Already, time to catch everyone up.
Last time I had posted I was telling you happened on Thursday (my supposedly day off) with me going into work…..icks. =) No problem, it worked out having Friday off.
We did spend more time doing errands then I wanted to do, that is for sure.
We also made time to stop a Veterans Reunion. They had what is called “The Moving Wallâ€, a replica of the ‘Nam Veteran Wall in DC. It is one of the largest gathering of Vets in the nation. We didn’t go last year, partly cuz we didn’t know until too late and partly cuz I didn’t know I if I could handle it. I get emotional during a commercial…..
Considering my father, husband, and my late grandfather are Vets, things like that have my interest. I have a deeper interest in ‘Nam since my dad is a Vet from that war and I feel it gives me a better understanding of what he had gone through. It is not something that he talks about and I don’t feel it is something that I could really ask about. Dad never brought his work home with him while he was in the Army. It wasn’t until after he retired that I finally learned and understood some of the things that he did.
It was kind of weird to see some of the stuff I grew up out on display. Like type of hat dad wore in ‘Nam, I have it…………I have one of his soldier’s manuals.
Here is the pics we took & some commentary about it from Harold :
http://www.paulineantoinette.com/PNH/travel/vets_042806/
Images 074.jpg and 076.jpg are the “jets†of the boat; they did not use propellers and were one of the first “Jet Skisâ€.
Image 075.jpg is the boats numbers:
31 = Length in feet
RP = River Patrol
73= Year it was made
35 = Number made that year
And no this boat was not in Vietnam but it is the same model of ones that were being used there
Images 085.jpg to 116.jpg are of the War Dog Memorial, the tent was full of all the dogs that died in Vietnam.
The primary dog for the US military was Siberian Huskies until 1942 when it was “switched†to German Shepard’s. (Odd timing) The Vet did not know what this was, but said there were Huskies and Labs in Vietnam and today. This dog is Shadow, daughter of Buck who died 5 weeks ago and has his own book.
Image 117.jpg to 120.jpg is the Puerto Rican tribute. (Pauline here, I thought that was really cool on the use of their culture for a tribute)
Image 121.jpg is two assholes who were driving in a crowded area MUCH faster then they needed to.
The images of the Wall speak for themselves.
After we got back, I did jump in the pool and enjoy what time I had left for it. =)
Then it was on to attack setting up my new vaio. I was so proud of myself; I figured out through hidden files how to transfer my settings from one notebook to other without wasting tons of time on set up. So all I needed was a new keyboard with a usb for my desk setup.
Well Saturday, I had to go in for a store meeting @ 7am even though I didn’t have to work until later that afternoon. So after the meeting I headed over to the local office supply store and picked me up the keyboard (I get the split ones). Go to use it on my new perfectly set up vaio……….and it doesn’t work! I was so disappointed. Well, I got to sony support chat tried several things but had to stop to head into work. Harold later calls me and tells me that some how the usb drivers weren’t working so sony says we have to reformat. =(
I don’t know if we did something, so did it accidentally come that way?
So guess what my husband was doing all day for me Saturday? Not only did he reformat my notebook, he got nearly every single program set up. He was so sweet to do that. =) So the last 2 days before heading into work, I’ve been working on getting my setting done. I will say with what I learned the 1st time; it made it hell lot easier and a lot quicker. So now, all I need to do is go through everything so I have it backed up and then I can clean out my old notebook and get it set up for kids this summer and then for my dad.
Today was recovery from working this weekend (which was a bitch I may add). We did some housework, some emails, and then I did some errands. It is amazing how much time is lost on errands. =( If I had my way I would not have left the house, but some things can’t wait. I did get some pool and sun time in. No way near the amount that I would like.
But I have hope for this weekend. =) It is my one weekend off a month. And we are going to get the spare bedroom ready for my folks and the kids and then I’m going to get some sun time. =)
