4 down, 10 to go

well, i've completed 4 days of my Captain's Career Course. Overall, it's a pretty good course. I'm not sure if i went into any detail about it, but basically it is critical part of getting promoted from Major to LTC. I didn't really have to take the course just yet, as i won't even be promoted to Major until next summer, BUT, the coures is usually 9 weeks, and they are doing a trial of a 2 week version of the course. The 2 week course was really being promoted by a lot of the supervisors (which makes sense as that means i will only be away from the hospital for 2 weeks instead of 3 months), and i was "Strongly Encouraged" to attend :) So, here i am. There are actually a lot of really useful things i'm learning here. And even things that aren't necessarily pertinent to me are still pretty interesting.

The hardest thing about the course is really just the logistics of all of us living in a hotel room for 2 weeks. The room is certainly meant for 1 person, not 4, and so we have had to find ways to make it work. The girls sleep in the tiny little kitchenette area, but there is really no division between that area and the rest of the room, so we have to be very quiet after we put them to bed, and again in the mornings so we don't wake them. It is DEFINATELY worth the extra effort to have them here with me. I would be truly miserable if i was stuck here by myself without them, so i don't mind working around the little issues, but it has certainly made for an interesting week.

The girls are adapting well, as usual. Well, except for the fact that Juneau has de-potty trained herself AGAIN (she was fully potty trained in March, then depotty trained herself while we were in Hawaii, then re-potty trained about a month ago, and now has de-potty trained again). for instance, she didn't have a SINGLE accident during the entire 2.5 day road trip from colorado to texas. then we arrive in texas and it's like she completey erased anything having to do with pottys from her mind. oh well, i guess there could be worse things :)

oh, funny little Juneau story. The other day we were eating ice cream, and she took a huge bite and then said, "i better watch out, or i might get Head Burn". we were like "head burn?", when we suddently realized she must mean "Brain Freeze!" ha! so now we have been calling it Head Burn and it cracks us up!

Finally, i will leave you with this lovely picture of my right heel...

There is supposed to be a shuttle that picks us up at the hotel and takes us to the conference center, but in typical Army fashion, sometimes it just doesn't show up :) The first day i didn't really mind the 2 mile walk in my boots/uniform, but by the end of the 1st day my heel was getting a little blister. I had to take my PT test on the second day (which i rocked, by the way!), which didn't help the old blister problem out too much. On the 3rd day the shuttle again didn't show up at the right time, and so i trekked the 2 miles back to the hotel. by then there wasn't a whole lot i could do about the fact that all the skin had completely peeled off my heel. Fortunately i am married to an awesome athletic trainer, which has been great for the treatment of the blister, however, not so great when i am looking for sympathy :) He reminded me yesterday that in the same way i get frustrated with women who are miserable from being pregnant at 39 weeks, and there is nothing i can do to fix their misery, my little blister situation is kind of the same thing for him. There is not a whole lot he can do to fix my misery, and eventually it will just resolve itself :) oh well, i guess i will just post the picture here in hopes of getting some sympathy from my blog buddies!