Power Outage

Below is an actual email...needless to say, my alarm clock didn't go off that morning and I was late to work! However, if you need an original excuse as to why you are late to work..."a vulture took down the power to my house" seems like a good one!!

ALCON:

The base experienced an unscheduled power outage at approx 0735 this morning affecting approx. 60% of the base. The outage was caused by a vulture strike on the utility pole. Power to most base residents is being restored at this
time. An extended outage is in effect to make necessary repairs to the utility pole. Power to these areas will be restored at approx 1100 AM.

v/r

Admin

Frogs, Tarantulas and Crabs, Oh My!

So, Im not sure if I told everyone...but when I go out walking at night I have to share the sidewalks (and sometimes even the roads) with the Banana Rats annnd these guys too!! They come out at night to snack on the grass on the sides of the roads and theres always something hopping, lurking or scuttling nearby when I go for walks!!! The Banana Rats get up in the tops of the brush and small trees, so they nervously shake around the bushes when someone walks by. The frogs sort of loose it and hop in random directions--sometimes right in to you. The land crabs either aggressively throw up their lil pinchers and stand their ground against you or quickly shuffle off sideways as fast as they can. As you might imagine, the tarantulas aren't scared if you walk by or even drive by--they just hold their ground. Thank goodness some of these guys run from me because it wouldnt take much for me to turn right around and run from them! Trust me when I say I didn't get close to take these pictures...thank goodness for 10X zoom!!

Where in the world is Jessica?

Jessy (I know how you love that nickname), are you coming to visit me or what? It's lonely out here. Mom is the only one who's ever put in the effort to come out and see me and I've been gone for 2 1/2 years. Come on Allens, really!?!? Guilt trip much?!?! ha. I'm just kidding. Don't worry about it. Dad said he IM'd you the other night (he had no idea how it happened and/or on what program) but you mentioned to him you might not make it. I don't want you to feel badly if you don't feel up to the extra travel or if you can't do it (despite my previous comments :)
The last thing you'll probably want to do is tack on more travel time and risk an even HIGHER chance your bags will get lost (we all know your history...)
On another note, if you do come, there's the potential chance that i won't be working, so we'll have OH so much time to lounge down at the pool and sip mimosas. I put in an FMLA claim at work and I'm eligible for disability leave, I just have to see the DR on Friday to stamp a big red "OK" on the paperwork and i'm home free....so to speak.
Anywho, hope the lizards and iguanas are giving you some peace and letting you snack at your leisure. Now you know how i feel with Kitten around. ha.
How'd your 9/11 race go? Come on girl, give us some updates. Love you and miss you lots!

xoxo

where's the luv?

wow, no one has blogged on here in a minute! I wonder if I will be the last one before you get home??

Cant even eat lunch in peace!!

Check out these videos--an iguana came up to me to see if Id feed him some of my lunch!  Of course I didnt because once he was within about 20 ft of me, I was outta there!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFE5fptaUIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3BSO2t62TU

back to the grind....

hey jess, so i haven't been as active on here as before...probably bc i started my NEW JOB! i got the job @ lvegas (slang for leesylvania) and today is actually my 2nd day. yes, i am stoked. i am the "District III Visitor Service Specialist". salary paid too =) i dont want to go into too much detail about it, but so far so good. since lvegs is my "happy place", i dont mind the idea of working here for a very loooooong time. the people here are familiar and those that i just met are very friendly and nice. im located in the office right by the contact station when you come in the park. so close to home...mine an mom n dad's. i just hope i dont mix business with pleasure (meaning my running down there all the time).

oh, so to change the subject....i dog sat this past weekend for the Stearns'. they have 2, a lab and an australian sheepdog. the lab was soooo sweet and cute, reminded me of Ike (looks). the sheepdog is actually a much smaller dog with HIGH energy and will run and play all day long. he yearns for attention and competes with the other dog constantly.

stearns said they took advantage of me bc they never sleep on the bed at night (in which they knew no other way besides sleeping right up against me, including over me at times), they took me for a walk (instead of the opposite, where they would tangle their leashes around each other the whole time and stop at EVERY single mailbox just to sniff it), they begged to play fetch all the time (in which stearns said he just ignores them otherwise they will never stop "pestering" you)....but i did not know they did not usually behave this way. they weren't bad, dont get me wrong...let's just say, i was pretty much on house arrest while i was sitting for them bc traffic was so horrendous all weekend it wasnt worth going back and forth to home. they preferred for me stay there anyway, fyi.

so....i havent heard from ya in a while. i think we need a new jess quiz. how is your tan coming? scooba? u never answer me. any good toe squishing tails lately?? are you still using your nike plus????

miss ya xo

cattle guard who???

ok, im gonna google a cattle guard to see what the heck this thing looks like. i feel like i should know, but i guess i dont. that's crazy what happened to you, jill!!!! i cant believe no good samaritan even tried to do first aid or check to see if you were breathing! do u know what happened when you fell?? you could have a concussion.

i remember one time when i was little i went to kings dominion and this lady started grabbing me and pulling on my arm and shoulder. turned out she hit me on the way down as she fainted, she smacked her head on the pavement hard and was bleeding. i felt so bad i didnt try to catch her but i didnt know i was too young. we're glad ur ok for the most part. btw, prenatal vitamins might be something to consider for more iron. i know u love salad, but that's not enough...a good hunk of red meat once a week and supplements will triple what you get from leafy greens alone. take it from me, i always struggled with anemia. it'll take you about 2-3 months to get it back up if it's very low and at least a month if it's low at all.

jess, how is the nike plus??