The girls and I are currently in Oregon visiting family. We left on Sunday, June 14 and arrived on Friday, June 19. It is really nice to be back home on the farm, and out of riding in the Suburban!
This weekend we plan to take a trip over to central Oregon, Portland, and Washington to visit friends.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
News
1) Jonathan is home!!
2) Jon Paul will not be enlisting today. Turns out the processing center ended up being closed today.
3) The girls will be leaving for Oregon on Sunday morning, a day's delay because things didn't get packed in time. (And we decided to spend an extra day with Jonathan before leaving for a month.)
2) Jon Paul will not be enlisting today. Turns out the processing center ended up being closed today.
3) The girls will be leaving for Oregon on Sunday morning, a day's delay because things didn't get packed in time. (And we decided to spend an extra day with Jonathan before leaving for a month.)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Trailer- Bad News
Jonathan thought to have me take the trailer into our mechanic to have it checked before taking it to Oregon. Turns out is was a good idea as there is a bad wheel bearing. It's going to take time to find a replacement because it's an odd size. Oh well, I guess I get to practice my skill at packing to get everything to fit into the back of the Suburban. At least we found out before we took it that far and had trouble along the way. That would not have been a fun adventure.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Update on Jonathan
I'm at Camp Arifjan, now. Have some work to do at the ARCENT Chaplain's office here (they're moving from one building to another and need strong backs to move stuff). Will be down here until Tuesday then back to Beuhring to join the rest of the group that are moving out on Wednesday.
Of course, not all that time will be spent moving - that's probably only a day's work. Will actually be able to relax a bit -- go to Church on Sunday. The installation chaplain's a friend of mine - well, a well-known acquaintance, anyway. She and I first met in San Antonio, at Oblate School of Theology. She was in CPE at Walter Reed AMC when I was at Madigan.
She's Methodist and runs the closest thing to a liturgical service I'm likely to find. She told me if I'd let her know in advance that I was coming, she'd let me preach when I come through, but I didn't realize I'd be down here on a weekend so I didn't coordinate that.
Of course, not all that time will be spent moving - that's probably only a day's work. Will actually be able to relax a bit -- go to Church on Sunday. The installation chaplain's a friend of mine - well, a well-known acquaintance, anyway. She and I first met in San Antonio, at Oblate School of Theology. She was in CPE at Walter Reed AMC when I was at Madigan.
She's Methodist and runs the closest thing to a liturgical service I'm likely to find. She told me if I'd let her know in advance that I was coming, she'd let me preach when I come through, but I didn't realize I'd be down here on a weekend so I didn't coordinate that.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tales from the Sandbox (Wed 6/3)
Well, tomorrow the training exercise will be done – unless the Commanding General was unhappy with the outcome and wants to extend it. I’m not picking up vibes to indicate that is the case, though.
I suppose it went well. I think we tried to cram too much into the exercise, though. We worked our various staff processes with a battle rhythm of briefings and meetings that is quite wearing. As one of the observer/controllers said, exercises, by their nature, are more “compressed” than most real-world operations.
On top of that, though, we were also re-writing our standing operating procedures (SOPs) for each staff section – that took a chunk of time on top of the ambitious battle rhythm.
Still, it’s close to done and hopefully the Commanding General thinks we did well as a staff.
Fr. Jonathan Landon +
I suppose it went well. I think we tried to cram too much into the exercise, though. We worked our various staff processes with a battle rhythm of briefings and meetings that is quite wearing. As one of the observer/controllers said, exercises, by their nature, are more “compressed” than most real-world operations.
On top of that, though, we were also re-writing our standing operating procedures (SOPs) for each staff section – that took a chunk of time on top of the ambitious battle rhythm.
Still, it’s close to done and hopefully the Commanding General thinks we did well as a staff.
Fr. Jonathan Landon +
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