I think God knew that I would risk more sunburn yesterday if the sun was shining so He brought about rainstorms from late Sunday night til mid-day yesterday. I stayed in and reminded myself why I don't subscribe to cable--too many damn commercials! Then Mother Nature REALLY made her presence know come evening time. I LOVE getting up every two hours to check and change things. Not!!
Breakfast ws tasty and filling pancakes. Time to reslather my chest w/sunscreen and head out.
I walked all the way to Rhode Island Ave. It's a bit passed the new Revel Hotel/Casina but I'm not sure how far. I stopped at Hard Rock Cafe for lunch and had a great tasting burger. After that, I headed down to Arkansas 'cause I forgot to turn on Michigan Ave. I made a stop at Wilson's Leather to see if they had tablet covers--they didn't but it was fun to look around. I also stopped at Jockey when I saw they have a new way of bra sizing. They measure the volume of the breast to determine where you're at--numbered 1 thru 10--then they measure band size. It seemed really interesting. I'd be curious to see if it affects other companies.
Wound my way back to Arkansas Ave and headed back down the boardwalk. Hung in the room for a bit then changed into my suit for some tanning on the beach. Maxed out after an hour or so, I returned to the Inn and changed for dinner. There's a new sushi restaurant on the blockso I went there. Had assorted tempura and dessert was a mango flavored gelato dipped in white chocolate and drizzled in dark chocolate. It was quite good. Now, just hanging out in the room until my freshly washed hair dries and/or cable bores me--whichever happens first. Then it's off to bed.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Vacation--June 2nd, 2013
Some of this might be duplicated from my previous post but this is my journal entries from the week that I was on vacation.
After a fun week of shopping and tasty food--things that I wasn't able to do while deployed--I spent three hours at Heather's Holistic Health. I got a facial, a full massage--which was NOTHING like the one that I got on base while deployed, thankfully--and a pedicure. My toenails are cerulean blue. Then, after a quick stop at Wawa in Smyrna, I headed to New Jersey. There was a detour to the Hamilton Mall where I picked upa couple dresses and a couple pairs of shoes. Got to the Carisbrooke Inn just after 6pm. Checked in and then unpacked my sneakers so I could get in a quick walk down to the south end of the boardwalk. It's three miles round trip. It felt good to get some miles in. More on my walking endeavor in a bit--my habit of typing has left my writing muscles weak and I need some recovery time or this will be completely illegible.
I actually slept in til 8 this morning. I originally woke up at 5am but that just seemed too early to get up. Had a great dream that had Hugh Jackman in it. That was a fun one. Although the dream was great, I felt like I had missed out on an opportunity for an early morning walk by not waking up at 6:30am like I have been for the past week and a half. Tomorrow I will probably just get up when the sunshine coming through the windows wakes me up. Breakfast was yummy French toast, sprinkled w/powdered sugar and layered w/sliced bananas. Yum! I've started drinking green tea so, after one cup of coffee, there was a couple cups of green tea.
After breakfast, I changed into my workout shorts and tank and set out southbound for another walk to and from that end. Made a short pitstop when I go back to Little Rock Ave but set again. Once that was complete, I headed north this time. In the distance between light poles, I did lunges, side squats, and walking on just the balls of my feet. When I ran out of non-bouncing exercises, I did pushups, one arm pushups (those definitely need work), one leg squats, plie squats, and leg kicks (to the front, side, & rear). I turned back at Raleigh Ave.
My workout complete, I changed into my bathing suit and headed to the beach. I did slather most of my body w/sunscreen. I say "most" 'cause the parts that I missed are all too obvious. :( The weather was perfect for sunburning. It was sunny but breezy so you wouldn't even notice just how much sun you got. The water was freezing though. I went in to my ankles. It wasn't even up to 60* yet. I spent about an hour at the beach and then came back to the room and took a shower. I then got my face on and headed north to Atlantic City. Lunch was coconut shrimp at the The Rainforest Cafe. No shopping though. I'm gonna be here another four days--plenty of time for shopping later.
I got changed again when I got back to the Inn. This time into one of the five dresses that I brought with me so that I could dress up for dinner. Started the meal with a delicious seafood salad--fresh seafood in some sort of lemon vineagrette. The entree was capellini with chunks of crab and dessert was creme brulee w/coffee. More yum!
