Where did this year go??? Yes... two weeks from today it is Christmas Day! Wow!!! It's going to be my first Christmas since I was stationed in Turkey 15 years ago where I won't be spending it with family. :( I will, however, be spending it here in the desert with my "deployed family", so all is not lost. We are a pretty close knit unit for the most part here. Everyone still pretty much does their own thing when the workday is done, but when you only have a few hours of time to squeeze those things in you don't have much of a choice. With Saturdays being my scheduled days off... I will have Christmas off as if it were my very own holiday to enjoy with as I wish. :) My plan... get up at about 4 AM (I'm not joking, either) and head to the stadium to run a 5K race at 5 AM. Crazy? Perhaps it is! But it's definitely doing something different and out of the ordinary, and I think it's a good thing. :) I will then proceed to head back to bed afterward. That will be my reward for a race well run. (At least I hope it's well run!)
The weather changed on us abruptly here yesterday... first the clouds rolled in... really didn't think too much about that other than I just KNEW it was going to rain sometime yesterday... and it did!!! It was very nice... quite enjoyable in fact! The wind and the rain felt amazing! This morning, though, it felt really COLD!!! LOL Yes... the rain and the 25 mph wind were almost bone chilling as I walked to get my breakfast in only my t-shirt and shorts. As I sit here now... in a warm building... I have my jacket on... and I'm still feeling cold! There is good news about this jacket I'm wearing today, though. For the first time in as long as my adult memory will allow (and that's a pretty long time) I am fitting into a LARGE piece of clothing... not 2XL... not XL... just L. I am honestly in somewhat of shock here!!! Of course, that shock is a very GOOD thing!!! I've just never imagined myself being small enough to wear anything less than XL!!!! I doubt I'll get to Medium... simply because of my height... but hey... Large might be hanging off of me someday soon! You never know... do you???
Signing off from the freezing desert...
Peace, Love, and Poker
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