School's Out for Summer

wooohooo! Today was the last day of "work" until May. I feel like I've been given another chance in life to have a summer vacation. Sunday I'll be flying out of this snow laden state and heading for beautiful Hawaii. Ahhh, I can't even express how excited I am. The beaches will be so warm and seeing old friends will be so relaxing. The army unit we were attached to in Iraq was from Hawaii so I'll finally get a chance to buy some of those guys that kept me safe a much deserved beer or two. It's amazing how you can spend so much time with a group of people and then suddenly poof, you're separated. OK, I'll admit it, I miss them!

My little sabatical to that sandy place has surprisingly been on my mind a lot lately. Actually I don't even know where to start on that subject so I think I'll just avoid it until another post. I am truly one of the greatest practicioners of denial!

Tonight I am just going to finish packing and triple checking to make sure I have everything I could possibly need. Right now I'm down to two suitcases which I think is quite phenomenal for a girl who's going to go live in the jungle under a tarp. Believe it or not, I went to Victoria's Secret today to buy underthings for this trip because I strongly believe in still being ridiculously girlie when it's entirely inappropriate. I'm sure that my Hood girls would confirm that!

I'm glad that this little blog is starting when life is going well. Maybe the optimism will continue for a while. I'm pretty sure the next couple of months will be amazing.