This is going to be a short post because I have to run and take care of some other stuff here on base, but I felt the need to put this out there just so everyone is clear:
Please, do not get butthurt if you send me one (or more) messages and I don't reply. I am not purposely ignoring you, it is not personal. Here on base, the wi-fi is spotty at best, so often I don't actually get any messages for a day or more. Also, sometimes my computer/phone don't register that I have messages for whatever reason, technology isn't perfect and not everything gets to me in a timely manner. If you send me something and it registers that I "read" it but didn't reply, I probably was rushing to clear out any notifications that did suddenly flood in and I didn't actually have time to formulate a response. This is a common occurence and has even happened to my own parents. I often clear out my unread messages and then completely forget to go back and actually read them for a few days (once even a week). Again, this is not personal against anyone, I am all over the place right now, trying to get settled in to my new home and balance work, spending time with my new friends here so we don't go insane and shutting everything out once in a while for some personal quiet time. My mind is a little scattered and I'm trying to make it focus on work more than anything else. I don't always have the time or the mental capacity to answer every message that I get, I do good to remember to talk to my parents and even then sometimes I just completely forget (sorry Mom and Dad, I love you guys :P). There is a lot of change going on in my life right now, and while I miss everyone dearly back home, I'm also trying to focus on what is going on immediately around me, if I don't do that then I will dwell too much on things that will bring me down and that's just not an option. So please, if you have sent me one or more messages, on any forum that I have, and I haven't answered, I'M NOT IGNORING YOU. I am simply human and forget things. Do not take it personally, do not get butthurt. Quite honestly, that is the quickest way to annoy me and will actually make me not want to answer because I do not deal with drama anymore. I don't have the time or patience for that.
Now, I will apologize for the harshness of that post. It was not directed at anyone in particular (going back to the whole "it's not personal" thing), just a general announcement over things that have been happening in the last month. Yes that was a very forward post, but I often find that beating around the bush gets me nowhere so I just kinda come out and say what I think. If this post in any way offended you....I don't know what to tell you. I simply stated my opinions as I have a right to do. Everyone knows that I love them dearly, even though I can sometimes be a little brusque. I do appreciate all the support that I get from everyone back home, more than you know. It keeps me going while I'm out here, so please don't think I'm taking your concerns and cares for granted. Like I've said before, lot's of changes are happening very quickly in my life and it's an adjustment for me and everyone, so please, take what I've said to heart. I'm not ignoring anyone, just trying to balance everything at once and nobody can actually do that do humor my airheadedness.
Lots of (sometimes tough) love from your favorite MA,
Victoria
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
The Roman Empire
So I asked for suggestions about what to post about, seeing as with not much going on here, I was running out of stuff to say, and my wonderful mother gave me a suggestion:
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
I'll be quite honest...this completely confuses me. My guess is that it's a Monty Python reference which, if so, makes me ashamed to call myself an MP fan because I should know that. I'm not entirely sure how an empire that is supposed to be Roman isn't...if you say you're Roman then you probably are. As for holy, well I'm not about to discuss religion on a public website that technically any of my superiors at work could read. I do not want to open that can of worms at work *shudder* as for empire ummmm have you read about the Roman Empire? They were pretty much a bunch of badasses. The legions of warriors that they had were legendary in their strength and all that stuff. I wouldn't want to start a fight with the ancient Romans and I have modern day technology on my side.
I would love to travel back in time and see what it was like to live in the Ancient times, whether Greek or Roman. I love their history, culture, mythology and even their architecture. Plus the dresses that the women wore? Ugh I wish I could get away with wearing those now!
In other news, I've officially been here in sunny Bahrain for a month today. Wow has a lot happened in that month. I'm not recapping because that would take to long but suffice to say that there have been some incredibly good times and some completely terrible, drag me to the floor out of pure exhaustion and frustration times. I know I'm gonna get shit for saying this but, being an adult is hard! The Navy is like, "Okay! We're gonna give you two months of 24/7 supervised training followed for two months of almost the same thing and then BAM! You still have more schools but we're making you decide everything for yourself now when we've been doing it for you for four months." My thoughts? Oh thanks...I'm living outside of my house and country for the first time ever and you just expect me to know exactly what to do. Roger that. I know, I know, I shouldn't complain, I've got it pretty good, but sometimes it's just so frustrating I wanna scream. But I am lucky, my command is amazing and supportive and even though I'm a newbie here, they've welcomed me with open arms into the CRG-2 family. I had some personal problems go down last night (nope, not going into it, everything's okay I promise just stupid high school type drama :P) and it was affecting the way that I was acting this morning at work. Two of my petty officers pulled me to the side and sat me down to have a private talk and let me know that whatever was going on, they were here for me if I needed help. To have two seasoned sailors like that, who barely know me tell me that they would take care of me if I was having problems was very touching . It makes me feel even better with my choice of duty stations. I could have gotten so many places and I got this one.
