OSC Masquerade!

On Friday night I went with a group of fabulous ladies from Jake's squadron to the TOSC (Travis Officer Spouse Club) silent auction masquerade. I'd been planning to go for weeks but being so sick last week I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it. After I saw the doctor on Friday and she said I was not contagious I decided I should just load up on the cold meds and get out of the house for a bit. I had already paid for the $25 ticket, bought a mask and a dress so it would've been a huge bummer not to go. I wasn't quite myself that night and had really low energy but I'm so glad I decided to go because we had a great time!

Manda and me!

The paddles that were used for the live auction were masks with feathers on them and they were so cute. We had to be careful taking this picture below because any time a paddle was lifted in the air the auctioneer automatically made you the next highest bidder and at this point in the night the items being auctioned were in the high hundreds! Such a fun night :)

It got me...

...the nasty, cold/flu bug got me! My past few days have been an awful blur of Nyquil, coughing fits, earaches, fever, body aches... YUCK! I am sick all the time with stomach pain but I had forgotten just how miserable it is just to have a "normal person sickness" like a bad cold. I went to my family doctor today to just get a check up and make sure I didn't have strep throat or bronchitis (which I seem to be prone to getting this time of year) and PRAISE GOD! its just a cold and so with lots of water and rest it should be gone shortly. I actually am feeling much better this afternoon and am hopeful that I might get to enjoy my weekend after all :) Happy Friday everyone! I pray you all are happy and healthy!!

The Deployment Camel

If you can look at this picture and keep a straight face, you deserve an award.

I got a picture from Jake of this stuffed animal camel a few days ago and I am STILL laughing. On Friday it was the birthday of one of Jake's friends who is deployed with him and as a present all the guys gave him this "special" camel. I'm not sure what happened to it's poor face but something about that droopy eye and silly smirk makes it impossible for me to keep a straight face!

Jake thinks it's hilarious too and ever since Friday I've been getting a daily "beauty shot" of the  camel in a different location with a corresponding quote. This is the one I got today with a quote of the camel saying "Just flying over Dubai. No big deal." Bahahahaha!

Maybe Jake and I have an odd sense of humor but for some reason this is just the most hilarious thing ever to us right now! I love that Jake can still manage to make me laugh from all the way across the world. Can't wait to see where Camie shows up next :)

St. Patrick's Day Fun!

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend! I've never really celebrated St. Patrick's Day before (other than wearing the necessary green to avoid being pinched) but this year there seemed to be a lot of events going on so I thought I'd join in the fun. Friday night Jake's squadron had an Irish-food potluck and it was a lot of fun! I'm so thankful to be part of a squadron that is so involved and puts on multiple weekly events to keep all of us connected and busy.

On Saturday night I went with some friends to dinner at BJs and then out to some St. Patty's celebrations. We had quite the experience while eating at BJs, the power went out on the entire city block and caused a lot of chaos in the restaurant! It was a crazy scene - people were leaving from their tables trying to skip out on their checks, a man dressed up as a leprechaun was skipping around the restaurant waving glow sticks (I couldn't make this up if I tried, haha!), and every meal order that had been put into the computers got lost and jumbled so the kitchen had no idea who ordered what. It was a mess, and we felt so bad for all of the workers! The power was only out for a few minutes but the restaurant had a terrible time trying to recover and people get mean when they are hungry! We were patient though and waited it out and finally two hours later we got the pizzas that we ordered. The manager comped our entire meal which was really nice, especially since it wasn't their fault that they lost power! In the end it just gave us more time to sit, chat, and enjoy our night and then we also got to go home with lots of extra, free pizza which was just as tasty at lunchtime today :)

Rain, Rain, Rain!

Here's a look at what the weather has been like here this week...

Yuck! I realize that this is normal winter time weather (especially for my loved ones reading this from the Northwest) but here at Travis we have been spoiled with wonderful sunshine all winter long so this week has been quite the change! For the past month, the weather here has been in the upper 60's/low 70's and I've already spent many wonderful sunny days this year tanning in the backyard in shorts and a tank top. I thought for sure we were just going to skip over the winter season completely and head straight for spring :)

I know that we desperately needed the rain this week as this winter has been especially dry for us, and for the first few days I was really enjoying the wet weather! There's something so wonderful about sitting in your pjs with coffee and a good book and watching the rain pour down outside. Plus it seems that one week of rain was all that was needed for the hills around us to turn bright green and beautiful! But now after a full week of this, my yard is flooded and soggy, my dogs are going stir-crazy in the house, and the rain still has no end in sight. And yes, I do hear all of you laughing at me because I've said "I can't wait to move to Washington" haha!

Yesterday we had a brief break in the storm so I jumped at the opportunity to run the dogs around the block and hopefully get some of their energy out. It even gave me an excuse to bust out the cute doggie rain jackets I bought last year during the rain :) How cute are my little pups?! They were so excited to get out of the house and I have to admit so was I - The clean, fresh air was wonderful!

Sunshine please come back soon!!!