The people at the dealership were giving me the runaround for 2 days, but what they finally decided was wrong with the car was that it ran out of gas because the little thing in the gas tank that sits on top of the gas and tells the guage on the dashboard when it gets low was broken. Unfortunately, this piece is attached to the fuel pump and they could not replace the broken piece by itself. So, my car has a new fuel pump in it so the other place could be fixed. It was $450 dollars for the fuel pump and $450 for labor. That is flipping ridiculous!! But at least my car is fixed and I can drive back and forth to work now. I have decided that I do the wrong thing for a living. I should be a mechanic....
Valentines Day was kind of fun but lonely at the same time. My husband was gone and so that was a little of a bummer. However, if he had been here, we probably wouldnt have done anything out of the ordinary anyway because we dont really celebrate Valentines Day. I went shopping with a friend and then we went over to another friend's house. We ate pizza and played wii. It was nice to hang out with the other girls whose husbands were gone too. We had a good time. All of those girls were discussing the flowers they got from their husbands. I didnt get flowers from my husband, but he did tell me that he is going to buy some seeds/bulbs for me to put on our deck and on our porch. He said he has checked into it and stargazer lilies(my favorite flowers!!) will grow here so he was thinking we would get those kind. So that was thoughtful of him...I am excited! Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!
Today is President's Day and I am out of school. It is surely nice to have a break! I am going to paint the guest bedroom. That way it will be ready for anyone who wants to come visit! Im on a mission now! Hope everyone has a great day!
My car was towed to the jeep dealership when it had its little problems last week. The people at the dealership were giving me the runaround for 2 days, but what they finally decided was wrong with the car was that it ran out of gas because the little thing in the gas tank that sits on top of the gas and tells the guage on the dashboard when it gets low was broken. Unfortunately, this piece is attached to the fuel pump and they could not replace the broken piece by itself. So, my car has a new fuel pump in it so the other place could be fixed. It was $450 dollars for the fuel pump and $450 for labor. That is flipping ridiculous!! But at least my car is fixed and I can drive back and forth to work now. I have decided that I do the wrong thing for a living. I should be a mechanic....
Valentines Day was kind of fun but lonely at the same time. My husband was gone and so that was a little of a bummer. However, if he had been here, we probably wouldnt have done anything out of the ordinary anyway because we dont really celebrate Valentines Day. I went shopping with a friend and then we went over to another friend's house. We ate pizza and played wii. It was nice to hang out with the other girls whose husbands were gone too. We had a good time. All of those girls were discussing the flowers they got from their husbands. I didnt get flowers from my husband, but he did tell me that he is going to buy some seeds/bulbs for me to put on our deck and on our porch. He said he has checked into it and stargazer lilies(my favorite flowers!!) will grow here so he was thinking we would get those kind. So that was thoughtful of him...I am excited! Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!
Today is President's Day and I am out of school. It is surely nice to have a break! I am going to paint the guest bedroom. That way it will be ready for anyone who wants to come visit! Im on a mission now! Hope everyone has a great day!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Evan finally made it to Thailand. He was sort of late but he made it. I have talked to him several times on the phone. He said he is having a great time. Thailand is awesome, according to Evan. He has been to Bangkok and has been touring around the city. The food is very spicy according to Evan. The only thing he has described in detail to me is the mall. I wonder why... :) He said he is having fun. A lot of the guys of his squadron that are there have been sick this past week. I dont know if it is the food or a virus, but so far, Evan is not sick...knock on wood. Today was a holiday for Thailand's government, so they were not working today. Today was a holiday for the guys as well. Lucky them. Evan said that he went to Thailand to fly a jet and so far all he has done is sight see and be a tourist. He said he hasnt bought much but everything he has bought so far is for me! WOO HOO! He said this is a great trip and he is having a great time. He also thinks anyone would love this trip. Sorry Lindsey that you arent there with him!!
Last night was girls night out. I am really glad for the other wives of the squadron. I am glad that they are wishing to hang out often while the guys are gone. I would be really bored if they didnt want to hang out all the time. So anyway, last night we went to dinner and a movie. We went to see "He's Just Not That Into You" I wasnt that impressed. It was ok. The movie was definitely a lot better since Im married and dont have to date any more. More than anything, I realized while watching that movie how glad I am that I dont have to date any more. Dating is just troublesome sometimes.