Okay, that's all I have for tonight. I'm pretty tired so I'm going to get in comfy clothes and watch a movie and cuddle with my minion who usually lives in my window. I miss everyone back home and I can't wait to visit and then come home in 23 months.
Sleepy love from your favorite MA,
Victoria
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
I'll be quite honest...this completely confuses me. My guess is that it's a Monty Python reference which, if so, makes me ashamed to call myself an MP fan because I should know that. I'm not entirely sure how an empire that is supposed to be Roman isn't...if you say you're Roman then you probably are. As for holy, well I'm not about to discuss religion on a public website that technically any of my superiors at work could read. I do not want to open that can of worms at work *shudder* as for empire ummmm have you read about the Roman Empire? They were pretty much a bunch of badasses. The legions of warriors that they had were legendary in their strength and all that stuff. I wouldn't want to start a fight with the ancient Romans and I have modern day technology on my side.
I would love to travel back in time and see what it was like to live in the Ancient times, whether Greek or Roman. I love their history, culture, mythology and even their architecture. Plus the dresses that the women wore? Ugh I wish I could get away with wearing those now!
In other news, I've officially been here in sunny Bahrain for a month today. Wow has a lot happened in that month. I'm not recapping because that would take to long but suffice to say that there have been some incredibly good times and some completely terrible, drag me to the floor out of pure exhaustion and frustration times. I know I'm gonna get shit for saying this but, being an adult is hard! The Navy is like, "Okay! We're gonna give you two months of 24/7 supervised training followed for two months of almost the same thing and then BAM! You still have more schools but we're making you decide everything for yourself now when we've been doing it for you for four months." My thoughts? Oh thanks...I'm living outside of my house and country for the first time ever and you just expect me to know exactly what to do. Roger that. I know, I know, I shouldn't complain, I've got it pretty good, but sometimes it's just so frustrating I wanna scream. But I am lucky, my command is amazing and supportive and even though I'm a newbie here, they've welcomed me with open arms into the CRG-2 family. I had some personal problems go down last night (nope, not going into it, everything's okay I promise just stupid high school type drama :P) and it was affecting the way that I was acting this morning at work. Two of my petty officers pulled me to the side and sat me down to have a private talk and let me know that whatever was going on, they were here for me if I needed help. To have two seasoned sailors like that, who barely know me tell me that they would take care of me if I was having problems was very touching . It makes me feel even better with my choice of duty stations. I could have gotten so many places and I got this one.
Okay, that's all I have for tonight. I'm pretty tired so I'm going to get in comfy clothes and watch a movie and cuddle with my minion who usually lives in my window. I miss everyone back home and I can't wait to visit and then come home in 23 months.
Sleepy love from your favorite MA,
Victoria
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Work, shenanigans and running laps
Finally actually started training this week! I actually feel like I'm going to work in the mornings now. Well, for the most part. Today was kind of dull, we just sat and studied aaaaalllllll day. Woo. Hopefully tomorrow we get back into things. Not much to report, I stayed on base this past weekend because all my Marine buddies were on no liberty. Hopefully they get it this weekend and we can go hit up downtown Jafair.
Trying to think of something fun to post, not just the usual "This is what I did this week, I wish I was doing more blah blah blah." I'm having a hard time picking what to do...I have all these great idea throughout the day and then as soon as I pull this little booger up, I go completely blank.
I'm trying to get into better shape. I'm going to be heaving massively heavy loads of gear around ships for a living, I kinda need to be in shape for that. I'm getting more muscle and strength just from wearing my vest and gear because those things alone weigh like 60 pounds and holding my tiny little body up for extended periods of time with that naturally puts some bulk on.That's nice. I'm also gonna start running with my Marine buddy Manny. He's a beast in running so I figured he's be good motivation for me haha he nearly killed me on just one lap today...
