almost done in colorado....

tomorrow is my last day of "outprocessing"...which basically involves running around to every dept in the hospital and informing them i will be deployed for the next 6-7 months. Y0u would think there would be a better system that would notify all depts at once that someone will be gone, but i guess the Army hasn't yet discovered that system. Instead i carry around a 2 page checklist to approx 20 different offices, which gets signed/stamped (Assuming someone is in the office, and not at lunch or a meeting, in which case i have to come back to that office). also, all of the offices are not necessarily in the hospital building, which means driving around post and hoping people are available to stamp/sign my little paper. we're talking some serious fun.

tomorrow will be extra fun, and involves an entire morning of medical readiness...check my vision, my hearing, my immunizations, a pregnancy test, bloodwork/DNA testing, dog tags, ear plugs, life insurance policy (you get the point)....all of that with about 100 other people doing the exact same thing which means some very, very long lines. :)

BUT, after all of that is done, I am home free....i hop on a plane the next morning, and head to ohio for some serious family time. I got to skype with Juneau and Nova tonight (they are at Grandpa/Grandma Stickley's). They have been having a grand old time on the farm. Digging through soybeans, riding the tractor, picking peppers out of the garden, and being little farm girls. based on their conversation tonight, i think they love it! It's so fun to skype with them now that they are old enough to have their own little conversations. they told me about the ice cream they ate, and the purple peppers they picked. i can't wait to see them in 2 days!!