It’s been six months since I posted.  The last time I posted, in April, I was “swimming to Saudi.”  Well, I didn’t make it.  I only made 3000 meters.  I’ve been trying to improve my swimming since, and this last month I broke 3000 meters.  So while I’d like to complete and win a swim [...]

Today is the Twelfth Day of Christmas.  It is also Twelfth Night, the night before Epiphany.  According to Wikipedia: Twelfth Night or Epiphany Eve is a festival in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany, concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas, and is defined by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as “the [...]

Today is the Eleventh Day of Christmas.  It is also my cousin Katie’s birthday.  Happy birthday, Katie! This is also my 100th blog post. Congratulations to me! Jeremy says, “But there are only 77 comments.  Y’all need to work harder!”  I did 100 posts in 58 weeks.  Hmm…maybe I need to work harder too.  I [...]

Today is the Sixth Day of Christmas.  And it is also the day before the end of the year.  Although for some it is the second day of the year.  My husband, Jeremy, informed me that yesterday was the start of the Muslim New Year.  It is year 1430 AH (anno Hegirae:  “in the year [...]

The Sunday before last, November 23, I was able to attend Jeremy’s frocking ceremony at his command.  He got promoted today from Petty Officer Second Class to Petty Officer First Class.  That means he went up one pay grade, from E-5 to E-6. In the Navy every March and September sailors take advancement exams.  Out [...]

Today I was presented with my first ever Letter of Commendation (LOC)! It was to commemmorate that I was selected as the third quarter’s Junior Sailor of the Quarter.  I received the LOC and a nice plaque.  My OIC (Officer in Charge) told me it was to go on my “I Love Me Wall” and [...]

Happy Veteran’s Day, everyone! I didn’t have to work today, so I’m taking it easy at home.  It sure is tempting to take a lot of naps.  But I did manage to straighten up around the apartment; I cleaned off a counter that’s become the junk pile counter; and I’m doing laundry.  Other than that [...]

Yesterday we had the PRT (physical readiness test) at work.  We all met at 5:45 a.m.  First we did the Sit and Reach, where we sit on the ground and reached forward and touched our toes.  I think this one’s rather silly, and I’ve always gotten the impression others do too.  I’ve never know anyone [...]

Every month the base does a “fun run.”  Usually it’s around a holiday, but April doesn’t have a holiday, at least not at this time of the month, so they called this one the Fitness Fun Run.  It is 5K.  That is five kilometers or a little over three miles.  It is four laps around [...]

If you haven’t read the post directly preceding this one, read that first.  This is a continuation. Jeremy emailed me some pictures.  He said to mention he’s been stationed on the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).  It is the only ship in the US Navy to have a British officer permanently stationed aboard.  He [...]