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Stuph, various
May. 17th, 2005 12:11 amGot a couple things done over the weekend as well as came across a couple of thoughts that I wanted to put down in an LJ entry:
On Sunday![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
technocollie helped me set up the speaker system I had bought last week. Unfortunately, the spring on one of the speakers that holds the speaker wires in place came off, so I have to take the speaker back for repairs later this week. Good thing I got the extended service contract, which covers the receiver for 5 years and the speakers for 10...
Today I went to see "Unleashed," starring Jet Li. I think I vaguely remember seeing previews for this one. In a nutshell, this movie is kinda like what would happen if you were to take the Road Rovers' character of Muzzle and make him human. Plenty of action, a pretty good storyline.... but also quite a few loose ends. I won't go into details, lest I spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it. I will say this, though... parts of the movie do take place in Glasgow, Scotland...
Earlier today my thoughts turned to something a bit more morbid -- death. That was because I'm reminded that I could be deploying sometime near the end of this year to the beginning of next year. I don't know exactly when, or where, but more than likely it'll be a place full of sand and where the threat of death is very real and very close by. There's probably a very good chance that I will be tagged to deploy during my potential rotation cycle, so I'm about 80 to 85 percent sure that I will not be going to FC06. I'm also letting my leave build up, and I could easily end up with lost leave again by the end of FY06... but lost leave won't be an issue at the end of this FY since I used up more than 30 days with emergency and planned leave.
Over the next few months I'm probably going to try to devote more time to going out or hanging out with friends locally, but my time is very tight. At best I can spare maybe one or two movies a week, but it'll mostly be on weekends or possibly during the week. And other recurring obligations, including yard work, will eat up some of my free time. It's often frustrating to want to do one thing with my free time and being forced to cancel or reschedule because of other obligatioins or the friends I want to hang out with just not being up to meeting. But things I have to do, such as regular PT -- at least 3 to 5 times a week -- and helping maintain the yard, need to get priority over things I want to do. The house is a third mine, which means I bear a third of the responsibility for maintaining it. That includes regularly mowing the lawn and weeding -- though I haven't had much time lately to do the latter.
I'm already looking at sacrificing either Memorial Day or the following Saturday, or both, to do what will end up being pretty extensive yard work. The area right around the house needs to be trimmed because we're getting the house tented for termites, so the workers need a clear area right around the house to set the tent. With that coming up in June, the yard needs to be ready. That means I may have to even give up this coming Saturday, which I would prefer not to do if I can help it. The following weekend is a wash because I return late Saturday and am helping out at church Sunday. That leaves Memorial Day and/or the following Saturday to get the yard prepped.
I can already see that when I move to the mainland late next year, any leave I burn to come back for a visit will be anything but. I'm honestly not even sure if I'll even come back for more than a week's visit at the most since some of my family is, to be honest, best tolerated in small doses, especially after they've been drinking (which is almost every night).
But in the short term... AC '05 is definitely out because there is no way I'll be able to take any leave and FC '06 is mostly out because chances are pretty good I'll be either deployed or getting ready to deploy around that time. And anything after that is a big question mark because that'll depend on whether I even return from the deployment, especially if I go into a war zone (not something I try to think about if I can help it, but it's a real possibility).
On Sunday
technocollie helped me set up the speaker system I had bought last week. Unfortunately, the spring on one of the speakers that holds the speaker wires in place came off, so I have to take the speaker back for repairs later this week. Good thing I got the extended service contract, which covers the receiver for 5 years and the speakers for 10...Today I went to see "Unleashed," starring Jet Li. I think I vaguely remember seeing previews for this one. In a nutshell, this movie is kinda like what would happen if you were to take the Road Rovers' character of Muzzle and make him human. Plenty of action, a pretty good storyline.... but also quite a few loose ends. I won't go into details, lest I spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it. I will say this, though... parts of the movie do take place in Glasgow, Scotland...
Earlier today my thoughts turned to something a bit more morbid -- death. That was because I'm reminded that I could be deploying sometime near the end of this year to the beginning of next year. I don't know exactly when, or where, but more than likely it'll be a place full of sand and where the threat of death is very real and very close by. There's probably a very good chance that I will be tagged to deploy during my potential rotation cycle, so I'm about 80 to 85 percent sure that I will not be going to FC06. I'm also letting my leave build up, and I could easily end up with lost leave again by the end of FY06... but lost leave won't be an issue at the end of this FY since I used up more than 30 days with emergency and planned leave.
Over the next few months I'm probably going to try to devote more time to going out or hanging out with friends locally, but my time is very tight. At best I can spare maybe one or two movies a week, but it'll mostly be on weekends or possibly during the week. And other recurring obligations, including yard work, will eat up some of my free time. It's often frustrating to want to do one thing with my free time and being forced to cancel or reschedule because of other obligatioins or the friends I want to hang out with just not being up to meeting. But things I have to do, such as regular PT -- at least 3 to 5 times a week -- and helping maintain the yard, need to get priority over things I want to do. The house is a third mine, which means I bear a third of the responsibility for maintaining it. That includes regularly mowing the lawn and weeding -- though I haven't had much time lately to do the latter.
I'm already looking at sacrificing either Memorial Day or the following Saturday, or both, to do what will end up being pretty extensive yard work. The area right around the house needs to be trimmed because we're getting the house tented for termites, so the workers need a clear area right around the house to set the tent. With that coming up in June, the yard needs to be ready. That means I may have to even give up this coming Saturday, which I would prefer not to do if I can help it. The following weekend is a wash because I return late Saturday and am helping out at church Sunday. That leaves Memorial Day and/or the following Saturday to get the yard prepped.
I can already see that when I move to the mainland late next year, any leave I burn to come back for a visit will be anything but. I'm honestly not even sure if I'll even come back for more than a week's visit at the most since some of my family is, to be honest, best tolerated in small doses, especially after they've been drinking (which is almost every night).
But in the short term... AC '05 is definitely out because there is no way I'll be able to take any leave and FC '06 is mostly out because chances are pretty good I'll be either deployed or getting ready to deploy around that time. And anything after that is a big question mark because that'll depend on whether I even return from the deployment, especially if I go into a war zone (not something I try to think about if I can help it, but it's a real possibility).