So the other night, me, Galloway, Manny and Rizzy had movie night. Holy goodness that was a fun night, we all holed up in my room with junk food and watched a couple movies interjected with a nerf gun battle of epically tactical proportions. When you give four security forces military people nerf guns, shit gets real. We were probably so stupid looking, but I didn't care. We had a blast.
Bahrain continues to make me happy. Besides a few tiny things that really don't matter at all, I have zero complaints about this place. I heard before I left (from other military members that I know that won't be named) that once I hit the fleet and realized what it was like, I was not going to like it at all. Well I'm squashing those rumors now. I LOVE IT. Being in the fleet is awesome, I'm meeting so many people who have a wealth of knowledge and all I do is ask them questions so that maybe one day I can be in their position teaching other young seamen. There are obviously those few people that I stay away from because they're either kind of shady or they don't wanna be bothered by the newbie, but the ones that let me ask questions and actually help me learn when I need help and push me where I need to be pushed, they're awesome. I'm in a great command with great people and great friends. I could not be happier with my choice of branch, rate and duty station. I'm literally rarely in a bad mood right now, it's great.
I got my first care package from my family today! My momma sent me a box of goodies and things I left at home and it made me smile like a little kid no lie. Care packages are the best way to keep a deployed sailors spirits up and they're even better when they come with stuff that we can share with each other. Thank you so much Momma for my box :)
I still haven't gotten assigned to a team here but they told me it should be happening in the next couple weeks hopefully. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it's a team with people I can get along with and not people who make me want to pull my hair out. I'll keep my head up no matter what and do my job to the best of my abilities. I have my first qualification test this Sunday and I'm pretty confident that I'll pass it. Armorer is one of my stronger areas. We'll see how it goes if they let us actually put hands on the weapons this week. That would be greeeeaaaaat.
Well, I'm gonna go try and get some sleep before work tomorrow. The week is almost done already I can't believe it! Hugs and butterfly kisses from your favorite MA,
Victoria
Trying to think of something fun to post, not just the usual "This is what I did this week, I wish I was doing more blah blah blah." I'm having a hard time picking what to do...I have all these great idea throughout the day and then as soon as I pull this little booger up, I go completely blank.
I'm trying to get into better shape. I'm going to be heaving massively heavy loads of gear around ships for a living, I kinda need to be in shape for that. I'm getting more muscle and strength just from wearing my vest and gear because those things alone weigh like 60 pounds and holding my tiny little body up for extended periods of time with that naturally puts some bulk on.That's nice. I'm also gonna start running with my Marine buddy Manny. He's a beast in running so I figured he's be good motivation for me haha he nearly killed me on just one lap today...
So the other night, me, Galloway, Manny and Rizzy had movie night. Holy goodness that was a fun night, we all holed up in my room with junk food and watched a couple movies interjected with a nerf gun battle of epically tactical proportions. When you give four security forces military people nerf guns, shit gets real. We were probably so stupid looking, but I didn't care. We had a blast.
Bahrain continues to make me happy. Besides a few tiny things that really don't matter at all, I have zero complaints about this place. I heard before I left (from other military members that I know that won't be named) that once I hit the fleet and realized what it was like, I was not going to like it at all. Well I'm squashing those rumors now. I LOVE IT. Being in the fleet is awesome, I'm meeting so many people who have a wealth of knowledge and all I do is ask them questions so that maybe one day I can be in their position teaching other young seamen. There are obviously those few people that I stay away from because they're either kind of shady or they don't wanna be bothered by the newbie, but the ones that let me ask questions and actually help me learn when I need help and push me where I need to be pushed, they're awesome. I'm in a great command with great people and great friends. I could not be happier with my choice of branch, rate and duty station. I'm literally rarely in a bad mood right now, it's great.
I got my first care package from my family today! My momma sent me a box of goodies and things I left at home and it made me smile like a little kid no lie. Care packages are the best way to keep a deployed sailors spirits up and they're even better when they come with stuff that we can share with each other. Thank you so much Momma for my box :)
I still haven't gotten assigned to a team here but they told me it should be happening in the next couple weeks hopefully. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it's a team with people I can get along with and not people who make me want to pull my hair out. I'll keep my head up no matter what and do my job to the best of my abilities. I have my first qualification test this Sunday and I'm pretty confident that I'll pass it. Armorer is one of my stronger areas. We'll see how it goes if they let us actually put hands on the weapons this week. That would be greeeeaaaaat.