As the hours progress, my sunburn looks worse and worse. :(
After a fun week of shopping and tasty food--things that I wasn't able to do while deployed--I spent three hours at Heather's Holistic Health. I got a facial, a full massage--which was NOTHING like the one that I got on base while deployed, thankfully--and a pedicure. My toenails are cerulean blue. Then, after a quick stop at Wawa in Smyrna, I headed to New Jersey. There was a detour to the Hamilton Mall where I picked upa couple dresses and a couple pairs of shoes. Got to the Carisbrooke Inn just after 6pm. Checked in and then unpacked my sneakers so I could get in a quick walk down to the south end of the boardwalk. It's three miles round trip. It felt good to get some miles in. More on my walking endeavor in a bit--my habit of typing has left my writing muscles weak and I need some recovery time or this will be completely illegible.
I actually slept in til 8 this morning. I originally woke up at 5am but that just seemed too early to get up. Had a great dream that had Hugh Jackman in it. That was a fun one. Although the dream was great, I felt like I had missed out on an opportunity for an early morning walk by not waking up at 6:30am like I have been for the past week and a half. Tomorrow I will probably just get up when the sunshine coming through the windows wakes me up. Breakfast was yummy French toast, sprinkled w/powdered sugar and layered w/sliced bananas. Yum! I've started drinking green tea so, after one cup of coffee, there was a couple cups of green tea.
After breakfast, I changed into my workout shorts and tank and set out southbound for another walk to and from that end. Made a short pitstop when I go back to Little Rock Ave but set again. Once that was complete, I headed north this time. In the distance between light poles, I did lunges, side squats, and walking on just the balls of my feet. When I ran out of non-bouncing exercises, I did pushups, one arm pushups (those definitely need work), one leg squats, plie squats, and leg kicks (to the front, side, & rear). I turned back at Raleigh Ave.
My workout complete, I changed into my bathing suit and headed to the beach. I did slather most of my body w/sunscreen. I say "most" 'cause the parts that I missed are all too obvious. :( The weather was perfect for sunburning. It was sunny but breezy so you wouldn't even notice just how much sun you got. The water was freezing though. I went in to my ankles. It wasn't even up to 60* yet. I spent about an hour at the beach and then came back to the room and took a shower. I then got my face on and headed north to Atlantic City. Lunch was coconut shrimp at the The Rainforest Cafe. No shopping though. I'm gonna be here another four days--plenty of time for shopping later.
I got changed again when I got back to the Inn. This time into one of the five dresses that I brought with me so that I could dress up for dinner. Started the meal with a delicious seafood salad--fresh seafood in some sort of lemon vineagrette. The entree was capellini with chunks of crab and dessert was creme brulee w/coffee. More yum!
As the hours progress, my sunburn looks worse and worse. :(
Sunday, June 23, 2013
One month post-deployment
It's been a busy month since I returned last month. We got home in the wee hours and I didn't get to sleep until about 3am that morning. However, I was up five hours later--thinking that I had slept for much, much longer. I was up early pretty much every day that first week, even when I didn't need to be. We're talking 5 or 6am every morning. I took advantage of it and got quite a bit done in those early hours. My birthday weekend was spent in an uneventful manner. Nothing fancy at all and that suited just fine. I did enjoy some really good yet not good for me food that first week. I spent the following week--the first one in June--in New Jersey, enjoying good (in all senses) food and just walking around the area. I think I walked about five miles a day for five of those seven day. The second weekend back I worked a few hours at my part time job. It was good to be back to that as well.
Went back to the *real* job two weeks after my return and have been easing into the rhythm of how it's done back at home station--world's different than what happens at the deployed location. We've got good folks in the shop though. I think it's going to be easier in some cases; slightly more difficult in other cases--it's hard to answer *why* something happened the previous day when you've been on your weekend and weren't even at work. But...working weekend duty definitely has its perks. I really don't mind having three days off during the week AND it will enable me to take three classes this fall. Good stuff!
Went back to the *real* job two weeks after my return and have been easing into the rhythm of how it's done back at home station--world's different than what happens at the deployed location. We've got good folks in the shop though. I think it's going to be easier in some cases; slightly more difficult in other cases--it's hard to answer *why* something happened the previous day when you've been on your weekend and weren't even at work. But...working weekend duty definitely has its perks. I really don't mind having three days off during the week AND it will enable me to take three classes this fall. Good stuff!
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