Chapter 2: The Way Ahead

Well, I'm finally back in Iraq.  I've been here for a few days now, but I've been put in charge of several huge projects that are occupying most of time.  I do have some exciting news to share, but I've only got a minute to spare right now.  I'll try to write tonight when I'm…

Shortly after talking to two excited little girls whose daddy had just bought them a shopping basket full of sidewalk chalk... ... I get this.  How can I not smile after that? A couple of weekends ago, we hopped in a photo booth after hitting a movie.  The screen wasn't really big enoug...

I'm always fascinated by how rapidly and easily rumors can start and spread... especially around the office.  Since the day Chuck first told his friends about me, they have all been giving him hell.  "You're going to marry that girl, aren't you?"  "You two are going ...

I don't know what's more disturbing -- that there's a show airing on the History Channel tonight called 'All About Dung,' or the fact that my boyfriend's watching it.  No, I take that back.  He's recording it.  I seriously just had a one-sided conversation with him about how to pow...

Funny that I just wrote about my mom's interesting situation last night, and she got married this morning -- a week early.  Not only does she have a new last name, she's officially a millionaire.  I don't think it's really sunk in yet that my mom just married a lottery winner.  I'l...

It's been a long two days at the office, so I'm destressing my numbing my brain with a survey.  Feel free to completely ignore this entry. Do people ever mistake you for being a different race? I got mistaken for being Vietnemese once when I went into a nail salon with my sister-in-law... wh...

Since I just wasted damn near an hour filling out a stupid survey, I decided I should write a real entry and elaborate on the story I mentioned in the lottery question. About two and a half months ago, my mom broke off her relationship with the loser of a boyfriend, John, that she'd been…

I finally got that sweet, little, new ride I bought registered today.  Oh, wait.  I don't think I even wrote about that!  Well, as some of you may remember, I traded in my beloved Pontiac when I moved here to Colorado back in 2006.  That damn car was my baby, but quite frankly...

It looks like we'll be headed to Fado's on 4th street to party with our favorite Irish band, Blaggards, on Saturday night.  Well, that is, if I can get out of my restraints for the night!  If any of you central Texans are going to be in town, meet us down there.  We've gotten to&he...

I mentioned in my last real entry that I was in Las Vegas a few weekends ago.  My brother and I planned the trip just after returning from WrestleMania.  He ventures that way several times a year, but this was my first trip.  It was a blast!  There's not much that's too partic...