Okay, so maybe this is cheating for a post, but I figured I needed to say something since I’ve been so quiet lately. Writing hasn’t really been my focus, or at least blogging hasn’t.
We had Sandy’s wife and her little one here for two weeks and I was having too much fun hanging out with them. I always enjoy hanging out with the wife’s wife and this time the beastie was along for the ride. It was a really good time, I just wish that the wife, twice removed, could have brought her husband to play too. I guess somebody needed to be working though.
I’ve been busy working on my thesis/ research since the wife’s wife left. I’ve got a few pages written on the thesis, but it is a slow process and I’ve forgotten how good I am at procrastinating. “Oh, look! Something shiny!” As my adviser said on Monday though, we need to add some beef to the thesis, so I mentioned possibly getting some Weight Gainer 3000. 
He laughed, but didn’t know that I was serious. The bad part is that I know all the ideas are percolating in my brain, but getting them to the end of my fingers is proving to be more difficult than I remember. Plus, while I really want to be home with Sandy and the animals, I am pretty sure I work a lot harder while I’m at school. Weird.
“In other news…”
I am officially no longer a captain in the Army. For some crazy reason they promoted me to major. To some that would be Major Jack Ass, but whatever. It is a little weird since I wore captain’s rank for almost seven years. I’m sure that I’ll get used to it, but there is definitely a break in period. I just wanted to say thanks to all those that have been supportive of me through the years. Without the solid base of family, I’m not sure I could have made it this far. Definitely a huge thanks to Sandy. I couldn’t have done it without you. I’m really glad I was sent to pick you up at the Newark Airport for that conference at West Point many many moons ago.
On that note, Sandy and I still don’t know where the Army is moving us next. I submitted our preferences waaaay back on 22 October, but we don’t know yet. Last month I finally bugged the guy about news and he said he’d tell us this month. Then, right when I was about to send anthor email this month, he sent one out. It basically said that there is another office weighing in on our assignments (mine and everyone else moving this summer) and he would try to let us know something by the 28th, but if we didn’t hear anything by then, just wait longer. Gotta love it. We plan on putting the house on the market next month, but we don’t know where we’re going yet. It’ll be a race to see which one gets here first; the Realtor sign or our orders to move.
And now I need to get back to my thesis…
