Germany!

So this past week or so has been hectic. Last weekend was the St. Paul Art Crawl that I was supposed to go to with mom and Diane. Well, mom was already annoyed about Diane and I saying that we would probably leave a bit earlier than planned because we got invited to a bonfire almost 2 hours away. Well, mom was giving me grief about that already, so I was taking whatever she was saying with a grain of salt by that time. Diane and I had decided to meet at mom's house to leave her car there and drive to the SPAC in my car. Mom said that she wasn't going to plan on meeting us at her house and she would just meet us in SP whenever "we decided to get our asses out there." OK, fine.

So that morning, Diane and I met at mom's house and we were talking about how we should go to Cosetta's since it's so close to the SPAC and we haven't been there for a while. Mom called, coincidentally, to ask if we wanted to do lunch when we got out there and suggested Cosetta's. Great! I love when things work out like that! Diane and I were on our way out there and we looked up directions on Diane's phone since we knew where it was, but not exactly. Mom calls and long story short, blows up at Diane for Diane wanting to get off of the phone with mom so she can give me directions (since mom's directions were CLEARLY wrong as she was saying 6th and 7th don't intersect when Diane and I were AT the intersection on 6th and 7th.) The whole thing ended up with mom leaving Cosetta's in a huff as we were driving up and waving "bye" to us in such a manner that a simple flipping us the bird may have been more polite.

Well, not to have our day ruined by our sometimes overly-sensitive mother, Diane and I decided to continue with our plans and had a grand ol' time. I also bought my first art! O shoot, which I still have to send a check for. That evening we went to the bonfire and I had a blast, but I think Diane was a little cranky at me for staying up so late. :( Sorry Diane! Also, my friend Courtney lit the bonfire with his car! It was AWESOME. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=612779378611&ref=mf

I hope that link works. It's a video of the awesomeness that is bonfire-lighting!

The next day I was volunteering at a bake sale, which was very successful, but I was super tired. But what else is new?

Another story of interest, I was told this week that I was in fact going to Iraq after all, even though my transfer to the reserves is almost complete. What?! Ya, I hounded some ass for that one. Amid much prayer and many phone calls, it was decided that the NG would honor my conditional release and I was still going to Germany with my husband. Thank goodness! I haven't even gotten to live with my husband and we have been married for a year and a half.

Also, this weekend I have drill up in Camp Ripley. Blech. I still haven't found out if I'm still going to SRP since I"m no longer going to Iraq, but I almost hope I do go because then I can leave early. But we'll see. Either way, I'm out in the boondocks for the weekend. At least the weather is warmer. When I was there in January, we literally had to RUN everywhere we went so we wouldn't freeze and they cancelled most of the outdoor training due to the -15' and colder weather.

Next week is the trip to Monterey, which may have a side-trip to Ft. Huachuca, AZ. Stupid JAG people. Whatever. But I'm looking forward to seeing my friends out in Ol' Monterey! Cocktails and dancing! Can't get much better than that, eh?

And since I already told my "mom was so mad" story at the beginning, I'll save one for next time. Hehe.