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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Todays random thoughts

I am going to do my best to type this blog.  But for some reason, my MAC has decided to have a mind of its own.  I don't do very well keeping up with this blog, but I try.  Today, I have some free time and don't really have anything particular to write about.  So I have decided to share all the random things that are on my mind.

Okay, let me start with while I I appreciate every branch of the military and what they do for our country, I am a little annoyed with the Air Force right now.  No, I am not jealous of the leisures they have, I just do not understand it.  I see all these females come in the USO at that I am stuck at, they have their shorts rolled super high, their hair in pony tails and they have enough makeup on to be in a broadway show.  Oh yes and lets not forget, they are wearing earrings.  I must say that I am glad that these Army has not adopted these rules or this relaxed style.  To me, it looks completely unprofessional.  We are Soldiers, or as they call theirselves, Airmen.  I did not come to Iraq to find me a boyfriend or to find me someone to play around with.  I did not even bring makeup with me.  I why just really wonder why the Air Force decided it needed its females to look like females.  I mean come on.  In war, there is no such thing as gender.  We are all Soldiers!  
Here is the other reason I am on the Air Force kick right now.  Being stuck at the USO/passenger terminal for the last couple days, I have been pretty bored.  Although I have tried to take advantage of the time and catch up on my school work, continue eating right and last night I finally found the gym so I decided to work out.  Well it is a TINY gym with 4 treadmills, two bikes and about 3 other machines.  Well there was an air force female in there running.  I have not worked out in a while but I started out on the treadmill. I ran one mile at a pretty good pace to start out, I was then headed to the bike.  When I went to step off the treadmill, the Air Force female said to me, "really, that is all you got, I thought you Army people are supposed to be all Hooah Hooah."  I just kind of looked at her shook my head and walked over to the bike, which I rode for 7 miles.  In the middle of me biking, the Air Force female finished her slow pace run and was about to exit the building when she then said to me, "I thought the Army was all about running?"  I once again, gave her this look like "really?"  And I replied to her, "I don't know what you are out to prove, but I am not here to compete with you, I simply came to work out, so if you don't mind, I am going to continue my workout."  Really deep inside I wanted to say to her, "look her you dumb bitch, if you really want to see who is stronger we can.  But the mature side of me kicked in and said just blow her off.  Little did she know that after that 7miles on the bike I went back and ran another mile on the treadmill.  But I hate that the branches of the Armed Forces are out to compete with each other.  We are all on the same team.  We all have the same mission!  Okay enough about that.

With all this talk of Obama pulling all these troops out of Afghanistan, does that mean that he is still going to make sure that all troops are pulled out of Iraq by Dec 31, 2011?  It would be nice to know when I was coming home.  I love my job, I love my country and I love serving my country.  But the not knowing of when I am coming home, is annoying!!  I don't mind staying if that is what is decided but damn, stop making us wait to find out.  Just tell us what is going on and when we are going home.

I am currently stuck at Joint Base Balad in some part of Iraq.  What doesn't make sense to me, is how they fly me here, knowing this is not my final destination, when there are no flights scheduled to my destination for several days?  Why wouldn't they have flown me to one of the other bases in Iraq that fly to my destination more often?  Doesn't that make sense?  Come on Air Force, that would make sense!!!

I have so much I want to do when I get back...obviously I want to see my friends and family.  But I would really like to get out to Mass to see the boys I used to nanny for and my friend Montana.  It has been way too long.  The boys I nannied for are all growing up so fast.  The first set of boys that I nannied for in Mass, the Falzarano boys are all growing into young men.  The middle second oldest just graduated High School the other day and he was like 10 when I nannied for him.  It is crazy to me.

Sorry my thoughts have been really random today!  I don't really have one thought on my mind today!  But I might come back in a few and write another one.
But for now, that is all.  Thanks for reading!

1 comment:

  1. Sorry for all the typos. Like I said my MAC has a mind of its own today and the cursor would move half way into a sentence. I did my best! Please bare with me on this one :)

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