Well, I'm gonna go try and get some sleep before work tomorrow. The week is almost done already I can't believe it! Hugs and butterfly kisses from your favorite MA,
Victoria
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Can I get a hooyah?
Time is seriously already flying here. I feel like I just got here yesterday but at the same time I feel like I've been here forever. I'm getting settled in, making new friends, starting my training at my command and just making this place my home in general.
I just realized that it's been over a week since I updated this little thing. I guess I really do lose track of time. When I'm not at work (whether I'm actually working or not) I'm either working out, trying to find ways to keep myself busy with my friends, or passed out in my bed. I really don't give myself much downtime because I know that if I do, then I'll have time to feel homesick. Not that I don't miss home, I do, but I don't have the time or energy to be sitting around moping that I'm not stationed within driving distance of my family. So I keep myself busy until I fall asleep out of pure exhaustion. It's a crazy lifestyle, but it works well for me. The past week or so has been just training and getting integrated into my command. Unofrtunately with some of the stuff going on in my command, I haven't had as much time to start training as I want. It's been a lot of sitting around in a classroom because we don't have access to the training equipment. Oh well, welcome to the Navy.
This week I got my vaccinations. They sucked. :( I had to get Typhoid, Anthrax, Hepatitis B, the flu (omg I'm so pissed they MAKE us get this shot, I think it's thoroughly pointless and I hate that I'm being made to get it) and Smallpox. They all suck. I hate shots. With the fiery burning passion of ten thousand suns. I walked in to get my smallpox shot today (oh btw that's not just one shot, it's 15 effing sticks with a piece of metal into your arm with the freaking virus on it and it turns into a nasty pus filled blister in a week. Who thought THAT was a good idea???) and they were like "Hey! You get your flu shot today too!" I turned so white that they asked if I needed to sit down. Yea, I really hate shots. Sit me in a tattoo chair for four hours and I'm fine, present a tiny metal needle with either drugs or germs in it and I'm going to pass out. They scare me shitless. But I got it and now I'm just pouting that I've been stuck five times this week. Oh well.
So this week is officially halfway over, the days ehre go on and on forever but the weeks fly by. I've really started to get setlled in, I'm making friends in other commands and branches and just thoroughly enjoying the fact that I'm able to be out here and completely enjoy myself with no strings attached or anything. It's a fun lifestyle and a great place to be stationed overall.
Things are heating up here and by that I mean the temperatures. It's been consistently in the high 80's low 90's recently and tomorrow's forecast says the high is 102. Oh joy. The upside is that my command has authorized us to roll our sleeves up so I don't have to have those stifling sleeves down all the time making me sweat buckets and get heat stroke. Now I'm just going to have a fantastic farmers tan. Navy probs.
I really don't have tha tmuch more to report, things are quiet around here, we just go about our lives and try to have fun on the weekends. That has been fun, every weekend I've been here, I've gone out dancing with various groups of friends. Dancing makes me feel so alive and when I'm doing it with people I have fun with, it's just that much better. Sailors, Marines, soldiers, I don't care who you are, if you wanna have fun and dance, let's go.
I guess it's pretty evident that I love Bahrain. I really do. I'm going to enjoy my two years out here and have the most fun I can have. I'm in the best place I could be in my life, emotionally, physically and mentally. Nothing can bring me down right now and *knock on wood* nothing will.
Okay, I'll try to write again soon my faithful readers, until then, cuddles from your favorite MA,
Victoria
I just realized that it's been over a week since I updated this little thing. I guess I really do lose track of time. When I'm not at work (whether I'm actually working or not) I'm either working out, trying to find ways to keep myself busy with my friends, or passed out in my bed. I really don't give myself much downtime because I know that if I do, then I'll have time to feel homesick. Not that I don't miss home, I do, but I don't have the time or energy to be sitting around moping that I'm not stationed within driving distance of my family. So I keep myself busy until I fall asleep out of pure exhaustion. It's a crazy lifestyle, but it works well for me. The past week or so has been just training and getting integrated into my command. Unofrtunately with some of the stuff going on in my command, I haven't had as much time to start training as I want. It's been a lot of sitting around in a classroom because we don't have access to the training equipment. Oh well, welcome to the Navy.
