Blogs from United States, North America - page 5608

I've expanded my vobaulary quite a bit these past 2 months. Not to mention picking up some strange accents. Proudly, mine was deemed - indetectable - until I bust out about coffee, or talking, or walking...or my declination of my favorite 4-letter word... 1) draft previously: visions of drunk frat boys dance in my head currently: any animal used as muscle, to move goods or till land 2) skirt previously: article used to capitalize on female powers currently: to pound out any large, dirty debris from a fleece after it’s shorn 3) quarters previously: small coins useful for parking and payphones currently: division of udder 4) flemming previously: last name of friend currently: the upward folding of a goat’s lips when it senses another goat in heat 5) vent previously: to complain about life’s layers of ... read more

We only have one week off work, so it's time to head towards home.... The valley of the Pecos river, as it flows out of the Sangre De Christo Mountains is one of the most beautiful and special places I have ever been. It's not the kind of spectacular beauty, like the Grand Canyon or Rocky Mountains, but a subtle magical play of light and colors. We come here often as we can. Comanches and Apaches have traveled, camped & hunted here & left flint arrowheads and other artifacts. Other ancients before them. At present it is a center of New Mexico Hispanic culture. One decends from the high dry Juniper Country into a fertile and watered valley. Buildings are made of adobe. Every bend in the river reveals new beauty. Fields are narrow, divided by ... read more

En allant en Floride, nous sommes passés par l'Alabama. Actuellement, le coton est récolté.... read more

The hardest part about Wednesday was walking our luggage across the street from the hotel to the base; however Sandra and I are troopers and managed it all in one shot, I’m sure it would have been a great sight to see. We got there bright and early. Sandra was concerned because they didn’t have balloons, music, banners and a welcoming committee outside awaiting our arrival, but I informed her that we weren’t going to Disney and then she was ok. Arriving bright and early we were the 3rd and 4th people out of 450 to arrive. This means we sped through our “in-processing” procedure which included a quick little introduction, room assignments, uniforms and steel toe boots, pictures for ID badge, and turning in some paperwork. From 11am until dinner at 5:30pm we had free ... read more

I got my plane ticket yesterday from my recruiter and my visa arrived this afternoon. It's official, I am going to Korea on October 26. I can't believe it. I can't believe that I've been in Kansas City for almost two months. It's gone by way too fast. A few days ago, I kind of freaked out while I was talking to my parents. I guess it just hit me that I was really going to Korea...for a whole year! I started to pack yesterday and got really excited. I got a new camera. It's pretty sweet. My sister, Sharon, came to visit me last weekend. It was suppose to be a surprise, but I ruined it. It was good to see her. I don't think she knows this but I'm going to miss her a ... read more