So tonight I went to dinner with a friend. That was alot of fun. We chatted and giggled and shared a delicious dessert that neither of us could have ordered with our husbands there. It was great. Everything was going well. We had fun and finally left the restaurant. I started to drive home and got about half way here on the highway and all of a sudden, my car started acting weird. I was unable to steer very well. The steering wheel got tight like the power steering had gone out. I pushed the gas and nothing happened. I was losing speed real quick and decided I had better get off the highway so as to not block traffic. I pulled to the side of the road and put my car in park. As soon as I put my car in park, the heat started blowing extremely cold air and the oil light came on. I had to call a tow truck to come and tow my car. I also called the squadron commander's wife because she lived close to where I was. Jamee came and sat with me until the tow truck got there and then let me borrow her car. I really was unsure of borrowing her car but she pretty much insisted. So I have Jamee's car now and my car has been towed to the Jeep dealership. I have to call them in the morning and hope they can fix it. I suppose whatever is wrong with it is probably not going to be cheap. Oh well....
So that is the update for the weekend. I hope everyone's having a good weekend. Mine is rather expensive and slightly stressful but I suppose it will be ok. Tomorrow it is back to work. Hope everyone has a good week. I will post more when I know what is going on with my car.
Last night was girls night out. I am really glad for the other wives of the squadron. I am glad that they are wishing to hang out often while the guys are gone. I would be really bored if they didnt want to hang out all the time. So anyway, last night we went to dinner and a movie. We went to see "He's Just Not That Into You" I wasnt that impressed. It was ok. The movie was definitely a lot better since Im married and dont have to date any more. More than anything, I realized while watching that movie how glad I am that I dont have to date any more. Dating is just troublesome sometimes.
So tonight I went to dinner with a friend. That was alot of fun. We chatted and giggled and shared a delicious dessert that neither of us could have ordered with our husbands there. It was great. Everything was going well. We had fun and finally left the restaurant. I started to drive home and got about half way here on the highway and all of a sudden, my car started acting weird. I was unable to steer very well. The steering wheel got tight like the power steering had gone out. I pushed the gas and nothing happened. I was losing speed real quick and decided I had better get off the highway so as to not block traffic. I pulled to the side of the road and put my car in park. As soon as I put my car in park, the heat started blowing extremely cold air and the oil light came on. I had to call a tow truck to come and tow my car. I also called the squadron commander's wife because she lived close to where I was. Jamee came and sat with me until the tow truck got there and then let me borrow her car. I really was unsure of borrowing her car but she pretty much insisted. So I have Jamee's car now and my car has been towed to the Jeep dealership. I have to call them in the morning and hope they can fix it. I suppose whatever is wrong with it is probably not going to be cheap. Oh well....
So that is the update for the weekend. I hope everyone's having a good weekend. Mine is rather expensive and slightly stressful but I suppose it will be ok. Tomorrow it is back to work. Hope everyone has a good week. I will post more when I know what is going on with my car.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Evan's Journey
Evan finally took off from Alaska on Sunday morning. He had a tremendously long journey but finally made it to Japan, where he has been ever since. He was supposed to only be there one night. As it turns out, he has been there for 3 or 4. They are hopefully going to take off tomorrow morning and will arrive in Thailand sometime tomorrow afternoon/evening. I have talked to Evan twice since he left. He is able to call me from the base phones and talk to me for a few minutes. He said that Japan is beautiful and he has gotten to see some of his friends from Tyndall AFB in Florida. He was hoping to go snorkeling this afternoon. He said that he thinks that I would really enjoy Japan. It is warm, beautiful and there is a beach. It is really really far away from family and friends though, so Im not so sure. But that is neither here nor there... (Maybe we could take a trip and just visit there sometime!)
Evan is safely in Japan and has enjoyed a few days there. However, he is ready to go on to Thailand and experience that country. He said that apparently there is a group of his buddies going to Bangkok at some point in the next few days. He is going to be very upset if he misses that so lets all hope that he makes it to Thailand in time to go. Anyway, hope everyone is having a good week. I will write more when I know more!
~Jess
Evan is safely in Japan and has enjoyed a few days there. However, he is ready to go on to Thailand and experience that country. He said that apparently there is a group of his buddies going to Bangkok at some point in the next few days. He is going to be very upset if he misses that so lets all hope that he makes it to Thailand in time to go. Anyway, hope everyone is having a good week. I will write more when I know more!
~Jess
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