15 July 05

My past day has been bittersweet. More bitter than sweet, but the perks of the day were nice. It started off with work not being so great. Everyone was really slow and not in the mood to be there. (I like when it is not ONLY me feeling that way EVERY SINGLE DAY!) Then I came back and laid down for a little bit, only sleeping for an hour. Then I went to the computer lab to check my e-mail where I received an e-mail from my best friend at Basic Training and AIT, Brandon, who told me that his mother passed away, and he had to take emergency leave to go home to bury her. My heart absolutely broke. Please pray for him and his family. He's an only child and doesn't have a father...he's now an orphan. He is a wonderful guy and a true definition of a soldier in the Army, one of the strongest I know. He'll get through this. He kept me sane while I was away at my training. So anyway, my day was truly ruined after that, and I cried for the majority of the afternoon thinking about him and how he must feel, as well as putting myself in his shoes and thinking about how I would feel...Horrible. Laying in bed and knowing I was no where near sleep, I got up and edited a girl's paper from my peer editing group in class. I finally fell asleep for about 3 hours from 8:30pm-11:30pm. When I awoke, it was like x-mas had arrived! I had a package from my family with all my goodies in it. Thanks for the shoes...I have them on right now. The purchases were exactly what I wanted. I also had a package from Chad! Thank you so much for the AVEDA products! They looks so fun. I just got out of the shower. I used the moss shampoo and the big bottle of conditioner lotion stuff. My hair smells so good. I am trying to figure out what it is I want to share with others...nothing...but I will. Thank you again for sending that. I love it! If you ever have anymore testers that you don't want to use, feel free to send them my way. Sorry I never had uncolored hair for you when you asked. It's noon and I haven't gone to bed yet. I still need to edit another person's paper from my group. Hopefully, they will get mine done soon too. (Not like there is any editing to be done!) j/k man! Good job on the CENTCOM (central communications). The new one is "IED". Try that one on for size.
-Mere