This week I got my vaccinations. They sucked. :( I had to get Typhoid, Anthrax, Hepatitis B, the flu (omg I'm so pissed they MAKE us get this shot, I think it's thoroughly pointless and I hate that I'm being made to get it) and Smallpox. They all suck. I hate shots. With the fiery burning passion of ten thousand suns. I walked in to get my smallpox shot today (oh btw that's not just one shot, it's 15 effing sticks with a piece of metal into your arm with the freaking virus on it and it turns into a nasty pus filled blister in a week. Who thought THAT was a good idea???) and they were like "Hey! You get your flu shot today too!" I turned so white that they asked if I needed to sit down. Yea, I really hate shots. Sit me in a tattoo chair for four hours and I'm fine, present a tiny metal needle with either drugs or germs in it and I'm going to pass out. They scare me shitless. But I got it and now I'm just pouting that I've been stuck five times this week. Oh well.
So this week is officially halfway over, the days ehre go on and on forever but the weeks fly by. I've really started to get setlled in, I'm making friends in other commands and branches and just thoroughly enjoying the fact that I'm able to be out here and completely enjoy myself with no strings attached or anything. It's a fun lifestyle and a great place to be stationed overall.
Things are heating up here and by that I mean the temperatures. It's been consistently in the high 80's low 90's recently and tomorrow's forecast says the high is 102. Oh joy. The upside is that my command has authorized us to roll our sleeves up so I don't have to have those stifling sleeves down all the time making me sweat buckets and get heat stroke. Now I'm just going to have a fantastic farmers tan. Navy probs.
I really don't have tha tmuch more to report, things are quiet around here, we just go about our lives and try to have fun on the weekends. That has been fun, every weekend I've been here, I've gone out dancing with various groups of friends. Dancing makes me feel so alive and when I'm doing it with people I have fun with, it's just that much better. Sailors, Marines, soldiers, I don't care who you are, if you wanna have fun and dance, let's go.
I guess it's pretty evident that I love Bahrain. I really do. I'm going to enjoy my two years out here and have the most fun I can have. I'm in the best place I could be in my life, emotionally, physically and mentally. Nothing can bring me down right now and *knock on wood* nothing will.
Okay, I'll try to write again soon my faithful readers, until then, cuddles from your favorite MA,
Victoria
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Insert post title here
Life just makes me sit here and scratch my head in confusement sometimes. Like, in person, when I'm talking to someone, generally speaking, I'm funny. I have a good balance of sarcasm and witty come backs and have a good variety of things to talk about. Then I hit the internet and social media and it's like I turn into the most awkward rock in the world. I can not think of funny or interesting things to say for the life of me. So, because of this unfortunate dilemna, today you all get a wonderful assortment of my stupid corny jokes. Prepare yourselves for the cheesiness:
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No eyed-deer (say it out loud)
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
STILL no eyed-deer (say that one out loud too)
What do you call a cow with no legs?
Ground beef
What do you call a dog with no legs?
Doesn't matter, he won't come when you call him.
Why does nobody like to play with lobsters?
Because they're shellfish
What's green, leafy and has wheels?
Grass, I lied about the wheels
What's brown and sticky?
A stick
What's blue and smells like red paint?
Blue paint
How do you catch a unique rabbit?
You neak up on him (say that out loud too)
(My personal favorite) How many tickles does it take to make a squi laugh?
.
.
.
Ten tickles
Okay that's all I'm going to subject you to today. Hopefully soon, I'll actually have something of substance to blog about. Until then, enjoy the slight chuckle you might get from reading these silly little puns and know that I'm thinking of all of you lovely people back home.
Hugs and cuddles from your favorite MA,
Victoria
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No eyed-deer (say it out loud)
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
STILL no eyed-deer (say that one out loud too)
What do you call a cow with no legs?
Ground beef
What do you call a dog with no legs?
Doesn't matter, he won't come when you call him.
Why does nobody like to play with lobsters?
Because they're shellfish
What's green, leafy and has wheels?
Grass, I lied about the wheels
What's brown and sticky?
A stick
What's blue and smells like red paint?
Blue paint
How do you catch a unique rabbit?
You neak up on him (say that out loud too)
(My personal favorite) How many tickles does it take to make a squi laugh?
.
.
.
Ten tickles
Okay that's all I'm going to subject you to today. Hopefully soon, I'll actually have something of substance to blog about. Until then, enjoy the slight chuckle you might get from reading these silly little puns and know that I'm thinking of all of you lovely people back home.
Hugs and cuddles from your favorite MA,
Victoria
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